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Imagine that you are doing a project on the top five the most famous scientists among teenagers. You have collected some data on the subject—the results of the sociological survey (see the table below).

Comment on the data in the table and give your personal opinion on the subject of the project.

Scientists Number of teenagers (%)
Isaac Newton 85
Dmitry Mendeleev 82
Albert Einstein 65
Mikhail Lomonosov 46
Archimedes 32

Write 200–250 words.

Use the following plan:

  • make an opening statement on the subject of the project work;
  • select and report 2–3 main features;
  • make 1–2 comparisons where relevant;
  • outline a problem that can arise with teenagers' general knowledge about scientists and suggest the way of solving it;
  • draw a conclusion giving your personal opinion on the importance of general knowledge about scientists.

Now fill in the gaps.

Even if teenagers are not interested in science, they should be [familiar|famous|known]with the names of great scientists, as it is a matter of general knowledge. [As|While|During]working on my project about scientists that are best known to Russian teenagers, I [have|have been|am]collected the results of the opinion polls [for|to|on]the subject. The data of the poll are [gifted|performed|presented]in the form of a table. I ['m going|am going|going]to outline the main features the table reflects and [divide|compare|confront]the data.

[As|How|While]it is presented by the table, Isaac Newton and Dmitry Mendeleev are the scientists best known to adolescents—85 % and 82 % [commonly|usually|respectively]. It can also [seeing|be seen|see]that Archimedes is mentioned by a relatively small part of teenagers.

As the table [suggests|improves|offers], teenagers also mention Albert Einstein and Mikhail Lomonosov as scientists they know about. [Despite|Although|However], these scientists are less popular with adolescents than Newton and Mendeleev.

[To|In|For]my opinion, the above-mentioned trend might [cause|reason|effect]a significant problem. Teenagers mention [alone|lonely|only]the great scientists of the past that are [mentioned|noticed|meant]in school textbooks. However, they do not name modern scientists or scientists beyond the school curriculum. This might mean they are not interested in knowledge [beyond|behind|between]their school textbooks and consider this information sufficient. To solve this problem, it is recommendable to develop programmes that [allow|let|make]teenagers to communicate with modern scientists.

[On the one hand|To begin with|In conclusion], I would like [emphasising|to emphasise|emphasise]that teenagers must realise that science is [usually|early|constantly]evolving. Despite the undoubted contribution of the great scientists of the past, our general knowledge should not be limited [under|to|for]knowledge about their works.
40.1
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Imagine that you are doing a project on the most important technological achievements teenagers know about. You have collected some data on the subject—the results of the sociological survey (see the diagram below).

Comment on the data in the diagram and give your personal opinion on the subject of the project.

Write 200–250 words.

Use the following plan:

  • make an opening statement on the subject of the project work;
  • select and report 2–3 main features;
  • make 1–2 comparisons where relevant;
  • outline a problem that can arise with teenagers' ranking the importance of achievements and suggest the way of solving it;
  • draw a conclusion giving your personal opinion on the importance of scientific and technological achievements.

Now read the sample piece of writing below and choose the correct options to complete the text.

There is no [doubt|question|idea]that scientific and technological achievements make our life easier. [As|While|During]working on my project about the way Russian teenagers rank scientific and technological achievements, I [have|have been|am]collected the results of the opinion polls [for|to|on]the subject. The data of the poll are [gifted|performed|presented]in the form of a diagram. I ['m going|am going|going]to outline the main features the diagram reflects and [divide|compare|confront]the data.

[As|How|While]it is presented by the diagram, a very large proportion of [adolescents|people|children]believe that the Internet and mobile phones are the most important inventions—87 % and 84 % [commonly|usually|respectively]. It can also [seeing|be seen|see]that only a small minority of teenagers mention spacecraft engineering as the most important achievement.

As the diagram [suggests|improves|offers], teenagers also regard computers and electric cars as significant inventions. [Despite|Although|However], these inventions do not seem as important to them [so|as|how]inventions referring to means of information transmission.

[To|In|For]my opinion, the above-mentioned trend highlights a significant problem. Teenagers [don't|not|do not]perceive discoveries in the field of medicine as significant and do not mention them. I am convinced that the best solution [on|about|to]this problem is to help them to pay attention [to|at|for]the fact that discoveries that help us make life more interesting are impossible without discoveries that help us save lives.

[On the one hand |To begin with|In conclusion], I would like [pointing|to point|point]out that modern achievements seem more important to us [so that|because|though]we benefit from them every day. However, we should [remember|to remember|remembering]that these discoveries would not have been possible without the fundamental discoveries of the past.
40.2