Homework – Lesson 9

I. Find the suitable words/phrase for the following definitions

animate simulation distracted incredible socialize
visualize welfare expert assumption unique

1. A person with special knowledge, skill or training in something

…………..
2. To meet and spend time with people in a friendly way in order to enjoy
your self ………………
3. To form a picture of somebody or something in your mind ……………
4. To make something more lively or full of energy ……………
5. Being the only one of its kind …………….
6. Unable to pay attention to somebody or something because you are
worried or thinking about something else ………………
7. A situation in which a particular thing is created artificially to study or
experience something that could exist in reality ………………
8. A belief of feeling that something is true although there is no proof
……………..
9. The general health, happiness and safety of a person, an animal or a
group ……………
10. impossible or very difficult to believe ………………
II. Fill in the gap with ONLY ONE WORD
1. A viual thinker is a person who thinks in pictures, not in ………….
2. Grandin can remember all ………..items and visualize them in her mind.
3. Grandin can categorize the images and arrange them in a specific
………..
4. Gradin has designed plans for livestock farms that reduce the
………….that cattle may experience.
5. Her …………..thinking means that she can imagine how her design
might work.

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6. A person with autism can look at every …………aspect of the design.
7. An autistic mind is a …………. mind as it is good at one thing but bad at
something else.
8. ………….and disordered language and impaired social interaction are
two effects of having autism.
9. Boys are usually 4 times …………likely to have autism spectrum
disorder than girls.
10. People with autism have brains that can solve problems…………brains
cannot.
III. Write short answers using no more than THREE words or a
number
1. What do people view austism as? …………………………..
2. What is Grandin’ job? …………………………..
3. What does Grandin do a test run? …………………………..
4. What does she have a unique understanding of? ……………………….
5. What does Grandin consider an autistic mind as? ………………………..
6. What does Grandin believe some people with autism can invent?
…………………………..
7. What does Grandin compare her mind with? ………………………….
8. Who knows what causes autism? …………………………..
9. What does ASD stand for? …………………………..
10. How many kids have ASD in the US? …………………………..