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Trang 1Test Topic 11 : Health
Exercise 1 Fill the gaps with suitable words
1 If you want to find out someone’s temperature, use a _
2 Please don’t cough all over everyone Don’t forget that a cold is _ As it is a virus, there’s no _ for it
3 I hurt my wrist yesterday playing football and today it’s
4 I had to wait three – quarters of an hour in the doctor’s _
5 I went to the doctor about my insomnia and she prescribed some _
6 The main symtomp of hay fever is that you keep
7 It was a bad cut and it was bleeding a lot, so I put on a _
8 I think he’s broken his leg ! Quick, someone call an _
9 If someone is seriously ill, they may need to go to hospital to have an
10 I hate going to the dentist I’ve got to have two _ done
11 If you want to stay fit, don’t eat too much and take plenty of
12 Her mother sent her to bed because she had a
13 He was ten kilos overweight and was advised to go on a _
14 You’ve eaten too much That’s why you have a pain in your
15 Oh, dear ! I feel awful I think I’m going to _
Exercise 2 Choose the best answer
1 If you want antibiotics, you’ll have to ask the doctor for a
a medicine b note c prescription d receipt e recipe
2 She’s got a bad cold, so the nurse gave her a(n) _
a injection b scratch c stab d vaccine e wound
3 If you’ve got measles, your skin is covered in _
a blots b dots c freckles d spots d stains
4 Why not take up tennis ? It helps you to keep fit and it’s a great _
a amusement b game c match d play d tournament
5 He didn’t feel like going to the party because he had a terrible _
a disease b headache c homesickness d infection d nostalgia
6 She was _ terrible pain, so now she wants to be left in peace
Exercise 3 Using the correct form of the root words to fill the gaps
1 If someone faints you should ( 1 – LOOSE ) _ their clothing, not ( 2 – TIGHT ) it
2 The ( 3 – SCIENCE ) _ needed an ( 4 – ASSIST ) to help with the experiment
3 After the road had been ( 5 – WIDE ) every ( 6 – MOTOR ) _ drove faster
4 A good ( 7– EMPLOY ) pays all his ( 8 – EMPLOY ) well
5 The knife may need ( 9 – SHARP ) before it is used
6 Milk can be ( 10 – STERILE ) by ( 11 – HOT ) it to boiling point
7 A motorbike ( 12 – RIDE ) _ can go much faster than a ( 13 – CYCLE ) _
8 The city has over a million ( 14 – INHABIT )
Exercise 4 Fill in the blanks with suitable words
1 I hit my hand on the desk , and now it really h
2 They say she died of heart a
3 She had some apples that weren’t ready to eat, and now she has a s _
4 I’ve got this terrible p _ in my neck from sleeping in the wrong position
5 He died of l cancer, eventhough he never smoked a cigarette in his life
6 I went to the doctor and she gave me a p for some medication
7 Pollution makes his a worse, and it’s difficult for him to breathe
8 I hurt m when I fell of that chair
Exercise 5 What medical problems might you have if you
1 you eat too fast ? 6 a mosquito bites you ?
2 you smoke a lot ? 7 you eat food that has gone bad ?
3 you stay out in the sun too long ? 8 you can’t sleep
4 you eat food you’re allergic to ? 9 you have headache, fever, cough, sneezing
5 you run unusually fast for a bus ? 10 swollen, painful muscles extreme stiffness
Exercise 6 Choose the most suitable word for each space
Trang 2Keeping fit and stay healthy have, not surprisingly, become a growth industry (1) _ from the amount of money spent each year on doctors’ (2) _ and approved medical treatment , huge sums are now spent on health foods and (3) _ of various kinds, from vitamin pills to mineral water, not to mention health clubs and keep – fit (4) _ and videos We are more concerned than ever, it seems, (5) the water we drink and the air we breathe, and are smoking less , though not yet drinking less alcohol This does not appear to mean that (6) and sneezes have been banished, or that we can expect to live to a hundred To give a personal example, one of my friends, who is a keep – fit (7) _ , a non – smoker and who is very (8) _ about what he eats, is now languishing in bed with a wrist
in ( 9) _ and a badly sprained ankle Part of his healthy (10) is to play squash every day after work , and that (11) for the ankle He also cycle everywhere,(and if you’ve ever tried to cycle in the rush hour traffic with
a sprained ankle you will understand (12) he acquired the broken wrist ) For (13) , it seems, is not just
a matter of a good (14) and plenty of exercise Too much exercise can be harmful
2 a prescription b surgeries c hospitals d payments
3 a medications b cures c drugs d remedies
4 a books b television c advice d enthusiasts
8 a interested b varied c detailed d particular
9 a crutches b plaster c treatment d danger
Exercise 7 Match the words in A to J with the explanations in 1 to 10
a Ambulance 1 This is a large room with beds in hospital
b Bandage 2 This is where you visit a doctor
c Emergency 3 This is dangerous, unexpected and require immediate action
d Casualty 4 This supports a person who has difficulty in walking
e Plaster 5 This is a vehicle used for transporting the sick
f Operating theatre 6 This is put around broken limbs to immobilise them
g Stretcher 7 This is used for carrying people who are unable to walk
h Surgery 8 This is where a surgeon works
i Crutch 9 This is used for wrapping wounds
j Ward 10 This is someone injured in an accident
Exercise 8 Fill in each blank with a suitable word given
1 In England, if you are ill you can either send for the _ or else go and visit him at his _
2 The piece of paper you get from the doctor to take to the chemist’s to obtain medicine, pills, etc, is called
a _
3 Be careful with that boiling water, you might _ yourself
4 If a disease is _, it means it can be spread from person to person, especially in the air
5 is an illness, something like a bad cold, which makes a person sneeze a lot It is caused by breathing in pollen dust from plants
6 A is a nurse who has received special training to help other women when they are giving birth
to children
7 His neck and mouth are swollen I think he’s got _
8 Don’t eat your food so quickly! You’ll get
9 You’d better put some on that cut, just to be safe
10 If you suffer from , your doctor may recommend taking sleeping tablets
11 It must be _ She’s got a fever, and look at all those small red spots on her face and her body
12 When she broke her leg, she had to go around on _ for several weeks afterwards
13 You may have broken on of your ribs, I think we’d better take an , just to make sure
14 A _ is a doctor whose job is to perform operations
Trang 315 She was in such a state when her son died that the doctor gave her a _ to help calm her down
16 The woman in charge of a hospital is called the _ She has control over all the nurses