October 16-22, 2006
Suicide-drug link confirmed in children
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1. What medicine is suspected to make children kill themselves?
A. LSD
B. Ecstasy
C. marijuana
D. antidepressants

2. The medical history of how many people was analysed for this research?
A. 5
B. 15
C. 2004
D. 5,000

3. Why is the danger of these drugs so widespread?
A. They are popular.
B. They make children grow.
C. They make people unreasonably happy.
D. They prevent people from being serious.

4. What did the FDA do to alert people to the problem?

A. They outlawed them.

B. They launched a massive TV campaign.
C. They organised demonstrators to fight against them.
D. They issued a health advisory with a black box warning.

5. What should parents do to prevent their child from committing suicide?
A. Lock the child up.
B. Record all the childŐs thoughts.
C. Keep a close eye on the child.
D. Put the child in a straightjacket.


Synonyms: Which of the following words or phrases replace the ones from the passage best?
6. attempt
A. try
B. force
C. avoid
D. discuss

7. severe
  A. little
B. serious
C. unknown
D. diagnosed

8. discover
A. hide
B. find out
C. encourage
D. keep secret

9. mounting
A. irrational
B. surprising
C. increasing
D. indefensible

10. issue
A. deny
B. recall
C. reject
D. give out

 

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