AT THE DOCTOR’S

Doctor: Come (1) …, please.

Patient: Thank you. Doctor, I decided to make (2)… because yesterday

I had a (3)… headache and rash all over my body after taking pills for
stomach (4)….

Doctor: Did I write out (5)… for taking the pills?

Patient: Yes, here it is.

Doctor: These pills are very (6)… They can trigger such symptoms as
dizziness, nausea and even rash. Let me check you (7) … I’ll measure
your blood (8)… but firstly put (9)… into your armpit.

(After a while)

Doctor: Your temperature is in the normal range but your blood pressure is very (10)… Did you read
the medicine label before taking those pills?

Patient: No, I thought your prescription and recommendations were

enough to take them (11)…

Doctor: What (12)… did you take at once?

Patient: I took two pills.

Doctor: So everything should have been all right then. You told me you had
no allergies. What’s wrong then?

Patient: Just a few days ago I was sneezing all day long but I went (13)… taking the pills.

Doctor: As far as these pills are concerned, they mustn’t be taken if you have any allergies. So taking
them caused terrible side (14)…
1 A on B in C back D round

2 A a meeting B a reception C an event D an appointment

3 A awful B bad C splitting D worse

4 A upset B problem C disease D pain

5 A a recipe B a receipt C a prescription D a bill

6 A bad B strong C hard D overdue

7 A off B up C in D out

8 A level B rate C press D pressure

9 A a stethoscope B a medicine C a thermometer D drops

10 A low B little C less D least

11 A cautiously B correctly C carefully D carelessly

12 A number B quantity C dose D amount

13 A by B further C on D up

14 A affects B effects C results D outcomes