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So have we gone too far with hygicne? Should wo loave our kitchens dirty?
6.................. Making a conscious effort to expose ourselves to more germs
would be full of dangers, according to microbiologist Professor Tom
Ilumphrey. ‘Tt may be true that a little bit of dirt is good for you, but only as
long as you can control the amount of type of dirt it is, and that’s very
diíĩĩcult,” he says.
He recommends sensible hygiene routines, which do not always involve
spraying antibacterial Products. 7...................... “Aftcr you have done the
chicken, for example, you may need to use a basic antibactcrial product to
clean work surfaces.”
A. They have all shown that children brought up on farms containing animals
have 60% fewer allergies than those raised in non-farming environments.
B. Public health expcrts are in no doubt as to the answer.
c. Man is the only creature on earth to wash its hands before meals.
D. Unlike animals, man is able to develop ways to protect himseir from the
hostilc elements of the natural world.
E. Most germs can be killed with hot water and detergent, although
something a little stronger may be necessary after preparing raw meat.
F. Hay fever was rare when it was first dcscribed in 1819.
G. They go on to recommend a number of Products, which, with proper use,
prevent the spread of bacterial infection.
H. In our obsession with clcanlincss we have bccome less capable of íĩghting
germs.

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Read the following article. Seven sentences have been removed from the
article. Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap (1-7).
There is one extra sentence vvhich you do not need to use.
SHOPPING: A CURABLE DISEASE?

An American psychiatrist has launched trials of a drug to help people who
cannot stop spending. Protessor Lorrin Koran of stantord University in
California believes he has found a cure for shopaholics.
The news will come as a great relief to millions of people sulĩering from
compulsive shopping disorder, a condition which is thought to aữlict up to onc in
30 American women. 1................... Koran, however, describes it 81S a “hidden
epidemic” comparable to compulsive gambling, kleptomania and pyromania.

Since tho announcement of his test programme, Koran’s offíce has been
inundated with hundreds of calls from shopping addicts keen to become his
guinea pigs. 2 ..................... But just what typc of people suffer from it?
According to Koran’s research, the majority of shopaholics are women.
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