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Recent events in Australia suggest that energy drinks in excess may be dangerous. Last Spring a student who had drunk eleven cans of an energy drink robbed a supermarket armed with a knife.

According to his lawyer, this student was suffering from "caffeinism", that is, an unusual condition of excitement, sleeplessness, agitation, and confused thought and speech, as a result of the consumption of high levels of caffeine. The judge did not quite accept this defence, but he accepted that energy drinks may have influenced the boy's behaviour.

This is not the first incident concerning energy drinks. In Sweden, there have been warnings about mixing them with alcohol or drinking after exercise, when three people died shortly after having an energy drink. In Ireland, a 19-year-old man died suddenly after he had drunk three cans of it, and the matter is still under investigation. The company insists that there is nothing dangerous in its product, and that it increases alertness, concentration, and endurance. But experts do not agree: "Energy drinks are high in sugar and may increase alertness, but there is no evidence to show that they are better than a cup of coffee."

SOLUCIONES

I. READING COMPREHENSION

ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-2 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE YOUR OWN WORDS.
1) When can energy drinks become dangerous?

• When you drink them in excess (lines 1-5) or in combination with alcohol or exercise (lines 6-7).

2) How does “caffeinism” influence one’s behaviour?

• You get very excited and agitated. Your thought and speech become confused. (lines 3-4)

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT.
3) A student stole a knife from a supermarket.

• FALSE: he robbed a supermarket. Line 2

4) Three teenagers died in Ireland.

• FALSE: one teenager died. Line 8

5) Sugar may reduce attention.

• FALSE: sugar may increase alertness. Line 10

6) Everybody agrees about the effects of energy drinks.

• FALSE: experts do not agree. Lines 9-11

 

II. USE OF ENGLISH

7) Find in the text the word which has the following definition:

• “round metal box for preserving food or drink” (noun): can (line 2)

8) Give an adjective with the same root as EXCITEMENT (noun) (line 4).

• excited, exciting

9) Find in the text one synonym for INSOMNIA (noun).

• sleeplessness (line 3)

10) Give one opposite for INCREASE (verb).

• reduce, diminish, decrease, lower, cut down

11) Turn the following sentence into reported speech:
“He has drunk too much tonight”, Peter said.

• Peter said that he had drunk too much that night.

12) Turn the following sentence into the active voice:
"Tea has been made by his mother."

• His mother had made tea.

13) Use the words in the box to make a meaningful sentence.
WANTED    DRINK    MARY    THE    TO    CAT    WATER

• Mary wanted the cat to drink water.

14) Complete the following sentence:

• If he had not drunk so much he would have arrived home safely.

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