XI. DISEASES. Choose the best answer

1. Children with ….. diseases should not be allowed to go to school.

a) constant b) contact c) infectious d) influential

2. He has ….. bronchitis. He has suffered from it for many years.

a) chronic b) durable c) fatal d) mortal

3. I have been advised to take every ….. against catching flu again this winter.

a) precaution b) prediction c) premeditation d) prevention

4. After the outbreak of a mysterious illness, investigation revealed ….. of the town’s water supply.

a) contagion b) eruption c) infiltration d) pollution

5. Apart from the ….. cough and cold, I have been remarkably healthy all my life.

a) irregular b) odd c) opportune d) timely

6. Smallpox, once responsible for millions of deaths, has been virtually …...

a) abolished b) eradicated c) erased d) exterminated

7. Unless we take immediate precautions, we shall not be able to ….. the epidemic.

a) contain b) destroy c) hold d) staunch

8. Peter can’t play with the children next door because he is still in ….. with measles.

a) confinement b) detention c) seclusion d) quarantine

9. The outbreak of whooping cough among children under 5 has now reached ….. proportions.

a) contagious b) endemic c) epidemic d) pathological

10. My little daughter is not allowed to play with her friends next door because one of them is suffering from a ….. disease.

a)contagious b) contiguous c) touching d) transmitting

11. An illness that is caused by the mind is known as ….. illness.

a) an acute b) a congenital c) a familial d) a psychosomatic

12. She suffers from a morbid fear of spiders, known to doctor as …...

a) agoraphobia b) arachnophobia c) claustrophobia d) xenophobia

XII. DISEASES. Fill the blanks with the words below. You may use each word only once.

How the Body Fights Disease

The ….. is often called “the body’s first ….. of defence”. It acts as armor, resisting many germs that might harm the more ….. parts of the …... Any ….. in the skin even a pin ….., provides an opening for ….. germs. Some …… enter the body through the ….. and ….. and other natural openings. These areas provided warmth and ….., in which germs thrive. When the ….. of the nose and throat becomes irritated, we cough or ….., blowing out the unwanted substances.

Other body ….. also contain a defense against …... Tears, for example, wash ….. from the …... Tears also contain substances that fight bacteria. Acid in the ….. kills man germs before they can reach other ….. of the body.

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