Nghe 7

Exercise 1:
1. How many members does the cycling club have currently?
2. How much does Youth Membership cost?
3. From whom must you get a signature when applying to join?
4. How long does it take to process a membership application?
5. How often do family rides take place?
6. How long are the Saturday rides usually?
7. What must you get for your bike?
8. When is the next camping tour?
9. What is happening on May 5th?
10. How much discount do members get at Wheels Bike Shop?
Exercise 2:
For questions 10-15, listen to a radio interview with a chef about the process of eating
and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D which fits best according to what you hear.
Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
10. Heston mentions eating fish from a paper plate with a plastic knife and fork
A. because it is something listeners may have done.
B. because doing so made him think about the process of eating.
C. as an example of an unpleasant eating experience.
D. as an example of what influences the eating experience.
11. What does Heston say about taste?
A. Fat should be considered a taste.
B. Taste and flavor are separate from each other.
C. The sense of smell is involved in it.
D. The number of taste buds gradually decreases.
12. The experiment involving salt and other food shows that
A. it is possible to taste something that you can't smell.
B. the sense of smell is not as powerful as other senses.
C. food can taste better when you can't smell it.
D. the flavor of food can change as you eat it.
13. The story about the trainee waiters illustrates that
A. certain colors are more appealing than others.
B. something can seem to taste good because of its appearance.
C. one sense can strongly influence another.
D. some people can perceive taste better than others.
14. What does Heston say about bitterness?
A. It can give a false impression that something is harmful.
B. It can become the main reason why people like something.
C. Reactions to it can change over time.
D. Its function is widely misunderstood.
15. The problem with the dish Heston describes was caused by
A. its appearance.
B. the taste of it.
C. its combination of flavors.
D. the fact that people ate it repeatedly.

Exercise 3:
You will hear a practitioner talking about alternative medicine. For questions 7-15,
complete the sentence with a word or short phrase.
In spite of a long-established form of alternative medicine, homeopathy only (7)
________________ when it was discovered by Samuel Hahneman.
Alternative medicine to treat allergies is usually taken in (8) ________________.
The (9) ________________ in England is one person who severely criticised
homeopathy.
Over two million people in (10) ________________ were treated with homeopathic
medicine before a hurricane struck.
In acupuncture, the intensity of stimulation caused by needles can be increased by
passing an (11) ________________ through them.
When acupuncture corrects the (12) ________________ through the body, the patient
feels better.
According to the practitioner, it is usually as (13) ________________ that patients go for
naturopathy treatments.
The primary aim of naturopathy is to change the patient’s (14) ________________ to
effect a cure.
The practitioner mentions (15) ________________ as two factors that can undermine
health.
Exercise 4:
Dr. Hanan Balkhy is assistant director general for 1.________________ for the World
Health Organization, speaking from WHO headquarters in Geneva. Despite some
skepticism, the WHO says the coronavirus is usually not airborne, meaning it can't be
suspended in the air and 2.________________ there where it might get breathed in. The
organization believes that this coronavirus mainly spreads through big droplets that
would only be able to travel a few feet. These guidelines are based on the knowledge of
3.________________. Its siblings would be MERS coronavirus, SARS coronavirus
which are falling under the 4.________________. While it is a tiny piece of good news
that it appears not to be airborne, WHO is not 5.________________ other studies or
views on this. It is also important to reemphasize the situation of the scenarios where a
6.________________could be done.
It is also inadvisable for those who are 7.________________ to wear a mask or a glove
outside in the community because it might give them the 8.________________. In
addition, most people are wearing masks incorrectly. They're not putting the metal over
their nose. They're not securing the 9.________________.
Compared to MERS coronavirus, this virus might affect or inflict children at a higher
level. Children, just like adults, might be more vulnerable if they had some
10.________________ or underlying conditions.

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Exercise 1:

1. How many members does the cycling club have currently?

2. How much does Youth Membership cost?

3. From whom must you get a signature when applying to join?

4. How long does it take to process a membership application?

5. How often do family rides take place?

6. How long are the Saturday rides usually?

7. What must you get for your bike?

8. When is the next camping tour?

9. What is happening on May 5th?

10. How much discount do members get at Wheels Bike Shop?

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