Question

A. Doctors visit their patients at hospitals regularly. B. There are two other useful things for your health: take vitamins regularly and have a complete physical1 once a year. C. So you have to make an appointment. D. You have to pay there, but it’s usually quick. E. A specialist will examine you and prescribe some treatment, pills, tablets or other medicine, which you can buy at the chemist’s. 2 Read the article and choose the sentence (A-E) that best fi ts each gap (1-5). People need to see doctors if they have a cough, a high temperature or some other symptoms of some diseases. If you are ill you should see your local doctor fi rst. (1) ... As disease is usually characterized by a set of specifi c symptoms and signs, the doctor will ask you to describe the symptoms of your illness. Then he’ll take your pulse, look at your tongue, listen to your heart and lungs and check your temperature. He or she will give you some treatment or send you to see a specialist. Specialists usually work in medical centres or in hospitals. (2) ...If you feel too ill to go to the doctor’s, you’ll stay in bed and send for a doctor. If you have an accident, you go to the Accident and Emergency department2 of the nearest hospital. Sometimes people need to stay at the hospital for several days or weeks. Surgeons make operations, nurses take care of patients. (3) ...There are many private hospitals today. So you can go to a private doctor or a dentist. (4) ... Today many people can get private treatment. To be healthy a person needs to live a healthy lifestyle: do regular physical exercises, be outdoors every day, eat only healthy food and get enough sleep. (5) ... HEALTH SERVICE 1. a complete physical — медичний огляд всіма спеціалістами 2. Emergency department [i9mDE:g3nsI di9p4:tm3nt] — відділ швидкої допомоги 3 Say if it is true or false. 1. If you have some symptoms of any disease you should make an appointment with a doctor. 2. If you are ill you should see a surgeon first. 3. Specialists usually work at the dental offices. 4. You should tell the doctor about the symptoms of your disease. 5. You can buy pills, tablets and other medicine at the hospital. 6. When somebody has an accident he goes to a specialist. 7. Surgeons make operations in hospitals. 8. Nurses take care of sick people. 9. You needn’t pay at the private dentist office. 10. A healthy lifestyle helps you keep fit. 11. To have a healthy lifestyle means to take vitamins regularly.

Answer 1

1. True
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. False
6. False
7. True
8. True
9. False
10. True
11. False