- •Part II
- •The Benefits of Online Fitness Training
- •Part III
- •Good Food Guide to the States
- •In which review are the following stated?
- •Use of english Part I
- •Fingernails growing faster
- •Part II
- •A short history of tattooing
- •Part III
- •India's rainforest by night
- •Part IV
- •Listening Part I – Multiple Matching
- •Part II – Sentence Completion
- •Part III – Multiple Choice
- •Part II
- •Getting rid of plastic bags
- •Part III
- •Use of english Part I
- •The sticking plaster
- •Part II
- •How the Tour de France began
- •Part III
- •Part IV
- •Listening Part I – Multiple Matching
- •Part II – Sentence Completion
- •Australian Adventure Holiday
- •Part III – Multiple Choice
- •Part II
- •Chance encounter
- •Part III
- •Use of english Part I
- •The Orient Express
- •Part II
- •In pursuit of excellence
- •Part III
- •The people of the Orinoco Delta
- •Part IV
- •Listening Part I – Multiple Matching
- •Part II – Sentence Completion
- •The magnificent carrot
- •Part III – Multiple Choice
- •An Apple Day
- •A New Approach to Cooking
- •Zookeepers for a day
- •Part II
- •Two Journalists and the Butterflies of Britain
- •Independent journalist Michael McCarthy reports on a new book about butterflies which has made a remarkable impression on him.
- •Learning about Black Bears
- •Conserving Jaguars
- •Ecology in a Volcanic Lake
- •The not so nutty professor
- •Part III
- •The Latest Computer Games
- •Campsites of Australia
- •Use of english part I
- •What makes someone intelligent?
- •The value of walking
- •Fashion hurts
- •Greenpeace
- •Part II
- •Salt consumption and health
- •Environmental issues
- •Kangaroos
- •Flamingos
- •Part III
- •An unusual park
- •The importance of pets
- •The smell of New Zealand birds
- •Evidence of ancient towns found in Amazon
- •Part IV
- •Speaking
- •Listening
- •Section three supplementary files
- •An Autism Treatment as Easy as h2o?
- •Ants Are First Animal Known To Navigate By Stereo Smell
- •As Elders Rock, Emotional Burden Of Dementia Eases
- •Beyond the Brain
- •In Sheep, an Upside To Immune Weakness
- •Arthritis
- •The effect of climate change on migratory birds
- •Allergy Alert
- •Fire Crews Hunt Escaped Hamster
Salt consumption and health
Health experts believe that (0)…many people are consuming far too (1)…..salt, and that this is a health risk. There are plenty (2)….. studies which show that increased salt consumption raises blood pressure and can cause heart problems, and the recommendation is that we should all be consuming (3)….. salt. Even if we add (4)….. any salt to our food at the table, we may be consuming a (5)….. of salt without realizing. The daily recommended amount is 6 grams, but many people are consuming twice as much (6)….. this and the average daily consumption in the UK is over 9 g per day. Bread, biscuits, ketchup and ready made meals all contain (7)…. a lot of salt, so each time we eat a slice of bread, for example, we are adding to our daily intake. So what is the solution? We all need to be more aware of (8)….. much salt we are consuming, and try to limit our intake. Governments are encouraging food manufacturers to cut down on the (9)….. of salt they put into food, and every food product should state clearly on the wrapper how (10)….. salt it contains.
Exercise 3. For questions 1-9, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
EXAMPLE: 0 unless
Environmental issues
Everyone agrees that (0) unless the world's tiger population is protected, tigers (1)…..eventually become extinct. If it (2)..…not for the efforts made by international campaigns over past decades, the extinction (3)..…already have become a fact. Tigers can coexist with human beings, (4)..…local people are involved in conservation. However, (5)…..if tiger habitats are redeveloped there is no guarantee of success. Government agencies must be involved, and there must be adequate finance: (6)..…conservation projects are neglected. An organized programme with safeguards must be introduced. If (7)….. the illegal hunters quickly move back in. (8)…..there were no tigers left in the world: how (9)…..we all feel? According to some environmentalists, that day may be coming sooner rather than later.
Exercise 4. For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
EXAMPLE: 0 one
Kangaroos
The kangaroo is (0) … of Australia's most iconic animals. Kangaroos of different types live in all areas of Australia, (1) … cold-climate areas and desert plains to tropical rainforests and beaches.
Kangaroos are herbivorous, eating a range of plants and, (2) … some cases, fungi. Different kangaroo species inhabit different habitats. Some, for example, make nests on the ground while tree-kangaroos live (3) … the ground. Larger species of kangaroo tend (4) … shelter under trees or in caves. Most kangaroos are distinguished from (5) … animals by the way they hop on their strong back legs. A kangaroo's tail is used to balance while hopping and (6) … a fifth limb when moving slowly. All female kangaroos have front-opening pouches that contain four teats. (7) … is in here that the 'joey' (8) … baby kangaroo is raised (9) … it can survive outside the pouch. Most kangaroos have no set breeding cycle and are able to breed all year round. (10) … they are such prolific breeders, a kangaroo population can increase fourfold in five years.
Kangaroos have long been important to the survival of Australia's indigenous people, (11) … have hunted them for tens of thousands of years, using both the meat and the skins. (12) … Europeans arrived in Australia in the late eighteenth century, they too hunted kangaroos (13) … survival. Kangaroos continue to be used as a resource, but only under strict government controls. Nowadays only the four most abundant species of kangaroo may (14) … commercially harvested for export, and then only by licensed hunters in accordance (15) … an approved management plan.
Exercise 5. For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
EXAMPLE: 0 out