Drugs That Prevent Disease

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 696.

Doctors use two main types of drugs for the ….. of disease:

1. Vaccines contain dead or ….. germs. They cause the body to develop ….. called …..that act to ….. disease. Doctors …. ….. before a person has been exposed to such ….. as poliomyelitis or …… Vaccines are usually ….. but sometimes are given …. .

2. Serums contain antibodies that ….. off the germs of certain diseases, ….. scarlet fever and lockjaw. These drugs are given ….. a person has been exposed to the disease, or after ….. of the disease have appeared. …..are ….. administered by injection.

51. DRUGS. Choose the right answer.

1. Doctors write a …… for medicine which chemists or dispensers make up.

a) certificate b) prescription c) receipt d) recipe

2. The ….. of the sugar is of course to sweeten the medicine.

a) cause b) need c) purpose d) reason

3. ….. the bottle well before you pour out the medicine.

a) Agitate b) Shake c) Stir d) Tumble

4. A chemist always puts a….. on a bottle of medicine.

a) label b) receipt c) programme d) ticket

5. Don't lay that bottle on its side: the top might start….. .

a) falling b) leaking c) spilling d) spreading

6. All medicines should be kept out of ….. of children.

a) contact b) hand c) reach d) touch

7. Aspirin is generally ….. as the best remedy for a headache.

a) considered b) regarded c) supposed d) valued

8. Put the ….. back in the bottle. You might spill the medicine.

a) cork b) lid c) plug d) tap

9. The doctor gave me some medicine to ….. my cold.

a) comfort b) cure c) mend d) repair

10. He …. the medicine quickly and then drank some orange juice.

a) licked b) spat c) swallowed d) sucked

11. That medicine was horrible! Give me a piece of chocolate to take the ….. away.

a) bitter b) feeling c) sensation d) taste

12. The doctor told him to keep the tablets in his mouth and …. them slowly.

a) bite b) eat c) swallow d) suck

52. DRUGS. Fill the blanks with the words from the list. You may need to change the form of the words. You may use each word once only.