Стр.122-123 Unit 10 ГДЗ Комарова Ларионова 11 класс

A. Work in pairs. Decide if these common beliefs about food and health are true.

1. Drinking warm milk makes you sleepy.
2. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
3. Chocolate gives you spots.
4. Carrots can help you see in the dark.
5. If you listen to music too loudly, you go deaf.
6. We use only ten per cent of our brains.
7. Reading in dim light or sitting too close to the TV damages your eyes.

B. You are going to read about some common beliefs. Skim the article and match a paragraph to each common belief in A.

C. Read the article a little more carefully. Are the common beliefs in A right or wrong? Is there any truth to old wives’ tales?

D. These sentence parts have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentence parts (A–H) the one which fits each gap (1–7). There is one extra option you do not need to use.

1. that you fall asleep as soon as
2. but permanently damage them
3. it is unlikely that larger brains
4. which is a well-known antioxidant
5. that can improve eyesight in later years
6. or make existing acne worse
7. or stop using earphones
8. which work as strong antioxidants

E. Words in context. Match the words and expressions in bold in the text with a definition.

1. important and necessary
2. changes
3. substances that slow down damage to our bodies
4. allowed a maximum level
5. a way of looking at something
6. connected with
7. the TV
8. cause

Quick chat. What’s your opinion of these beliefs regarding the common cold?

• Going outside with wet hair causes colds.
• Chicken soup will cure a cold.
• The best treatment for the common cold is large doses of vitamin C.