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EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS - As He Cradles His Young Puppy in His Arms
EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS - As He Cradles His Young Puppy in His Arms
Laurent Simons looks much like any other 9-year-old boy. Then he starts
describing his work at a university in the Netherlands, developing a
computer circuit that will replicate a part of the brain.
“I’m planning to start my Ph.D. and study a little medicine, but before
that — vacation,” he said of his postgraduation plans as Sammy the 9-
week-old puppy dozed in the arms of his mother, Lydia.
Laurent — who was born in Belgium but now lives in the Netherlands —
started university after completing high school in roughly a year and is set
to finish the three-year bachelor’s program in just nine months.
“Every professor is really enthusiastic about having Laurent, and for us it’s
a unique situation, of course, because he’s the youngest student we’ve
ever had,” said program director Sjoerd Hulshof.
When he is not at the university, Laurent says he walks the dog, plays the
video games Minecraft and Fortnite or posts pictures on Instagram.
Offers are flooding in from universities around the world, and Laurent’s
parents are helping him weigh the options, with the U.S. West Coast
currently a favorite destination.
His father, Alexander, doesn’t dare predict Laurent’s future because the
boy has smashed every expectation so far — but he stressed there is no
hurry.
“What he’s doing now is playing with education, just playing around,” he
said. “And that’s fine with us.”
[https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/22/world/offbeat-world/9-
year-old-belgian-boy-set-become-worlds-youngest-university-graduate/
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1. Where can you find this article?
3. Newspaper 4. Novel
Answer: 3. Newspaper
1. press 2. copy
3. take 4. Definite
Answer: 2. copy
1. Lydia
2. Sammy
3. Simons
4. Sjoerd Hulshof
Answer: 2. Sammy
As the internet and digital technology become a bigger part of our lives,
more of our data becomes publicly accessible, leading to questions about
privacy. So, how do we interact with the growing digital world without
compromising the security of our information and our right to privacy?
Imagine that you want to learn a new language. You search 'Is German a
difficult language?' on your phone. You click on a link and read an article
with advice for learning German. There's a search function to find German
courses, so you enter your city name. It asks you to activate location
services to find courses near you. You click 'accept'. You then message a
German friend to ask for her advice. When you look her up on social
media, an advertisement for a book and an app called German for
Beginners instantly pops up. Later the same day, while you're sending an
email, you see an advert offering you a discount at a local language
school. How did they know? The simple answer is online data. At all
stages of your search, your devices, websites and applications were
collecting data on your preferences and tracking your behaviour online.
'They' have been following you.
In the past, it was easy for people to keep track of their personal
information. Like their possessions, people's information existed mostly in
physical form: on paper, kept in a folder, locked in a cupboard or an
office. Today, our personal information can be collected and stored
online, and it's accessible to more people than ever before. Many of us
share our physical location, our travel plans, our political opinions, our
shopping interests and our family photos online – as key services like
ordering a takeaway meal, booking a plane, taking part in a poll or buying
new clothes now take place online and require us to give out our data.
Every search you make, service you use, message you send and item you
buy is part of your 'digital footprint'. Companies and online platforms use
this 'footprint' to track exactly what we are doing, from what links we click
on to how much time we spend on a website. Based on your online
activity, they can guess what you are interested in and what things you
might want to buy. Knowing so much about you gives online platforms
and companies a lot of power and a lot of money. By selling your data or
providing targeted content, companies can turn your online activity into
profit. This is the foundation of the growing industry of digital marketing.
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6. How do online platform and companies earn a lot of money?
1. Data
2. Online activities
3. Personal information
4. All the stuff you leave behind as you use the Internet
Answer: 4. All the stuff you leave behind as you use the Internet
3. Who uses our online data, and what it's used for.
1. Online data
Doctor : ___12___?
Patient : For almost a week now. It’s kind of __13___. But it’s getting
worse and worse.
Doctor : Let me see your throat. Say “Ah.” …… Well, it does not look
so serious.
Patient : But I always feel very weak, doctor. And yes, I can’t sleep at
night, I can’t eat or at least. I don’t ___14__ anything.
Doctor : Er, __15___ me, are you preparing for any tests or
examinations?
12.
13.
14.
15.
1. inform 2. call
3. answer 4. Tell
Answer: 4. Tell
John: Yes.
John: _____.
6.
8.
Answer: 2. Am I right
9.
16. John and Jane don’t like _______ to the movie. They
always watch VCD or DVD at home.
1. to going 2. to go 3. goes 4. go
Answer: 2. to go
Answer: 1. didn’t
1. was 2. are 3. am
4. is
Answer: 2. are
19. Dan and I went for a run. I ran 5 kilometers but Dan
stopped running after 3 kilometers. I ran ______ than Dan.
Answer: 3. farther
20. Why didn’t Jane apply for the job? She ______ it.
Answer: 3. patience
Answer: 2. burnt
Answer: 1. whose, I
Answer: 4. Who
27. I don’t like staying at hotels, but spent a couple of days
at ______very wonderful hotel by ______ sea last summer.
Answer: 4. a, the
28. I couldn’t find _____ own bag but I saw _____ under the
desk and _____ was in the drawer.
31. You are not allowed to stay out late _____ you tell me in
advance.
Answer: 2. unless
32. Did you turn the stove off? I think I can smell _____
burning.
1. everything 2. someone 3. something
4. Nothing
Answer: 3. something
Answer: 2. ought to
1. Both 2. Either.
3. Neither 4. So
Answer: 3. Neither
35. Tom: ______ please shut the window? It’s too cold.
Bobby: Certainly!
1. Must you 2. Could you 3. May I
4. Should you
36. You _____ succeed in this exam unless you _____ hard.
B: Yes, I have.
Answer: 3. haven’t
38. Sandra gains weight after her wedding because she _____
exercise for years.
39. Have you seen the lifeguard race into the water _____
someone?
Answer: 4. to rescue
1. to 2. upon 3. on 4. Away
Answer: 4. Away