DISEASES. Choose the correct answer

Examination Fever

Match the words to form the meaningful word combinations

1. a sign of a. damaging effect

2. cancerous b. physical fittness

3. mentally c. growth

4. to cause d. rebellion

5. a low tar e. symptoms

6. a long-term f,a risk

7. at a later g. cigarette

8. breathing h. side effects

9. to run i. underdeveloped

10. an act of j. tubes

11.withdrawal k. maturity

12.to restrict l. date

& 20. Read the text and retell it using the active vocabulary:

For most of the year, most of us had been allergic to work; apparently there had been a history of such allergies in the school.

Throughout the spring there had been quite a few cases of ‘Exams are stupid’, which proved highly contagious among friends.

Then in late May, one or two of us suffered a mild attack of ‘Gosh, is it really next month?’ and we seemed to give that to the others rather rapidly. You could tell how it was spreading from improved attendance at lessons.

An even more serious outbreak was that of the very infectious ‘I don’t know a thing’ two weeks before. At about the same time everyone seemed to catch ‘You’re no good!’ from the teachers. Then there was a bout of ‘I don’t really care’ followed by a few chronic cases of ‘My parents will kill me’. This again proved very catching; half the class was down with it in the week leading up to the exam itself, and it had reached epidemic proportions by the Friday before.

By this time, those who had been suffering from ‘It’ll be easy for me’ had made a total recovery.

That Friday there was a ‘What if I’m suffering from amnesia?’ scare, and this had developed by Monday into a touch of ‘I can’t even remembermy own name’.

There were also, of course, the normal isolated cases of ‘My pen doesn’t work’ and several pupils had a sudden fit of ‘Where’s the toilet?’

Afterwards there were a couple of complaints of ‘I know I’ve failed’, but generally the worst seemed to be over. Such diseases are rarely terminal. And after all, we had a convalescence and recuperation period of six and a half weeks to follow.

21. Give the Ukrainian names of the following diseases:

allergy	tuberculosis/TB/
bronchitis	plague
quinsy, tonsilitis	cholera
asthma	heart attack
pneumonia	stroke
flue, influenza,grippe	giddiness
diabetes	haemorrhage
diphtheria	bleeding
measles	indigestion
scarlet fever	mumps
whooping cough	indigestion
smallpox	upset stomach
German measles	stomachache
cancer	headache
chicken-pox	ear-ache
dysentery	toothache
rheumatism	abscess
typhoid /fever/	sun-stroke
burn	scald

1. She died after a long …..

a) disease b) failing c) illness d) sickness

2. The doctor had three ….. of nose-bleeding in the same day.

a) aspects b) cases c) examples d) illnesses

3. He still suffers from a rare tropical disease which he …..while in the Congo.

a) contracted b) gained c) infected d) received

4. My grandmother is very old and is not ….. very good health.

a) from b) in c) on d) with

5. The teachers at the school went …. with flu one after another.

a) down b) off c) out d) under

6. Malaria is …..by the female mosquito.

a) broadcast b) sent c) transmitted d) transported

7. Mary is in bed with a ….. attack of flu.

a) hard b) heavy c) large d) severe

8. My brother was ….. ill yesterday and is now in hospital.

a) broken b) caught c) fallen d) taken

9. The school is half empty as a serious epidemic of measles has broken…..

a) down b) in c) out d) up

10. Several …… of malaria have been reported.

a) cases b) doses c) occurrences d) types

11. To our ….., Mary's illness proved not to be as serious as we had feared.

a) anxiety b) eyes c) judgement d) relief

12. He ….. a rare disease when he was working in the hospital.

a) caught b) infected c) suffered d) took

13. My headaches are usually brought ….. by worry.

a) in b) on c) up d) out

14. The doctor examined him carefully and ….. influenza.

a) concluded b) decided c) diagnosed d) realised

15. Some diseases ….. quickly from one person to another.

a) catch b) get about c) move d) spread

16. Tropical diseases are comparatively …… in Poland.

a) few b) rare c) scarce d) slight

17. It was a minor illness and he soon got ….. it.

a) around b) on with c) over d) up to

18. The ….. last thing I want now is to catch a cold.

a) extremely b) most c) utterly d) very

19. I can never touch lobster because I am ….. to shellfish.

a) allergic b) infected c) sensible d) sensitive

20. She couldn't go out because she had a ….. cold.

a) flowing b) leaking c) running d) streaming

21. The local medical officer reported a serious ….. of food-poisoning.

a) event b) incident c) outbreak d) state

22. The patient ….. his illness down to a virus infection.

a) laid b) placed c) put d) traced

23. You keep sneezing. You must have caught …..

a) a cold b) a cough c) a headache d) an illness

24. The children were suffering from the ….. of the hot weather.

a) consequences b) effects c) products d) results

25. He had a very bad cold and couldn't stop…..

a) sneezing b) snoring c) spitting d) yawning

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