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Cologne and antiseptic: Russia’s killer drinks
Level 1
Elementary
Comprehension check
3
Match the beginnings and endings to make sentences about the text.
1. Many men in Russia die young because…
2. Many people drink household products containing alcohol because…
3. Household products containing alcohol are dangerous because…
4. The population of Russia is falling because…
5. Winter is a dangerous time for alcoholics in Russia because…
6. Life expectancy increased during the mid-1980s because…
a. … President Gorbachev tried to stop people drinking alcohol.
b. … life expectancy is very low and the birth rate is low.
c. … they drink household products containing alcohol.
d. … they contain a very high percentage of alcohol.
e. … they may fall through ice or freeze to death in the snow.
f. … they are poor.
Vocabulary 1: Chunks
4
Rearrange these words to make short phrases from the text. Check your answers in the text.
1. age working of men
2.
a alcohol result as of
3. anybody more in than the else world
4.
of work out
5. national a tragedy
6.
the death in freeze snow to
7. of a number men large
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