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Multilevel · Part 5 · CEFR Mock Test 02

Plutons and Disease: Reading answers

Answers to questions 30–35 (6 in all), each with why it is right.

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Plutons and Disease Sometimes there is a common cause for apparently different illnesses. Take for instance various kinds of tumors, which are groupings of cells continuously separating. And lately, a spectacular medical theory has developed. It speculates how illnesses of the central nervous system-such as Lou Gehrig's disease, AIDS and rubella - use a similar process of reproduction. The theory replaces the idea of continuous re-creation with the idea that the body does not remove its own waste properly. Normally, the cause of these diseases is mishandled plutons. What keeps the system busy, is the process of collecting the waste of healthy cells. Carrier cells pick up the waste as they…

Answers 30–35

  1. 30

    healthy Note completion

  2. 31

    error Note completion

  3. 32

    acid Note completion

  4. 33

    pelicans Note completion

  5. 34

    The basis of the new theory is...

    D: the importance of keeping the body busy. Multiple choice

  6. 35

    An error is likely to occur, because...

    B: the process is difficult. Multiple choice

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