# Health Benefits of Dance

IELTS Academic Listening - 10 questions - 11 minutes - Note completion

Source: Recording, questions and answer key from Cambridge IELTS 16, Test 2, Listening Part 4. © Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Used for educational practice. Explanations and evidence notes are written by Testmigo.

## The recording

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## Questions

### Questions 31-40: Note completion

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Health benefits of dance
Recent findings:
All forms of dance produce various hormones associated with feelings of happiness.
Dancing with others has a more positive impact than dancing alone.
An experiment on university students suggested that dance increases **(31)** _____.
For those with mental illness, dance could be used as a form of **(32)** _____.
Benefits of dance for older people:
accessible for people with low levels of **(33)** _____.
reduces the risk of heart disease
better **(34)** _____ reduces the risk of accidents
improves **(35)** _____ function by making it work faster
improves participants' general well-being
gives people more **(36)** _____ to take exercise
can lessen the feeling of **(37)** _____, very common in older people
Benefits of Zumba:
A study at The University of Wisconsin showed that doing Zumba for 40 minutes uses up as many **(38)** _____ as other quite intense forms of exercise.
The American Journal of Health Behavior study showed that:
women suffering from **(39)** _____ benefited from doing Zumba.
Zumba became a **(40)** _____ for the participants.

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