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3. A prescription drug can be purchased only in a........................
4. A disease which spreads from one person to another is a........................
5. Laboratory technicians use a........................to examine blood specimens.

6. The Salk and Sabin........................have greatly reduced the threat of polio.
7. In 1895 Roentgen discovered the........................which makes it possible to diagnose
problems in the skeleton and internal organs.
8. A doctor who specializes in heart problem is a........................
9. The cost of health care is so high that........................is necessary for most people.

10. The study of the human called........................was greatly advanced when dissection was
first used in 1515.

Use each word once to fill in the blanks
smoking senior lung pain relationship
college gum cough blood cigarettes
quit breath chest matches complaints
1. It is dangerous to play with.............................................................................................

2. She smokes ten................................................................................................a day.
3. She wants to................................................................................................smoking.
4. He will be a................................................................................................in college.

5. His grandmother died of.......................................................................................cancer.
6. My sister has a.............................................................................................in her chest.
7. She chews........................................................................instead of smoking cigarettes.
8. After walking up the stairs, she was out of........................................................................
9. The doctor hears many........................................................................everyday.

10. He has a very deep................................................................................................
11. He has been......................................................................since he was sixteen years old.
12. They plan to attend a........................................................................near their home.

13. Jeff plans to donate................................................................................................
14. When he is worried about his................................................with his girlfriend, he smokes.
15. When she coughs her........................................................................hurts.
Comprehension check
The main function of a hospital is to provide care and treatment for the sick and injured. Its staff,
that includes consultants, doctors, registrars, trainee doctors, surgeons, nurses, sisters, social
auxiliaries, social workers, health visitors, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech
therapists, dieticians, chaplains and so on, carries out many activities. Scientific research is
important especially in university hospitals. “Prevention is better than cure” as the old saying tell is
and so nowadays the Health Service is encouraging preventive medicine, which not only helps to
reduce human suffering, but also reduces government expenditure.

Say whether the following sentences are true(T) or false(F)
1. Only doctors and nurses work in a hospital
2. University hospitals do only scientific research
3. Dieticians tell people what they must eat
4. Trainee doctors are specialists
5. Preventive medicine is a waste of money
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