Content text 1. UNIT 1. A long and healthy life.docx
3 disease organisms illness infected vaccine antibiotics bacteria spread food poisoning infectious 1. I’m taking __________ for a throat infection. 2. Clean the wound so it doesn’t get __________ . 3. Foot and mouth disease is caused by a highly __________ virus which animals either eat or inhale. 4. All living __________ have to adapt to changes in environmental conditions. 5. There is no __________ against HIV infection. 6. __________ is an illness of the stomach caused by eating food that contains harmful bacteria. 7. She suffers from a rare __________ of the brain. 8. Doctors say that his __________ isn’t life-threatening. 9. Some __________ help the human body fight disease. 10. Some unhygienic conditions encourage the __________ of disease. • Prepositions VI. Complete each sentence with the correct preposition. 1. They are looking __________ ways to add further value __________ their products. 2. He is receiving treatment __________ cancer. 3. I don’t have any sugar so you’ll have to do __________ . 4. You can help prevent heart disease __________ changing your lifestyle. 5. His back injury may prevent him __________ playing in tomorrow’s game. 6. The wood gave __________ a sweet, perfumed smell as it burned. 7. Cut down __________ fatty foods if you want to lose weight. 8. He has changed a lot __________ the past decade. 9. Diseases that were once thought incurable can be treated __________ antibiotics. 10. She suffers __________ a rare bone disease. 1C. Grammar • Past simple vs Present perfect I. Choose the correct words. 1. David has been / was at the beach for hours. I think he’s having a great time there. 2. Have your friends bought / Did your friends buy tickets for the concert yesterday? 3. My younger sister has started / started school six months ago. 4. So far this week we’ve seen / we saw two funny films on TV. 5. I’ve talked / I talked to my grandparents on the phone last week. 6. What’s the noise? Have your neighbours bought / Did your neighbours buy a new dog recently? 7. Have you seen / Did you see Nick this week? 8. We’ve known / We knew Ann and Tom for three years. We’re really good friends now. II. Choose the correct answers. 1. My school football team hasn’t won / didn’t win a match since the start of the year. 2. I haven’t been / didn’t go to China. What’s it like? 3. It has rained / rained three times this week. 4. I have seen / saw my first Disney film when I was four years old. 5. I feel at home in this village because we have lived / lived here for six years now. 6. I’m a big football fan, but I have never been / never went to the stadium. 7. It hasn’t rained / didn’t rain for a long time, so it’s very hot. 8. I have sent / sent an email to Jack last week, but he hasn’t replied.
4 III. Complete the sentences. Use the past simple in one sentence and the present perfect in the other. 1. a Italy __________ the World Cup in 2006. (win) b He’s happy because Manchester United __________ all their matches this year. (win) 2. a ‘Can you tidy your room?’ - ‘I __________ it this morning.’ (tidy) b ‘Can you tidy your room?’ - ‘I __________ it.’ (tidy) 3. a What time __________ you __________ home last night? (arrive) b ‘ __________ Ben __________ ?’ - ‘Yes, he’s in the living room.’ (arrive) 4. a Come on, let’s eat. Dad __________ dinner. (cook) b Who __________ this food? It’s delicious. (cook) 5. a I __________ lots of interesting people since I arrived. (meet) b __________ you __________ anyone interesting while you were on holiday? (meet) IV. Complete the text using the present perfect or the past simple form of the verb in brackets. I 1 __________ (meet) Andy on a diving course when I was seventeen. We 2 __________ (be) together since then and in the last six years we 3 __________ (visit) some awesome places on our holidays. Last month, we 4 __________ (decide) to get married. The wedding 5 __________ (be) great, but exhausting because we were underwater and I 6 __________ (have) a big wedding dress on. Since we got married, we 7 __________ (not have) time to think or relax. These last few weeks 8 __________ (go) very fast. Time flies when you’re in love. V. Complete the dialogue using the present perfect or past simple form of the verbs in brackets, or an auxiliary verb. Nick: 1 __________ you ever __________ (visit) Disneyland Paris? Ann: Yes, I 2 __________ . It’s fantastic. Nick: When 3 __________ you __________ (go) there? Ann: I 4 __________ (go) with my mum last weekend. Nick: Really? Ann: Yes, we 5 __________ (travel) there by train on Friday evening and we 6 __________ (leave) on Sunday morning. But my dad 7 __________ (not come) with us. Nick: 8 __________ he __________ (be) there before? Ann: No, he 9 __________ . He hates places like that. He 10 __________ (not visit) a theme park since 1995 when he 11 __________ (be) fourteen years old. Nick: And what 12 __________ you __________ (think) of the rides? Ann: I really 13 __________ (like) them all - especially the Big Thunder Mountain ride. It’s terrifying. 14 __________ you ever __________ (see) a photo of it? Nick: No, I 15 __________ . But I 16 __________ (hear) a lot about it. It sounds great. VI. Complete the text about young adventurers with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Young Adventurers Most people 1 __________ (never visit) the North Pole, but Parker Wilson has. Last year, Parker 2 __________ (ski) 130 km across the Arctic in freezing temperatures. In the same year, he also 3 __________ (start) a Facebook page about climate change. It’s amazing because Parker is only sixteen years old and still 4 __________ (not finish) school - he’s a very young adventurer. 5 __________ you __________ (ever be) to the South Pole? Maybe not, but in 2009, Katie Walter 6 __________ (walk) there and back in twenty days. She was only seventeen years old and she 7 __________ (make) a lot of money for charity. Parker and Katie 8 __________ (achieve) great things, but they are both still teenagers. 9 __________ they __________ (do) too much, too young? Some people think so. Some psychologists say that it’s dangerous for teens to take these risks because their brains 10 __________ (not develop) enough. Katie and Parker probably disagree. What do you think?