Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 39 to 43.
“People are always saying that geniuses are born, not made. I want to prove that it is not true!” This was the obsession of a Hungarian teacher called László Polgár. To prove that he could make someone a genius, he took his three daughters out of school and started to teach them a specialist subject - chess. One of the three, Judit, is now the greatest female chess player of all time and the only woman so far to be in the world top 10!
László himself wasn't a great chess player, but he was a clever teacher. At first, Judit's sisters were better than her, but she gradually became more serious about playing. At first, she played just ten minutes a day. When she was 12, it had increased to ten hours. At 15 she was the youngest grandmaster ever. To win at chess, you need to be confident, hard-working and a little bit selfish. Judit's wins include victories against 10 male world champions, including Kasparov and Karpov.
Thanks to Judit, little by little, people are starting to pay more attention to women chess players. She now has children of her own but she isn't teaching them in the same way as her father. Her children don't play chess for hours every day They only play for fun.
(Adapted from Gateway)
