POSSIBLE TEXTS AND EXERCISES FOR THE EXAM (in reading part)

What is Glaucoma?

Glaucoma is the name given to a group of eye diseases in which the optic nerve at the back of
the eye is slowly and permanently destroyed. In most people this damage is due to an increase
in eye pressure as a result of a number of causes. Perhaps a blockage of the circulation of
aqueous humor, or its drainage, poor blood supply to the vital optic nerve fibres, a weakness in
the structure of the nerve, and/or a problem in the health of the nerve fibres themselves.
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of vision loss in the world and third in Australia amongst
people over the age of 55. It affects more than 300,000 Australians and similar to Type 2
diabetes only 50% of glaucoma sufferers know they have this eye disease. Although the
prevalence is more common as people age, it can occur at any age and even be present at
birth.As our population becomes older, the number of glaucoma patients is likely to increase.

Reading Exercise

Read and complete the blanks with the correct form of the verb. You can use a verb more than
one (lee y completa los espacios en blanco con la forma correcta del verbo. Puedes usar un
verbo más de una vez. NOTA: hay verbos que no serán necesario usarlos)

Spend Spends Spendes Spendies

Be Is Are Bes
Study Studys Studies Studyes
Work Workes Workies Works
Tell Tells Telles Tellies
Carry out Carry outs Carries out Carrys out
Relies Rely Relys Relyes

Pharmacology

Pharmacology is the _________ of drugs. Drugs may ____________ defined as chemicals

which affect the functioning of living cells. Pharmacologists _________ how drugs
_______________ in the body and what this _____________ us about how the body itself
__________. Because of this, pharmacology is one of the core disciplines of a pharmacy
degree.

Pharmacology ____________ very important for human health. Pharmacologists have been
involved in the discovery of many chemicals used in the treatment of disease, and the
pharmaceutical industry ____________ on pharmacologists for its success. Pharmacology is,
therefore, very important for industry. Pharmaceutical companies _____________ nearly a
quarter of all industrial research and development in the UK, and ______________ a third of
all their sales on research and development. Nearly a quarter of the world's top medicines
were discovered and developed in Britain.

Reading Exercises

Read the text and complete the blanks with the given words

(Lee el texto y completa los espacios en blanco con las palabras dadas. NOTA: se pueden
repetir).

say heard go

be get

hear think

Ears Part 1 (Teacher: Michael)

Wax in the ears is possibly the most common cause of a gradual loss of hearing but it is also a
protective excretion from the lining of the ears. Patients who work in dusty jobs certainly
_______ trouble more often. This may _________ partly due to particles piling up in the ear
passages, but it is also because the secretion of wax actually collects dust particles.

Wax can partly block the ear channels so that sound waves are limited in the effect, but the
delicate, complicated mechanism of the middle ear can also seize up if wax gets into the
works. This mechanism includes three very tiny bones which must _________ able to move
very freely if their owner is to_______ properly.

Wax is sometimes pushed on to these bones by an over-enthusiastic patient using various

tools to try to _______ the wax out. I have even _______ a patient _______ he uses a
toothpick to clean his ears. This is dangerous and can damage the walls of the passages and
allow infection to __________ in, as well as push the wax further along. If you ________ your
trouble is wax _________ to the doctor and he or she will ________ able to syringe the wax
out of the ear safely.