Task 2: Are You a Heavy Smoker?

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Task 2: Are You a Heavy Smoker?

1. True or False Questions.
(1)
The conversation probably takes place at the cigarettes counter in a large supermarket.
(2)
Mrs. Bradley has bought ten packets of cigarettes for herself.
(3)
The interviewer asks Mrs. Bradley questions for a survey on smokers' habits.
(4)
Though Mrs. Bradley is in a hurry, she finally agrees to answer the questions.
(5)
Mrs. Bradley says that she smokes because she wants to be relaxed.
(6)
The interviewer himself is a smoker, too.

2. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) A Silk Cut costs ____________.

a. one pound forty-four b. twenty-six pence c. forty-eight pence
(2) Mrs. Bradley gives the salesgirl ____________. a. four pounds b. five pounds c. six pounds
(3) Mrs. Bradley smokes___________ a week. a. three cigarettes b. twenty cigarettes c. sixty cigarettes
(4) Mrs. Bradley will describe her husband as ___________. a. a chain smoker b. a heavy smoker c. a light smoker
(5) Mr. Bradley has never smoked _____________. a. a pipe b. a cigar c. a cigarette
(6) Mrs. Bradley has___________. a. no children b. a daughter c. a son

C. Fill in the following information about Mrs. Bradley's smoking experience.
    The interviewee,
, is
years old. She will have
packets of
a week. When she was
, she had the first experience of smoking. It was at a
and her
not her
offered her the first cigarette. She accepted it and felt really
. Later she started smoking
a day and gradually
.
    Mrs. Bradley has ever tried to stop smoking
. The first time was about
months before
. That was because she was
at that time. As a result, she cut it down from
a day, but still
. The second time she managed to give up completely for a while she was expecting
, and according to the
's advice, she had to do so. She went for about
months, and took it up a couple of weeks after
because
was being
.
    Mrs. Bradley will smoke most when she is sitting
or
, but especially when she is in
and she is with
. She never smokes when she is
. She always has one cigarette after
, never on
, because which will reminds her that she must be preparing for a dinner for her
and her
.

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Task 2: Are You a Heavy Smoker?

1. True or False Questions.
(1)
The conversation probably takes place at the cigarettes counter in a large supermarket.
(2)
Mrs. Bradley has bought ten packets of cigarettes for herself.
(3)
The interviewer asks Mrs. Bradley questions for a survey on smokers' habits.
(4)
Though Mrs. Bradley is in a hurry, she finally agrees to answer the questions.
(5)
Mrs. Bradley says that she smokes because she wants to be relaxed.
(6)
The interviewer himself is a smoker, too.

2. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) A Silk Cut costs ____________.

a. one pound forty-four b. twenty-six pence c. forty-eight pence
(2) Mrs. Bradley gives the salesgirl ____________. a. four pounds b. five pounds c. six pounds
(3) Mrs. Bradley smokes___________ a week. a. three cigarettes b. twenty cigarettes c. sixty cigarettes
(4) Mrs. Bradley will describe her husband as ___________. a. a chain smoker b. a heavy smoker c. a light smoker
(5) Mr. Bradley has never smoked _____________. a. a pipe b. a cigar c. a cigarette
(6) Mrs. Bradley has___________. a. no children b. a daughter c. a son

C. Fill in the following information about Mrs. Bradley's smoking experience.
    The interviewee,
, is
years old. She will have
packets of
a week. When she was
, she had the first experience of smoking. It was at a
and her
not her
offered her the first cigarette. She accepted it and felt really
. Later she started smoking
a day and gradually
.
    Mrs. Bradley has ever tried to stop smoking
. The first time was about
months before
. That was because she was
at that time. As a result, she cut it down from
a day, but still
. The second time she managed to give up completely for a while she was expecting
, and according to the
's advice, she had to do so. She went for about
months, and took it up a couple of weeks after
because
was being
.
    Mrs. Bradley will smoke most when she is sitting
or
, but especially when she is in
and she is with
. She never smokes when she is
. She always has one cigarette after
, never on
, because which will reminds her that she must be preparing for a dinner for her
and her
.