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PRACTICE AND ANALYSIS OF HEADING QUESTIONS

3. PRACTICE QUESTIONS

TEST 2

Match the following titles (A-H) with the texts (1-7).Note: There are more headings than you need.

List of Headings:

A) A very important invention B) Communicating without words
C) A festive meal D) Healing the sick
E) A future invention F) Helping communication
G) Unsafe medicine H) A risky meal

1. 
   Pufferfish contain a powerful poison called 'tetrodoxin' in their organs and skin that can kill a person within hours. But to the Japanese, pufferfish (known as 'Fugu') is a delicacy - an expensive dish that people enjoy eating on special occasions. Tokyo has between 700 and 800 restaurants that serve pufferfish. Chefs have to pass a very difficult exam before they are allowed to prepare this hazardous dish.
   
2. 
   For over 3,000 years, the Chinese have used a special range of medical therapies to treat people who are ill. These therapies include herbal medicine, acupuncture and massage, and they are still a very important part of the public health care system in China. Today, some Western doctors also use Chinese medicine. They use it to treat illnesses that Western medicine can not cure.
   
3. 
   Earplugs are a wonderful way to keep out noise. The trouble is, they keep out the sounds you wantto hear, too! But don't worry because in a few years time, you will be able to buy earplugs that let youhear the sounds you want to hear and block out the ones you don't! The scientists who are developingthese earplugs hope they will be in shops by 2013.
   
4. 
   In the US, Thanksgiving Day is an annual one-day holiday on the fourth Thursday of November. On this day, family and friends all get together to eat a large meal and to give thanks for what they have. Certain kinds of food are traditionally served for Thanksgiving dinner - most famously, roast turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie.
   
5. 
   The telephone has changed our lives more than most people realise. The telephone made instant communication possible and led to other amazing inventions such as the television and the computer.Without the telephone, there would be no Internet, no radio and no mobile phones. Today, a world without the telephone is unimaginable.
   
6. 
   The Esperanto language was created in the late 18th century by Dr Ludovic Lazarus Zamenhof. Ittook him about 10 years to develop. Dr Zamenhof created Esperanto because he wanted to encourage peace and understanding between people of different countries. He thought that inventing a simple language that everyone in the world could learn to speak very easily would help achieve this.
   
7. 
   By watching other people's body language, facial expressions and tone of voice, you can learn a lot. For example, if your friend tells you he is not angry with you, but his hands are clenched, his eyes are narrow and his voice is shaking, you can be sure that he is. So, non- verbal signals can show otherswhat we are really thinking and feeling!
   

TEST 3

Match the following titles (A-H) with the texts (1-7).Note: There are more headings than you need.