Test 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. a. with b. on c. under d. in e. of 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. Keeping 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. 1. a. Poles b. Far c. Quite d. So 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 5. a. than b. about c. for d. from 6. a. colds b. coughs c. flu d. fevers 7. a. fanatic b. follower c. fad d. person 8. a. interested b. varied c. detailed d. particular 9. a. crutches b. plaster c. treatment d. danger 10. a. living b. lifetime c. lifestyle d. liveliness 11. a. is b. caters c. depends d. accounts 12. a. how b. that c. whenever d. thus 13. a. fit b. this c. health d. all 14. a. diet b. eating c. menu d. recipe 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. matron midwife indigestion x – ray measles crutches surgeon mumps hay fever infectious insomnia scald family doctor antiseptic sedative surgery prescription 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. 15. 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. . Test Topic 11 : Health Exercise 1. Fill the gaps with suitable words. 1. If you want to find out someone’s. 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 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