AMBROSIA HSG Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.

Authentic Listening 12/08/2022

Link listening file: https://bit.ly/3dpSWfl

For questions 1-10, listen to a recorded material about colors and fill in the gaps to
complete the summary below, use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. You
will hear the recording TWICE.

History’s deadliest colors

• Originated in 4th century BC, made from the lead of ancient

Greek
• Lead penetrates into human blood cells, soft tissues, and (1)
White ______,
mineralized tissuescausing damage to the body.
• Artists who used the pigment experienced various symptoms
including palseys, (2) melancholy
______, coughing, enlarged retinas, and
blindness
• Due to its distinct advantages, Vermeer and (3) ______ the Impressionists
continued using the chemical despite its harms.
Synthetic greens
• (4) ______ were much more vivid compared to natural ones.
• Arsenic from green dye can obstruct the process by which cells
(5) ______.
communicate and function
Green •
under wraps
The toxic nature of this pigment remained (6) ______ until the
1820s.
insecticide
• In the 20th century, this chemical re-emerged as a(n) (7) ______.
emits
• This pigment (8) ______ dangerous radiation that can cause
cancer.
Orange confiscated
• In WWII, uranium was (9) ______ for military reasons.
• Due to the loosening of uranium restrictions, several ceramic
products still (10) _____ for radioactivity to date.
read positive