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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers ID: #34097 Medium Baldness
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Common baldness, or androgenetic alopecia, is the most prevailing type of abnormal hair loss in the world. Around 80% of men and 30% of women in the case of women it is known as female pattern hair loss -- suffer from it. For millions of people, going bald is a real nightmare, a bad dream that can be traced back 6,000 years. According to historians, in ancient Egypt, there were already people who specialized in scalp diseases. There is even a papyrus which deals with a hair loss treatment which included an exotic mixture of hippopotamus, crocodile, snake, and goat fat with porcupine “hair” which had to be boiled in water and applied for four days. However, when the concoctions used by the Egyptians did not work, patients would opt for resorting to wigs or hairpieces. It is believed that such behavior was a consequence of hair being a symbol of power and virility: the biblical myth of Samson serves as good proof of this since his strength was supposed to rely on his mane.

Which of the following are true statements about baldness?

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Option 2: "A manuscript from ancient Egypt which provides details regarding how to fix a remedy for hair loss has survived till today."

Explanation: The text mentions a papyrus that deals with a hair loss treatment, indicating that a manuscript with such details has indeed survived from ancient Egypt.

Option 1: "80% of men suffered from baldness in ancient Egypt."

Explanation: The text states that around 80% of men suffer from baldness today, not specifically in ancient Egypt. This is a misinterpretation of the data presented.

Option 3: "In ancient Egypt, if the people who specialized in scalp diseases were not willing to work, their patients resorted to using wigs and hairpieces."

Explanation: The text does not imply that scalp specialists were unwilling to work; rather, it states that when treatments did not work, patients opted for wigs or hairpieces. This option misrepresents the information.

Option 4: "One of the reasons that people used to suffer a lot from having baldness was because of the social status that having hair could provide."

Explanation: The text supports this statement by explaining that hair was a symbol of power and virility, indicating that social status was indeed a reason for the distress caused by baldness.

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