Question

A few years ago, I was travelling through Taipei in Taiwan and I decided to try snake blood. According toChinese medicine, snake blood is very healthy and someThe Market in TaipeiA Strange Drink people also believe it has magical properties. For this reason,Afraid of Snakesmany people in certain parts of Asia drink it, and I wanted to beone of them.I walked through the market place of Snake Alley andstopped in front of a merchant with snakes. Td like to try somesnake blood,' I told him and he said with a smile, 'At your own risk!' He then took a snake from a largecage and tied a rope around its head. While the snake was hanging in the air, he cut it with a knife andsqueezed its blood into a clear glass.When he handed it to me, I suddenly felt afraid. “What does snake blood taste like? Is it tasty?' Ithought. As I was raising the glass to my lips, I smelt something bitter and metallic like copper or lead. I.Ebrethen began to drink.The blood was thick like gravy. It had a terrible, sweet and saltytaste. I was feeling dizzy and sick while I was drinking it. But I wantedto finish the entire glass. There were many people around me at thattime. As soon as I finished, they all looked at me for a response. I justsmiled, so the merchant offered me another glass. No way!' I shoutedand everyone started laughing. Back home, a doctor friend of mine toldme I was lucky not to get very ill, because sometimes snake blood canbe dangerous. Never again!Read agein and write true or false or NM for Not Mentioned. 1.In Teipen, they only sell snake blood in Sneke Alley. 2.The merchant cut the snake and then tied a rope around its head. 3.The blood smelt like metal. 4.The writer had some more snake blood. 5.The writer didn't really like the snake blood. ​

Answer 1

Ответ:

1 not mentioned

2 false

3 true

4 false

5 true

Answer 2

1. False. The passage mentions that the writer was in Taipei, Taiwan, and visited Snake Alley to try snake blood, but it does not state that snake blood is only sold in Snake Alley.
2. False. The passage describes the merchant tying a rope around the snake's head before cutting it, not after.
3. True. The passage states that the writer smelled something bitter and metallic like copper or lead when the snake blood was handed to them.
4. False. The passage mentions that the writer refused another glass of snake blood when it was offered to them.
5. True. The passage describes the writer's experience of finding the taste of snake blood terrible, sweet, and salty.