Answer — Exercise 1

b)

1. Marie Curie was a brilliant scientist. She discovered radium with her husband and won the Nobel Prize twice.
2. Tanni Grey-Thompson won many Paralympic gold medals for wheelchair racing.
3. Pelé was one of the greatest footballers of all time.
4. Albert Einstein was a famous scientist who is best known for his theories of relativity.

c)

1

1. medical school
2. son
3. marry
4. teaching
5. 1895
6. 1911

2

1. thirteen
2. 1988
3. her back
4. gold medals

3

1. a poor family
2. seven
3. couldn't afford

4

1. six or seven
2. successful
3. 300