Question

IV. Fill in the blanks with prepositions where required: 1. The doctor supposed that the sudden eruption was associated… the large dose… streptomycine which was administered … the patient. 2. Thanks… the doctor's wonderful bedside manner and the thorough care… the whole medical personnel the patient survived… a very complex operation. 3. The immunity … diphtheria results… the vaccination … a prophylactic vaccine. 4. Many infectious diseases have been stamped…our country thanks… the great achievements … Soviet medical science and prophylactic measures. 5. …the beginning......the fourth day and sometimes later the characteristic eruption appears… the skin… case… measles; .....first this eruption is marked… the brow, cheeks, chin and also… the ears and the neck. 6. Profuse abdominal bleeding is often characteristic… a perforated stomach ulcer. 7. …favourable cases…measles the period… convalescence is rather rapid and a patient may feel well after the rash has disappeared. 8. ......one … our lectures… infectious diseases we learned that meningitis is caused … Meningococcus intracellularis. This is disease was … first described… the nineteenth century. 9. If a doctor determines the presence… some dull heart sounds he may be sure … some functional impairments. 10. .......this patient's family history we found out that he had suffered.....malaria while living… a tropical region. 11. Endocarditis and myocarditis may occur as complications… meningitis. 12. The use … antibiotics and sulfonamides is an effective measure… the treatment … many infectious diseases.

Answer 1

1. With, of, -
2. For, of, after
3. From, from, with
4. In, to, of
5. In, of, on, in, of, -, on, on
6. Of
7. In, of, of
8. In, of, of, by, -, in
9. Of, of
10. From, from, in
11. Of
12. Of, of, from

Answer 2

1. The doctor supposed that the sudden eruption was associated with the large dose of streptomycin which was administered to the patient. 2. Thanks to the doctor's wonderful bedside manner and the thorough care by the whole medical personnel, the patient survived a very complex operation. 3. The immunity to diphtheria results from the vaccination with a prophylactic vaccine. 4. Many infectious diseases have been stamped out in our country thanks to the great achievements of Soviet medical science and prophylactic measures. 5. At the beginning of the fourth day and sometimes later, the characteristic eruption appears on the skin in the case of measles; at first, this eruption is marked on the brow, cheeks, chin and also on the ears and the neck. 6. Profuse abdominal bleeding is often characteristic of a perforated stomach ulcer. 7. In favourable cases of measles, the period of convalescence is rather rapid and a patient may feel well after the rash has disappeared. 8. In one of our lectures on infectious diseases, we learned that meningitis is caused by meningococcus intracellularis. This disease was first described in the nineteenth century. 9. If a doctor determines the presence of some dull heart sounds, he may be sure of some functional impairments. 10. Through this patient's family history, we found out that he had suffered from malaria while living in a tropical region. 11. Endocarditis and myocarditis may occur as complications of meningitis. 12. The use of antibiotics and sulfonamides is an effective measure in the treatment of many infectious diseases.