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All in the mind
3 08 You are going to listen to part of a radio
programme about a psychological condition known
as prosopagnosia. What is the more common name
for this condition? Listen to the first part of the
programme to find the answer.
4 09 Listen to the whole programme and say if the
following statements are true (T) or false (F).
The speaker compares face-blindness to the inability
to hear.
Scientists do not understand how normal people
remember faces.
The face-blind subjects could not distinguish between
the faces or the objects.
5 Read the sentences below. How many of the gaps can
you already fill? (The number of missing words is
in brackets, but this information is not given in the
exam.)
According to the speaker, the painting by René
Magritte (1) the idea of
face-blindness. (2 words)
People with face-blindness have no memory
of a person’s face once the person
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(2) their sight. (1 word)
Some people with this condition are so
that they cannot
recognise members of their own family. (2 words)
It could help scientists to understand
if they knew more
about face-blindness. (2 words)
Scientists do not yet know whether the ability to
recognise faces has a (5)
of its own or whether it is part of an individual’s
general ability. (3 words)
In an experiment, a number of (6)
were shown images of people, places
and objects. (3 words)
The experiment proved that the human brain processes
(7) differently from
faces. (2 words)
Other experiments have shown that people with
this condition can improve their
(8) . (3 words)
6 09 Listen again. For questions 1–8, complete the
sentences with a word or short phrase.
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Vocabulary
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1 Look at the nouns in italics in these extracts from
Listening Part 2. Are they being used as countable or
uncountable nouns?
As soon as someone leaves their sight, the memory of
that person’s face is blank.
This ability helps to hold society together and has
enabled human beings to develop a complex culture.
2 Write sentences in which the uncountable nouns
in Exercise 1 are used as countable nouns and vice
versa.
3 In pairs, discuss the countable and uncountable
meanings of these nouns.
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nouns
Grammar
no none not
1 Complete these extracts with no, none or not.
The subjects were shown pictures of faces with
………… hair on their heads.
………… of the subjects could recognise the faces well.
This is ………… to say that prosopagnosia has …………
advantages.
QBHF -BOHVBHF SFGFSFODF no, none, not
2 Five of these sentences contain mistakes that
exam candidates have made in expressing negation.
Correct the mistakes. (One sentence is correct.)
It was difficult to get around last weekend as there was
not public transport.
Most students were no satisfied with the standard of
food in the school canteen.
We’ve had hardly no communication from
management for over a week.
As far as I can see, there’s not much difference
between Spanish grammar and Italian grammar.
I’m afraid I don’t know nothing about psychology.
We couldn’t get treated for two hours because none
doctors were available.