Name: Date: reading (10 marks) 1

4  Write the verb form next to the nouns. 1 mark for each correct answer.

noun

verb

1 appearance

________________________

2 complaint

________________________

3 advice

________________________

4 confirmation

________________________

5 recovery

________________________

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5  Complete the sentences using the words and phrases in the box. You will not need to use all the 

words. 1 mark for each correct answer.

limb    medication    infectious diseases    vaccinations    surgery    transplant    cure    treatment    side-effects

  1  Coughs and sneezes spread 

.

  2  She has been on 

 since returning from her trip to Las Vegas.

 3  

My wife is going to the Caribbean, so she needs to make sure that she is up to date with her 

.

 4  

He underwent a successful heart 

 after he had a number of serious heart 

attacks.

  5  There is no 

 for your mother’s illness, I’m afraid.

GRAMMAR FOR WRITING (10 marks)

6  Change the verbs in sentences 1–10 into the passive using the correct form of be and the past 

participle. 

 1 

Dogs 

can 

 (train) to detect cancer in humans.

 

2  Last week he 

 (advise) by his doctor to take more exercise.

 

3  White blood vessels 

 (produce) by the bones.

 4 

 

Some cancers can 

 (cure) by a combination of chemo- and 

radiotherapy.

 5 

These 

chemicals 

 (release) into the blood during times of stress.

 

6  The risk of disease 

 (increase) by obesity. 

 7 

 

The cells 

 (transplant) into the surviving tissue in the operation 

yesterday.

 8 

 

He was a heavy smoker all his life. His lungs 

 (damage) by many years 

of smoking.

 

9  The initial diagnosis 

 (confirm) by the results of the test last month.

 10 The stethoscope 

 (invent) by Rene Laennec in 1816.

ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS (10 marks)

7  Complete this description of a process using the sequencing words and phrases in the box. You will 

not need to use all the words and phrases. You may not use any word or phrase more than once. 2 

marks for each correct answer.

to 

begin 

with following 

this finally as 

well 

as the 

second 

stage 

is when then this also is 

then However,

  The process of digesting a cheese sandwich is quite complicated. 

1

, when you 

chew a cheese sandwich, the teeth grind down the cheese and the bread. Enzymes in your saliva  

2

 break down the food to make it pass down the throat more easily.  

3

 the food reaches the stomach, it is churned in the stomach acid.  

4

, the cheese is digested by an enzyme called pepsin. Any remaining food  

5

 passed down to the duodenum, where the remainder of the carbohydrates are 

broken down.