1. Read the story. Then answer the questions. The Young Scientist Award Are you good at science? Are you planning to study science at university? If the answer is yes to both these questions, then one day you may want to enter a science competition and win a lot of money. There are a number of different competitions you can enter. The Young Scientist Award is one of these. This competition takes place every year in Washington in the United States. People from all around the world can take pa...
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1. Read the story. Then answer the questions.
The Young Scientist Award Are you good at science? Are you planning to study science at university? If the answer is 'yes' to both these questions, then one day you may want to enter a science competition and win a lot of money. There are a number of different competitions you can enter. The Young Scientist Award is one of these. This competition takes place every year in Washington in the United States. People from all around the world can take part, but they must be students studying science. To enter the competition, you can write about any scientific topic. Last year, entrants had to write at least three thousand words. This year they've made it harden. You must write between four and five thousand words. The best and most interesting entry will win! There are a number of prizes which include day courses at some of the top universities around the world. The two top prizes are $2,000 and $5,000. Last year's top winner was Rosa Alvares. Rosa is from Brazil but is in her first year at Leeds University. At eighteen years old, she's the youngest person ever to win the top prize. The second top prize winner was another young woman: Lian Wang from China. At the time Lian was finishing her course at university. She now works as a scientist in the US. Both winners wrote about climate change.
1. Who can take part in the competition?
any science student any American student any young person
2. If you want to take part you must write no more than
3,000 words. 4,000 words. 5,000 words.
3. Which of these is NOT a prize?
money courses trips
4. What is true about Rosa?
She's won a prize before.
She's Brazilian.
She's left university.
5. What is true about Lian?
She's given up science.
She's got a job.
She's studying in the US.