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Question1
a. False. “For millennia, men and women have existed on
the Earth courtesy of the life-giving properties of our neighbourhood star
without needing to be told that too much sun is bad for them. In recent years,
advice about covering up, wearing a hat and applying sunscreen has become
commonplace.”
b. True. “These have become increasingly prevalent as
more people travel overseas to climates where they are unused to the intensity
of the sun. A friendly reminder of the dangers of excessive exposure seems
perfectly reasonable in such cases.”
c. False. “ people will simply not take seriously advice
that they know to be preposterous and which defies common sense.”
d. True. “. People need sunshine to produce Vitamin D,
without which they can develop rickets (which is on the rise in this country).”
Question
2
a. They say that all exposures to the sun are dangerous
no matter how long they might be and that a certain amount of suntan lotion is
convenient every sunny day you go out.
b. Most people do not usually follow recommendations that
they consider absurd and contrary to reason, and this appears to be one of them.
Question
3
a. Undermine / to undermine
b. Commonplace
c. Ventures / to venture
d. Defies / to defy
e. Level-headed
Question
4
a. Sinshine is needed to produce Vitamin D, without which
rickets can be developped.
b. If the number of skin cancers linked to sunburn hadn’t
increased, we wouldn’t have to protect our skin from the sun.
c. The expert said that at the time, doctors weren’t sure
what the optimal level of vitamin D was and
that a lot of research was being done in the area.”
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