A Visit to the Doctor’s

Jim decided to visit the doctor after his trip to the jungle. He was normally a tall (1) ...muscular... person, but over the past month he had lost a lot of (2) ...................... He had also noticed that his ankles and knees had become rather (3) ........................... . He thought that he might have eaten or drunk something (4) ............... or caught some kind of (5) ............. disease. The doctor took some blood for tests and told Jim to go back a week later. This time the doctor had an optimistic (6) ………......... on her face, and Jim felt quite (7) ............... ‘Don’t worry,’ said the doctor, ‘it’s nothing serious. You haven’t caught an (8) …............ disease, or anything terrible like that. It’s a simple virus, and you will need some (9) ……........... Take these tablets twice a day for two weeks, and you’ll make a full (10) ………………… .

(1) muscle (2) weigh (3) pain (4) poison (5) infect

(6) express (7) heart (8) cure (9) treat (10) recover

B

The Benefits of Exercise

Working full-time can be a very (1) …........... experience for most people; long hours and the pressure to be (2) ….................. in a (3) …......... society both contribute to the build-up of anxiety. If you’re feeling (4) …............ , there’s no better way to relax than to exercise. However, many people return from work too (5) .............….. to move. People are criticized for being lazy and (6) ….................. , and for watching too much television which is not (7) …................. to our health. Taking regular exercises can be both relaxing and (8) ............….. and people who feel healthy often also feel more (9) …........... . You don’t need to be especially (10) ….......... to take up a sport; simply choose one that is (11) …......... to you character.

(1) stress (2) success (3) compete (4) nerve (5) exhaust

(6) active (7) benefit (8) pleasure (9) confidence

(10) energy (11) suit

C

The Power of the Mind

Scientists have recently become interested in strange (1) ……….... powers. A professor at Edinburgh University is leading an (2) …….... into the most (3) ……... aspect of the brain’s (4) ……... He has chosen a controversial and (5) ………..... subject – telepathy. Direct mind-to-mind (6) ………….. is when one person knows what another is thinking. Many people have doubts that this is really a (7) ………... subject, and the professor’s work has only recently received (8) …….... . He believes that telepathy is a (9) …….... talent, but that some people are more (10) ……... than others. However, most people still believe that it involves some kind of (11) ……….. or trickery.

(1) psychology (2) investigate (3) mystery (4) able

(5) surprise (6) communicate (7) science (8) recognize

(9) nature (10) sense (11) honesty

D

Hypochondriacs

There are people who spend years suffering from an (1) …….... which doctors are not usually (2) …….. towards. Hypochondria is a (3) ……... term which describes a highly (4) …..... level of worry about your health. Sufferers regularly visit their doctors with (5) ………... of serious symptoms which doctors cannot explain. Hypochondriacs are always (6) ……... about their health and often imagine that they are suffering from (7) ………... or (8) ……..... diseases. They waste the (9) ……..... time of doctors when really they are perfectly (10) ………... Sufferers can be taught to control their (11) …….... through relaxation techniques.

(1) ill (2) sympathy (3) medicine (4) normal (5) complain

(6) pessimism (7) danger (8) curable (9) value (10) health

(11) anxious

E