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Read the text and decide which option (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.

I 2 3 4 5 6

A strangely A business A attention A fanatic A singular

B unusually

C evidently
C trade

B industry B curing B activist

B particular

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B scraped

C treatment C extremist C special C grazed

D surprisingly D commerce D therapy D militant D peculiar D sprained

Underline the most suitable option in each sentence. I After I drank a cup of black coffee I felt wide awake/awoken/woken. 2 These tablets may make you feel dazed/dozy/drowsy so dont drive. 3 I ve been working for twelve hours and I feel exhausting/tiresome/worn out. 4 The doctor said I was all in/run down/stale and gave me some vitamins. 5 Bill's father is impaired/immobile/invalid, andneeds a wheelchair to get around. 6 After walking for miles over the mountains, my feet were limp/sore/sprained. 7 Annneeds a holiday. She has been under alot of depression/pain/stresslately. 8 The authorities are worried about the increase in drug abuse/disuse/misuse' 9 I told the doctor that climbing the stairs left me catching/gasping/pantingfor

l0

breath. Mary spent a week in bed with an attack/a case/an outbreak of rheumatism.
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ADVANCED LANGIJAGS PRAEfi CE

Complete the texts by writing a form of the word in CAPITALS in each space.

Bottled water is expensive, unreliable and has no health benefits

at least, that's the view of Water Board chief Bill Tyson. To (1) .......tr:1qh.u19trr:........ what good value for money ordinary

tap

HlcH

water still represents, Tyson is running a campaign promoting good old-fashioned tap water and, by implication, criticizing bottled water. He claims that there is little to (2)

.........

DIFFER

bottled water from tap water, since there are often discrepancies of bottled water between the actual mineral (3) ..............
and what's on the label. Furthermore, he claims some bottled water

CONTAIN

(4)

..............

are blended from several sources and

might

PRODUCE

even contain tap water. Furthermore, the health claims made for

bottled water are 'fairly

(5)

he added,

'and

SCIENCE

have no experimental basis.'

Text 2

My interest in alternative medicine began when I learned (6) ....................... techniques to help overcome stress' I was a student in those days, and I was impressed by the way these
techniques worked. My doctor had given me a (7)
PRESCRIBE EFFECT

for tranquilizers, but I found these completely (8) Now I'm a fully qualified alternative (9) ...........'........'.. , and I work on the fundamental principle that most (10) '..... . . . '.'. .
stem from a disturbance of energy in the body.

PRACTICE ILL

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VOCABULARY 13 HHALTH &FISTF{F BSPY

Complete each sentence with a word from the box.

chin hel thumb shoulder throat elbow knee neck thigh f My left boot is too tight and now IVe got a blister on my ......Ifr11...... 2 | caft talk today because I've got a really sore ................. 3 fean twisted her ............... skiing and now she cant walk. 4 My arm is in plaster and so I can't bend my 5 Ann can't use her right hand because she's sprained her ................. 6 I pulled a muscle in my .............. when I was running, and now I cant walk. 7 Little |immy's mother tried to stop him sucking his ................ 8 Tony injured his ................. by always carrying a heavy bag on a strap. 9 Peter cut himself badly on the................... while shaving. l0 Pat put both arms round my............... and gave me a kiss.
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wrist

Six people are talking about their medical experiences. Complete each space with a suitable word. The first letter of each space is given.

David When I was playing football, I broke my ankle and was carried off the pitch on a stretpher.... . I was taken to c.................. , where the doctor put a p......... cast on my leg. For the next two months I needed c.................. to get around with. Maria I'm a hospital p.................. . You'll see me pushing trolleys or wheelchairs, or carrying supplies from one department to another. Typically, I collect people whove just come out of s................!. , where theyve had an o.................. , and take them to their w......... where they stay and recover.
Sue

I was s.................. on the hand by a wasp, which may sound no big deal, but I'm a.................. to such things. The doctor gave me some cream and put my arm in a s.................. . She said I should keep the hand exposed to the air rather than put a p.................. on it. Kath I've never been fat, but recently I noticed I was getting a bit f.................. round the waist, and I happened to read an article that said I was 10 kilos o.................. for my height, age and build. I wish I was 16 again. I had a lovely f.................. at that age. Now I really have to be selective about what I eat, although I dont believe in
d..................
.

Bob
I've been having toothache and imagined I'd need to have a f.................. at the
dentist's. But when I went to get be e..................

it checked out, she said the tooth would have to . Well, after it was all over and the effect of the i.................. had worn

off, I was in a.................. for two days and had to have painkillers.

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ADVANCED tAruGUAGffi PRACTICE

Match each sentence (1-10) with an explanation (a-j).

I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

I nodded.

...Y......

a
b

I moved my eyebrows together to show

disapproval.

I chuckled. I grinned I shook my head. .......... I scowled

I giggled

I laughed uncontrollably, in a silly way. c I looked with wide-open eyes at the same
place for several moments.

d I laughed quietly under my breath.

e

I opened my mouth uncontrollably to shm boredom or tiredness.

I gave a large smile.

f
0 b

Iyawned
I frowned. .......... I choked
..........

I moved my head from side to side meaning'no'.

a

h I made

threatening expression with my liipr-

I moved myhead up and down

was blocked.

meaning'd:

10 I stared.

j I had trouble breathing

because my throat

Replace the words underlined in each sentence with a word from the box.

crawling
dashing

hobbling

marching

staggering

tiptoeing wandering

limping

raftbting

strolling

I 2

I really enjoy walking for pleasure in the countryside. ..ygy\!iy.".9.... After about six months babies start moving about on their hands and knees. My sister was walking on the front part of her foot so the corridor.
pitch. ..........
The drunken man was moving unsteadily from one side of the street to the other
as

to make no noise along

The injured player began walking with one leg more easil)' than the other offthe

Nowadays soldiers have motorized transport and do little moving on foot. There is nothing more pleasant than walking in a leisurel)'manner along the sea

front. ..........
I've been moving very rapidly backrarards and forwards all day, and I'm exhausted-

when I visit
at the sights

a new

town I like walking with no particular purpose around looking

and ended up moving with difficulty home, wilh

l0 I wasnt used to so much walking,

blisters on both feet.

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