IELTS LISTENING EXERCISES
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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. |