ANSWER KEY

Teenage girl: I’ve got a terrible headache and I keep on sneezing.

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Woman nurse: Let’s see if you have a temperature… hum you have a fever.
Unit Heal the world I’ll write you a prescription for some medicine and you’ll soon feel way
better. You ought to get some rest and it’s helpful to drink lots of water.
DIALOGUE 3
Test A Woman doctor: So, what happened here?
Woman: Hi Mrs Jefferson, I fell down and I think I broke my tooth.
Listening Woman doctor: OK. Let’s have a look. I see… it’s not too bad. It’s
A. 1. B 2. F 3. A 4. C 5. D B. 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. a 5. c treatable, but I can see that you need to get your teeth cleaned. I’ll start
Reading comprehension by removing the plaque. Please lean back and open wide…
DIALOGUE 4
A. 1. R 2. W 3. W 4. W 5. R
Teenage girl 1: Oh no… What happened?
B. 1. lecturer 2. neglected 3. lung 4. damage 5. wheezing
Teenage girl 2: I’ve got a terrible cold and a runny nose. I just hate it
C. 1. Justin Bieber 2. Malachi’s 3. pollutants 4. the children’s 5. polluted when I can’t breathe properly. Know what I mean?
air
Teenage girl 1: Oh, poor thing! Did you manage to get any sleep?
D. 1. On 19th March 2013. 2. London’s air was heavily polluted that week. Teenage girl 2: Not really. I just couldn’t stop coughing the whole night
3. He spent several years walking the routes that children take to school and through.
measuring the air quality. 4. Air pollution, especially from diesel engines.
Teenage girl 1: Oh that must have been awful. Sit down and I’ll run off
Grammar and get you something nice and warm to drink. Perhaps that will help
A. 1. were 2. is 3. don’t wear 4. would find 5. didn’t use 6. would feel / you feel a bit better.
stopped / did 7. would call 8. spoke DIALOGUE 5
B. 1. a 2. b 3. b 4. a 5. a C. 1. ears 2. a hand 3. a leg 4. an eye 5. chest Doctor: Rachel, you don’t look so well. Is everything OK?
Teenage girl: Not really. I have a major stomachache.
Writing Doctor: Did you eat something funny?
A. Suggested answer Teenage girl: I ate some spaghetti with a clam sauce for lunch.
Hi Diana, Doctor: Maybe the food was off and you got food poisoning.
I’m sorry but I can’t. I’ve got a terrible headache and a high temperature. Teenage girl: That could be it, but I didn’t feel so well yesterday, either.
How about going next week, on Friday instead?
Doctor: Have you been under a lot of pressure lately?
Give me a call.
Teenage girl: I haven’t been under any more stress than usual.
Big hug,
Doctor: Perhaps you have caught that bug that is going around then.
B. Suggested answer
This is a picture of a girl who went to see the doctor. In the foreground I can
see the girl and the doctor. The doctor is trying to see what’s wrong with the Exercise B
girl. She is holding a stethoscope in her hand. The girl’s mouth is open so I
think she has a sore throat. In the background I can see the doctor’s
World Heart Day 2014: Note for the media
consulting room.
On World Heart Day, held 29 September, the World Health Organisation

Test B (WHO) is calling on countries to take action on the overuse of salt by

implementing WHO’s sodium reduction recommendations to cut down on
Listening the number of people suffering from heart disease and strokes, and, in
turn, to save lives.
A. 1. B 2. E 3. A 4. C 5. D B. 1. a 2. b 3. b 4. a 5. b
The leading causes of premature death in the 21st century are heart
Reading comprehension disease and strokes. WHO is supporting governments to implement the
A. 1. c 2. f 3. g 4. a 5. d 6. b 7. e 8. h “Global action plan to reduce non contagious diseases” which comprises
nine global targets, including one initiative to reduce the global salt
B. 1. Justin Bieber 2. Malachi’s 3. pollutants 4. the children’s 5. the
intake by a relative 30% by 2025.
effects of polluted air
“If the target to reduce salt by 30% around the world by 2025 is achieved,
Grammar millions of people can avoid getting diseases like heart diseases, strokes
A. 1. were 2. is 3. don’t wear 4. would find 5. drive and related conditions,” says Dr Oleg Chestnov, WHO Assistant
B. 1. a 2. b 3. b 4. a 5. a C. 1. ears 2. a hand 3. a leg 4. an eye 5. chest Director-General for Non Communicable Diseases and Mental Health.
The main source of sodium in our diet is salt. In many countries, 80% of
Writing salt intake comes from processed foods such as bread, cheese, bottled
A. Suggested answer sauces, cured meats and ready-made meals. “Salt is in almost
Hi Diana, everything we eat, either because processed food has lots of salt, or
I’m sorry but I can’t. I’ve got a terrible headache and a high temperature. because we are adding salt when we prepare food at home,” adds Dr
How about going next week, on Friday instead? Chestnov.
Give me a call. Consuming too much salt can contribute to hypertension, or high blood
pressure, and greatly increase the risk of heart disease and strokes.
Big hug,
WHO recommends that children aged between 2 and 15 years consume even
less salt than this, to keep them healthy and avoid any future diseases.
Listening scripts
Exercise A
Test CEI
DIALOGUE 1 A. 1. backache 2. sore throat 3. cough 4. cut 5. sunburn 6. toothache
Teenage boy: Oh no… What’s happened? Did you cut yourself back there? 7. headache 8. stomachache 9. fever 10. runny nose 11. bruise
Teenage girl: No… I think I sprained my ankle. It hurts really badly. 12. sprained ankle
Teenage boy: Let me see! Don’t worry, we’ll take you to the hospital. B. 2. verb 3. noun 4. verb 5. noun 6. adjective
DIALOGUE 2 C. 1. hand 2. sick 3. temperature 4. feeling terrible 5. fever 6. bed
Woman doctor: Good morning, what seems to be the matter? D. 1. girl 2. really sick 3. in bed 4. terrible 5. hand 6. her mother
7. girl’s temperature 8. a fever

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