From Floating Saunas to Clinical Trials: How Heat Might Help Mental Health

Study the questions and tasks

Work through the material below, or start the interactive practice above to complete an attempt. Try the exercises before opening any answer or transcript sections, then use them to review your work.

Practice level

C1. Try this level if you can follow the instructions and understand most of the language; choose an earlier level if you need more support.

Question formats

Single choice

How to approach this practice

Use the surrounding sentence to identify the meaning and word form needed. Check which words naturally go together.

1. Question 1 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which meaning best matches “momentum” in the article?

   1. A sudden decline in public interest
   2. increasing energy and progress behind a developing activity or movement
   3. A fixed medical standard
   4. A temporary physical sensation
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   increasing energy and progress behind a developing activity or movement

   Here, momentum means growing energy and progress behind sauna culture.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which meaning best matches “intervention” in the article?

   1. A historical explanation
   2. an action designed to improve a situation, especially through targeted professional support
   3. An accidental social encounter
   4. A measurement of cardiovascular fitness
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   an action designed to improve a situation, especially through targeted professional support

   The term denotes a targeted action intended to improve mental health.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which meaning best matches “warrant” in the article?

   1. Prevent completely
   2. Measure precisely
   3. to justify or make a particular action reasonable or necessary
   4. Publicize internationally
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   to justify or make a particular action reasonable or necessary

   In context, warrant means justify or make further investigation reasonable.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which meaning best matches “recruiting” in the article?

   1. seeking and enrolling people to participate in an organized activity or study
   2. Comparing unrelated studies
   3. Constructing floating facilities
   4. Publishing preliminary results
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   seeking and enrolling people to participate in an organized activity or study

   It refers to seeking and enrolling participants for the trial.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which meaning best matches “emerged” in the article?

   1. Were deliberately concealed
   2. developed or appeared, especially gradually from an earlier situation
   3. Were moved inland
   4. Collapsed unexpectedly
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   developed or appeared, especially gradually from an earlier situation

   The sauna villages developed gradually within Oslo’s harbor.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which meaning best matches “communal” in the article?

   1. shared by or involving members of a group or community
   2. Restricted to trained clinicians
   3. Designed for private treatment
   4. Based solely on historical records
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   shared by or involving members of a group or community

   Communal describes something shared by or involving a community.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which meaning best matches “withstand” in the article?

   1. Avoid public attention
   2. remain effective or undamaged despite pressure, difficulty, or scrutiny
   3. Increase rapidly without evidence
   4. Replace a traditional practice
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   remain effective or undamaged despite pressure, difficulty, or scrutiny

   Withstand means remain credible despite systematic scientific scrutiny.

What to review next

Keep a short list of unfamiliar words with their meanings and example sentences. Practise recalling them later, then use them in a sentence of your own.

A focused practice result shows how you did on these tasks. Use several activities across skills to decide what to study next; one practice score does not certify an overall CEFR level.

Before you practise: a worked example

Read the whole sentence before choosing a word. Check both its meaning and the words it naturally combines with.

Please make an appointment before visiting the clinic.

Make an appointment is a natural word combination. Knowing a dictionary meaning alone may not tell you which verb fits.

This teaching example is separate from the scored questions. After your test, compare any mistakes with the explanation and revisit the topic before trying again.