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A. Listen and answer the following questions. Note taking

1. What is the main idea of the passage? Topic :

cancers

neurological systems
viruses Main idea :

poisons

2. Which of the following viruses is there no cure for? 1 Major point :
st
the common cold

chicken pox
rabies Details :

SARS

3. Which of the following do viruses not have?
nucleic acid

cells
nd
2 Major point :
antigens
a protein shell

Details :
4. What is still being debated?
whether or not viruses are alive

whether or not viruses are deadly
whether or not viruses are curable

whether or not viruses are a threat to humans
rd
3 Major point :

B. Check True or False.

1. All of the viruses are fatal. Details :

2. Virology is the study of viruses and their

properties.

3. One can receive a vaccination against the

Ebola virus.

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