BEFORE READING
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 590.
1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article's headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
| a | Scientists have developed an exercise pill that could make us all fit. | T/F |
| b | Laboratory mice were able to run without stopping for a very long time. | T/F |
| c | Scientists say jogging and other exercise will be a thing of the past. | T/F |
| d | The pill will increase the efficiency of any exercise we do. | T/F |
| e | Fitness specialists are very excited about the new discovery. | T/F |
| f | The pill could make its developers extremely rich. | T/F |
| g | There could be fewer people staying in hospitals because of the pill. | T/F |
| h | The pills will be on pharmacy store shelves within the next 3 months. | T/F |
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
| Pill | a | exhausting | |
| Fit | b | copy | |
| Reproduce | c | specialists | |
| Mimic | d | in good shape | |
| Efficient | e | tablet | |
| Experts | f | test | |
| Appeal | g | imitate | |
| Strenuous | h | cure | |
| Treat | I | attraction | |
| Experimental | j | productive |
3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
| makes you fit | a | effects of the running | |
| run non- | b | related to obesity | |
| reproduce the positive | c | shape | |
| Boosts | d | for real exercise | |
| out of | e | stop for hours | |
| experts are unconvinced | f | need for strenuous workouts | |
| there is no substitute | g | without exercising | |
| a pill that does away with the | h | muscle-wasting diseases | |
| reduce a large number of diseases | I | energy levels | |
| used to treat | j | by the new discovery |
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