38981 health unit test

This past twelve months has not really been a good year for my family.. He just kept on sneezing, his eyes were sore and he had a runny nose.. I think this is really unfair and sad beca

Section A

Match the definition to the correct keyword

1 to be at ease or free from something: _ RELIEVE

2 a desire for food and drink: APPETITE

3 signs that show a particular illness or disease: _ SYMPTOMS

4 the reason why you are ill: _ CAUSES

5 a contagious illness: VIRUS

6 an arguement: _ QUARREL

7 to pay attention to something: CONCENTRATE

8 the place to buy and collect medicine: _DRUGSTORE

9 when an injury become puffed up, swells: _ SWOLLEN

10 a hollow hole in your teeth: _ CAVITY

11 to deal with or cure an illness: _ TREAT

12 a sticky material used for dressing a wound: PLASTER

13 to show kindness and a regard: _ CONCIDERATE

14 an order of medicine from your doctor: PERSCRIPTION

15 to suffer in pain: ACHE

16 an unhealth condition, to be in poor health: ILLNESS

17 a condition that affects the internal organs: DISEASE

18 to not recognise or know your surroundings: _ UNCONSCIOUS

19 a person that is always cross or cranky: BAD-TEMPERED

20 curved bones in the front of body that protect your major organs: _

quarrel ·virus ·relieve· symptoms ·causes ·appetite ·bad-tempered· treat concentrate

·considerate ·ache ·drugstore ·prescription ·illness ·disease ·cavity injury ·band-aid ·confused

·swollen ·collide ·unconsious ·stitches ·wound ·ribs

22 when two or more objects crash into each other: COLLIDE

23 when you fail to understand and things are unclear to you:

CONFUSED

24 a place that has been hurt or received minor damage: WOUND

25 to be sewn up: _ STICHES

Section B: Grammar - Word Forms

Identify the illness, disease or cause from each symptom Fill in the correct form of word

This past twelve months has not really been a good year for my family Most of my family fell ill from the FLU in the winter I know this because they

complained of a sore throat, were coughing and sneezing, had aching muscles and a temperature After going to our doctor he prescribed some medicine for each of us and

we collected it at the chemist

In the summer, we discovered my little brother was allergic to pollen He just kept on

sneezing, his eyes were sore and he had a runny nose So we had to get some medicine for his _ HAY FEVER At least that was better than getting

_ DIARRHOEA Which I got after eating bad food from an even worse

restaurant I just kept on vomiting and throwing up It didn't stop for a whole night

My mom suffers from frequent headaches, which means she can't drink too much

alcohol If she does, she get's a very painful HANGOVER

This year, my aunt was also diagnosed with _ LUNG CANCER I think this is really unfair and sad because she has never smoked in her her life and the

possibility that she might die from passive smoking is really hurting/paining my feelings

As part of my aunt's treatment she is injected with lots of drugs every week

My older brother on the other hand likes pain He does a lot of sports and exercise so he

time, he was playing soccer and one of the other players attacked him quite badly He

broke his right arm and got a bruise from it It was swollen and he had to put it in a

SLING for two months

My dad recently got in a car accident As the cars crashed he knocked himself

_ UNCONSICIOUS and didn't wake up until the AMBULANCE arrived The doctors told him he had CONCUSSION

as he didn't know where he was and he couldn't remember his name He also received

eight stitches from the wound on his forehead

Section C: Listening

Listen to the conversation between a student and a health worker Answer the following questions

1) Last summer, what would the student most likely have been doing to cause her June illness?

□ (A) Hiking in the woods

□ (B) Swimming at the beach

□ (C) Sightseeing in Canada

□ (D) Training at the sports center

2) What is the confusion about the student's name?

□ (A) It is difficult to pronounce

□ (B) It is not on file

□ (C) It is the same as the doctor's name

□ (D) It has alternative spellings

3) According to the text, what is glucosamine useful for?

□ (A) Upset stomach

□ (B) Poison ivy

□ (C) Mild joint pain

□ (D) Influenza

4) Why does the health worker say this: "Oh Well uh, have you been here before?"

□ (A) She thinks she recognizes the student

□ (B) She thinks she can find the student's student number

□ (C) She thinks the student may not need an appointment

□ (D) She wants to check the student's previous illness

□ (B) To the doctor's examination room

□ (C) To the chairs in the waiting room

□ (D) To the toilet

Section D: Speaking

Give a speech about the worse health case you or a family member has had The speech should be no more than 1 minute