Jaya Rajah is sixteen,but he doesn't go to school.He studies medicine at New York University in a class of twenty-year-olds.Jaya was born in Madras in India but now lives in a house in New York with his mother,father and brother.They can all speak English. His father is a doctor.
Jaya was different from a very young age.He could count before he could say“Mummy”or“Daddy”.He could answer questions on(关于)calculus(微积分)when he was five and do algebra(几何)when he was eight.Now he studies from 8:15to 4:00 every day at the university.Then he studies at home with his father from 6:30to 10:00 every evening.Jaya doesn't have any friends.He never goes out in the evenings,but he sometimes watches TV.He says,“I live for one thing—I want to be a doctor before I am nineteen.Other children can't understand me.”
Answer the questions from the passage above.
1.Who teaches Jaya medicine at home?
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2.Is Jaya a doctor now?
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3.What was Jaya very interested in when he was very young?
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4.How long does he study at home every evening?
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5.Why doesn't Jaya make friends?
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Key:
1.His father.2.No,he isn't.3.Maths.4.Three hours and a half./3.5hours. 5.Because the children can't understand him./Because he has no time to make friends with other children.