Recent Topic: Clearing the Air, at a Price – Full test

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  • •Passage 3: questions 27–40. Time allowed: 20 minutes.
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Passage 3

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the reading passage below.

Clearing the Air, at a Price

Questions 27–31

Match each statement with the correct person, A–C. You may use any letter more than once.

List of people

Aa lung specialist
Ban economist
Ca pharmacist
27The new inhalers work as well as the old ones.
28Some people reduced their use of medication because of cost.
29The change greatly increased the total spending on asthma treatment.
30Some patients misunderstood how much medicine they were receiving.
31People with less money suffered most from the change.

Questions 32–35

Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer? Choose YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer, NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer, NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this.

32The Montreal Protocol has had a positive effect on the ozone layer.

33Inhalers were a major source of CFCs in the atmosphere.

34Removing CFCs from inhalers was the wrong decision.

35Dry-powder inhalers will completely replace other inhalers within ten years.

Questions 36–40

Complete the summary below. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Older inhalers used CFC gas to deliver a measured of medicine. The replacement propellants, HFAs, do not harm the ozone layer but are powerful . In the UK, inhalers produce about 3 per cent of the health service’s . Doctors are now encouraged to prescribe inhalers, but these require patients to breathe in quickly, so they are not suitable for patients having a .