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Listening 2

Listening comprehension module.

Listening comprehension module.

Instructions

Listen to the document and answer the questions.

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 Questions

Question 1In 2011, UN experts recommended officially the use of torture.

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Question 2Prisoners in solitary confinement are only granted 1 or 2 hours recreation a day.

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Question 3These Solitary Housing Units (SHU) are used exceptionally, only in emergency situations.

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Question 4The cells are large, with much furniture.

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Question 5Lack of exercise and poor quality food put people at risk of becoming obese.

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Question 6In mice, social isolation has serious physiological consequences.

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Question 7In the 50s, the Rhesus experiment was also about social isolation.

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Question 8Human beings seem to bear isolation better than monkeys.

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Question 9Some prisoners become suicidal as a result of extreme isolation.

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Question 10Solitary confinement does not make prisons safer places.

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