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LISTENING EXERCISES

SMOKING

Questions 1 – 8

You will hear a short talk about smoking. Fill in the missing statistics in the column to the right of the questions. The first one has been done for you as an example.

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Example: The estimated number of regular smokers worldwide...

Q1. The number of smokers who say they can quit smoking...

Q2. The number of cigarettes per day to maintain a minimum level of nicotine in the blood...

Q3. The approximate number of people per year who die in the U.S. as a result of smoking...
Q4. The number of people per year who die in the U.S. as a result of car accidents...
Q5. The number of decades that tobacco has been recognised as dangerous...

Q6. The number of substances considered more seriously addictive than nicotine...
Q7. The percentage of smokers who consider smoking to be pleasurable...
Q8. The amount of nicotine inhaled which reaches the brain after 7 seconds of smoking...
 

Questions 9 – 16

Listen to the second part of the talk and answer T (for True), F (for False) or N for Not Mentioned in the column on the right. The first one has been done for you as an example.

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Example: Non-smokers pay less for life insurance than smokers.

Q9. Smoking causes the blood to become thick and sticky.
Q10. Strokes and heart attacks are the result of blood clots.
Q11. All smokers have a higher risk of cancer.
Q12. The immune system kills cells which may become cancerous.
Q13. Smoking increases the ability of the immune system to kill cancer cells.
Q14. Smoking causes cancer in the same way as it causes heart disease.
Q15. Smoking is the major cause of lung cancer.
Q16. Babies born to mothers who smoke always weigh less.

 

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