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LISTENING EXERCISES
SMOKING
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Questions
1 – 8
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Notes:
Q4.
The number of people per year who die in the US from smoking
is 7
times the number who die from car accidents.
( 350,000 / 7 = 50,000 )
In the actual test you won't be asked
to do math calculations, but for practice
it can be a useful means to discover
if you understand the meaning.
Q5.
The question
asks for the number of decades (a decade is a period of ten
years) that tobacco has been recognised
as dangerous.
Q6.
Since nicotine is now recognised to be the most addictive substance
known, there can be no substances more
seriously addictive. |
Notes:
Q10.
Yes. "If the clot blocks a blood vessel in the brain, the result
is a stroke
...if the clot blocks an
artery in the heart, the result is a heart attack."
Q11.
Yes. "The risk of cancer is greater for all smokers." (Usually,
words
such as "all", or "only"
etc., being 100% inclusive or exclusive, are found
in statements that are later
modified or qualified in some way. But, in
this case, the statement
is true.)
Q12. Yes, "...the immune system works tirelessly
to kill cells which have
become potentially [possibly,
in the future] cancerous.".
Q13.
Smoking decreases that ability ( "seriously affects the
ability of the
immune system to do its job"
).
Q14.
The answer to this question must be worked out from the descriptions
of the causes given. You
do not hear the answer in a particular phrase.
Q15.
It may be a true fact that smoking causes lung cancer, but we
are not
told this in the talk. Therefore,
the answer must be N for Not Mentioned.
Q16.
The word
"always" is a "danger" word in True/False type tasks. In fact,
the body weight is "likely
to be a good deal less than normal". |
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