Listening: Visual thinkers and their big ideas

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B1 | Listening from video | 10 min

Watch the video (0:04 - 3:53). You can watch more than once, then answer the questions.

A NUMBER from the video.

It is thought that more than ____ percent of people mostly think in pictures.

Why might a visual thinker feel lost when someone cleans a messy desk?

____ They do not like a clean and tidy desk.____ They remember where things are compared with other things.____ They cannot remember what things look like.

What could the chess player Bobby Fischer do?

____ See the whole chessboard in his head and play without it.____ Remember every game that he had ever won.____ Draw all the chess pieces from memory.

ONE WORD from the video.

Nikola Tesla said he could build and test complicated machines in his ____ .

Visual thinkers always find it easy to explain their ideas to other people.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

What did Albert Einstein imagine before he made his theory of relativity?

____ A train moving very fast through a tunnel____ A ball falling from a very tall tower____ A man riding a wave of light

What did James Clerk Maxwell use instead of equations to show his idea?

____ Drawings on large sheets of paper____ Clay and plaster____ Computer pictures

ONE WORD from the video.

Kekulé realized that the bonds in benzene formed a ____ .

Virtual reality is cheap enough for most schools to buy.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

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