GRAMMAR
1 Choose the correct answer.
1 After these verbs you use the gerund / infinitive.
agree ask choose decide expect learn manage refuse
2 After these verbs you use the gerund / infinitive.
avoid hate can't help keep mind risk
can't stand stop suggest
3 Some verbs, eg forget, try, stop can be followed by the gerund or the infinitive.
It changes / doesn't change their meaning.
4 If you want to talk about remembering something in the past, you must use the gerund / infinitive, eg:
I remember going to the beach.
I remember to go to the beach.
5 In this sentence, tried means do something to see what happens / attempt something difficult.
They tried to climb the mountain in the middle of winter.
_____ / 5 points
VOCABULARY
2 Complete the sentences with these words.
fake fault genes healing insert remedy
open-heart surgery pain placebo effect reaction simply
surgeons synthetic trials unfortunately
1 Our ______________ decide what we look like and some parts of our character.
2 In acupuncture, they ______________ needles into different parts of the body.
3 Companies are doing ______________ to see if they can make acupuncture pills.
4 People sometimes get better because of the ____________ . This makes them think they've had the right treatment.
5 _____________, like some modern medicine, alternative medicines don't always work.
6 The first ____________ drug was aspirin.
7 People usually have a general anaesthetic before they have _____________ .
8 ______________ perform many operations every day.
9 Both general anaesthetics and acupuncture stop us feeling _____________ .
10 Some people's ______________ to acupuncture needles is to be terrified.
_____ / 10 points
FUNCTION
3 Read the text. Complete 1-10 with A, B or C.
Medicine and (1) _____ for illness don't seem very relevant to many young people, because they don't imagine themselves ever (2) _____ ill or old. Unfortunately, as we know, the world doesn't quite work like that and young people, like others, should look after their health in order to prevent themselves (3) _____ ill later in life. The main things to keep an eye on are, of course, cigarettes, exercise, diet and drugs. Most of us know what we should be trying (4) _____: avoiding (5) _____ and drugs, doing some exercise and remembering (6) _____ healthily, which includes drinking little or no alcohol. The problem is that it often seems boring to be `good', when friends are doing things we want to stop (7) _____ . But some say it's cool to be fit, and many people really love (8) _____ exercise like skateboarding, skiing, football, and volleyball, even jogging. You need (9) _____ the exercise that's right for you. And you have to be prepared (10) _____ healthy and keep to your decision. It can even be fun!
1 A treatments B healing C experiments
2 A to get B getting C got
3 A becoming B to become C become
4 A to do B do C doing
5 A smoking B the smoke C to smoke
6 A eating B to eat C eaten
7 A to do B do C doing
8 A to do B do C doing
9 A finding B to find C find
10 A keeping B keep C to keep
_____ / 10 points
Total : _____ / 25 points
Lesson test Inspiration 4 unit 1, lesson 3
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