Drinking listening exercise
In this English listening exercise we will hear about news on binge drinking.
The British government is thinking of increasing the price of alcohol in an effort to reduce the rising level of alcohol cosumption in the country.
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Listen to the video on binge drinking to learn the efforts of the British government and answer the questions in the following listening exercise. Write your answers in the comments box at the bottom of the page, and we will reply with the answers shortly!
Questions:
1. The British government is thinking of introducing a ________ price for alcohol in an effort to curb the rising level of binge drinking in the country.
2. Many people have already drunk well over the ________.
3. On a night out I drink about ________ of wine.
4. It is this kind of drinking that's being ________ for the soaring numbers of deaths from liver disease in the UK.
5. According to medical data, most of those deaths are down to ________.
6. An amount six times more that what's considered ________ by alcohol advice groups.
7. There is a very great need to address the alcohol ________ issue in the United Kingdom.
8. The government blames ________ for selling booze at ________ prices.
9. Just twenty pounds can buy you as many as ________ ans of strong cider.
10. The goverment ________ that ending bargain boozing would instantly cut ________ and massively reduce ________ related deaths.
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