ENGLISH IN MED 1

FINAL TEST REVIEW (Medicine 1)

I. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
1. All women should go to the__________ for a check-up regularly
A. haematology B. radiology C. pathology D. obstetrics
2. A brain/nerve specialist is called a ________.
A. neurologist B. obstetrician C. haematologist D. radiologist
3. He sprained his back when he ___________ the furniture.
A. play B. playing C. was playing D. were playing
4. ________ is a general check-up? – It depends on your health.
A. How often B. How long C. How usually D. How about
5. She’d like to be a pediatric nurse ________ she really enjoys working with children.
A. and B. because C. but D. so
6. The patient’s blood pressure is getting ____________we expected.
A. as good B. the least C. worse than D. better
7. Someone who studies illnesses and analyses samples is a (an) _____________
A. pathologist B. obstetrician C. haematologist D. neurologist
8. Please get Mr. Wilson a(n) __________so he can move around.
A. oxygen tank B. wheelchair C. ambulance D. bed pan
9. The doctor used a _____________to take Brian’s temperature.
A. needle B. syringe C. stethoscope D.
thermometer
10. Health problems________ a child’s progress at school.
A. affect B. effect C. affected D. effective
11. Drugs are dispensed in the ________.
A. pathology B. haematology C. pharmacy D. emergency
12. It’s difficult to give__________ to babies.
A. inject B. injections C. injection D. injecting
13. I'd like to make __________ with the dentist, please.
A. a meeting B. a reservation C. an appointment D. booking
14. Jack's not well I think we should call an __________ .

A. illness B. accident C. ambulance D. engine

15. He ___________ in a lot of pain before the operation last month.
A. were B. is C. was D. are
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II. READING COMPREHENSION

Read the following passage and answer the questions
Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and immigrated to New York City when
she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly
impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters seeking
admission to the medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. So
determined was she that she taught school and gave music lessons to earn money for her tuition.
In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris.
She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye infection forced her to abandon the idea.
Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because
she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another female doctor,
managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children. Besides being the first female
physician and founding her own hospital, she also established the first medical school for women.
16. She moved to New York at the age of 10.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn’t say
17. Elizabeth couldn’t become a doctor because she was a woman.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn’t say
18. She decided to continue her education after leaving medical school.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn’t say
19. Despite of her eye infection, she wanted to be a surgeon.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn’t say
20. She was the first person who founded the first women’s medical school.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn’t say
III. WRITING
* Use the correct form of the word given.
21. I try to lead a ________ lifestyle – lots of exercises, fruit, and no junk food. (HEALTH)
22. Do you only have to observe the patient’s___________state? (PHYSIC)
23. What is the___________term for difficulty in passing water? (MEDICINE)
24. Does he have any __________________(ALLERGIC) ? No, I don’t think so.
25. __________________ often undergo many tests for known diseases, which prove negative, and
many feel that doctors see them as hypochondriacs. (SUFFER)
* Complete the following sentences using suggested words
26. The doctor / examine / this patient / moment
=> The doctor is examing this a patient at the moment
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27. We/ learn / obstetrics / pediatrics / last term.

=> We learnt obstetrics and pediatrics last term
28. My brother / want / be / good surgeon, so / he / study / very hard.
=> My brother wants to be good surgeon, so he studys very hard
29. This time last year, she / work / Cardiology Department / when / she / meet / him.
=> This time last year, she was working Cardiology Department when she met him
30. 2 years ago, my father / move / a / big / hospital / than / old one.
=> 2 years ago, my father moved a bigger the hospital than old one
IV. Listening
I. Listen to an interview and fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN ONE word.
A full moon could give you a bad night’s sleep. This is Breaking News English.com. If you have
trouble sleeping at certain times of the month, it could be because of a full moon. Scientists from the
University of Washington say there is a link between the lunar cycle and sleeping patterns. They say
that on nights when there is a full moon, people could experience more restless (1)_____________.
The reason for this could be the Moon's changing brightness. When there is a full moon, the extra
brightness in the night sky could interrupt our sleep. The scientists said: "Moonlight is so bright to
the human (2)_____________ that it is entirely reasonable to imagine that, in the absence of other
sources of light, this source of nocturnal light could have had a role in changing human nocturnal
(3)_______________ and sleep."
The scientists conducted a study of the sleep patterns of over 500 people. Each person wore a
special wristband that tracked their sleep. The study included 98 people from an isolated village in
rural Argentina. These people did not have access to electricity and other artificial light sources.
Their sleep patterns were compared to (4)______________ people living in U.S. city of Seattle,
which has lots of artificial light pollution. The scientists discovered that people in the rural village
and in the big city got less sleep on the nights leading up to the full moon. The scientists said the
artificial light in cities does not seem to (5)______________ sleeping patterns and that, "human
sleep is synchronised with lunar phases."

II. Listen to the recording and tick the right answer for each question.
6. What did the article say governments would be scrambling for?
A. vaccines
B. airplane fuel
C. pilots
7. Who forecast lots of planes would be needed?
A. pilots
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B. doctors
C. engineers
8. How many doses of the vaccine would 8,000 planes ship?
A. 7.9 billion
B. 7.7 billion
C. 7.8 billion
9. What did the article say needed to be temperature controlled?
A. airplanes
B. syringes
C. hospital and clinics
10. What must shipments of the vaccine be secure from besides tampering?
A. heat
B. cold
C. radiation
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