Cover of the textbook On Screen B2+ - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6a - Reading for the textbook On Screen B2+ - Student's Book with authors Virginia Evans and Jenny Dooley from Express Publishing

Question

Answer the questions in your own words.

Answer

  1. Bitter almonds contain the deadly poison cyanide. Spies have been known to take this poison to kill themselves and avoid being captured.
  2. Tests have been carried out on mice which showed that feeding them with mushrooms causes them to develop more tumours.
  3. The symptoms of solanine poisoning are weakness and confusion followed by a loss of consciousness and then death.