The Real Rain Man : Activity Sheet

Read the first activity, read the extract and do the activities that follow. [12 marks)
A1. Complete the following statement by choosing two correct reasons from the options given below .
TO hold conversation With Kim was difficult because ___________ and _____________
I) he was overexcited to speak.
ii) his mind shifted quickly from one topic to another.
iii) he was not interested in the conversation.
iv)he needed somebody's help to steer him back to the original topic.

The Oscar-winning role played by Dustin Hoffman in 1988 film. about an autistic savart with astounding arithmetical skills, is indeed based on Kim Peek (among others), although Kim is rot autistic but developmentally disabled. Most savant possess remarkable expertise in up tiree subjects. Kim is a mega-savant, because he is expert in at least 15 different subjects. No one in the world is thought to possess a brain as extraordinary as Kim Peek's. NASA hoping to use modem advances in brain imaging and data fusion techniques to shed light om how Kim's brain ticks.
I ask Kim what he feels about it. "It's the best way of all,' he replies enigmatically. Why does he think he knows so much? •l have great love for everybody I see," he answers. It is hard to hold a conversation with Kim. His mind flits from one subject to the next with bewildering rapidity — with Fran always trying to steer Kim back on course.
I tell them I grew up near a town called Cirencester. lt was a Roman Camp, called Corin, says Kim. •Corinium," I correct him. Later I check and find that he is right: the Romans based the name Corinium on the Celtic word Corin.
When Kim was bom in 1951, his head was a third larger than normal, with an encephalocele — a blister into which part of his brain protruded — across the back of his head. At the age of three the blister retracted, pulling a nodule into Kim's cerebellum, destroying most of it. In 1983 he had an x-ray which showed that he had one solid brain hemisphere, instead
of two. A later scan showed that the right half of Kim's cerebellum had exploded into three
A2 Order
Following sentences summarize the paragraphs but they are Jumbled up, arrange them in the order of their occurrence. 2
i)He had a photographic memory.
ii) Though physically challenged, Kim possessed unusual abilities.
iii) At the time of his birth his head had some abnormalities.
iv) He could flawlessly give the details of any information he knew, which amazed the scientists.

A3 Mention any two difficulties Kim would have to face in his life. 2
A4 Find and write four describing words from the extract which are similar in meaning to the word 'amazing '. 2
A5 Explain the role of a genius in human progress. 2
À6 Do as directed. 2
1) No one in the world is thought to possess a brain as extraordinary as Kim Peek's ( Rewrite the sentence in Superlative degree.)
ii) I ask him what he feels about it.(Change the narration)