KEY TO LISTENING PRACTICE 1 2

KEY
Listening practice 1
TASK ONE: Listen to a health report and answer the following questions. Write
short answer. (You are allowed to listen TWICE)
1. What relationship did the researchers investigate in a national long-term survey of
adolescent health?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. How many questions were the young people asked in the survey?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. How many percent of the young people had signs of depression in 2002?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
1. (The relationship between) media use and depression.
2. Two
3. More than seven percent (7%)
TASK TWO: Fill in each blank with ONE word that you hear.
(You are allowed to listen TWICE)
(1) evidence (2) storms
(3) malaria
(4) appeared (5) activity
(6) sharply
(7) least
(8) include
(9) worldwide (10) conference
Listening practice 2
TASK ONE: Listen to a health report and answer the following questions. Write
short answer. (You are allowed to listen TWICE)
1. According to the doctors in the Washington area, why did a boy die in 2007?
2. What can breast milk help slow in the mouth?
3. When can you clean baby teeth with a wet toothbrush?
Key
1. Because a tooth infection spread to his brain.

2. Bacterial growth and acid production.
3. When baby teeth begin to appear.
TASK TWO: Fill in each blank with ONE word that you hear.
(You are allowed to listen TWICE)
(1) approved (2) released (3) still
(4) worst
(5) safety.
(6) rate
(7) progress (8) forms
(9) taken.
(10) interventions.

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