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Section One
Use of English
3) However, it also narrows the ___________ vessels, causing heart disease
later in life.
4) Tar can cause ____________ – usually cancer of the ____________.
5) It’s also the cause of ‘smoker’s ___________’.
6) The tar in _____________ sticks to the inside of the ________________,
trapping dirt and bacteria.
7) The lungs then begin to become irritated and inflamed and ‘smoker’s
cough’ results. The lungs become ___________, so it becomes much eas-
ier to catch _____________ and bronchitis.
4. Analyse the text from both a linguistic perspective and stylistic point of view.
5. Choose the answer (a. or b.) which you think fits best according to the text.
1) Smoking rates tend to be higher
a. amongst the poorer and less educated people in rural areas.
b. amongst the old than amongst the young
2) Many of our community health programmes
a. are part of a larger integrated development project
b. have health and outreach workers to target such groups.
3) These workers are often more effective at getting messages to rural and
marginalised communities than
a. mediational analyses in examining psychological processes.
b. mass advertising using television or billboards.
4) Where there is both low knowledge and high rates of smoking (such as
in Uttara-khand, India), studies have shown that many will stop smoking
immediately
a. as soon as nicotine replacement is started.
b. as soon as they understand the dangers of tobacco.
5) In the CTCI each member organisation
a. is free to develop its own activities at national level.
b. selects one or two master trainers.
6) These forty trainers are then responsible
a. for delivering training to over 3000 health workers and volunteers as
Tobacco Control Advocates.
b. or submitting all claims.