Fill the gaps by using these key words from the text

KEY 
1 
Key words 
1. lethal 
2. lungs 
3. worried 
4. pandemic 
5. immune 
6. experiment 
7. laboratory 
8. virus 
2
Find the information 
1918 
About 50 million 
Atlanta, Georgia, USA (in a laboratory) 
13% of their body weight 
Within 6 days 
A bird flu virus 
3
Comprehension check 
1. d; 2. a; 3. f; 4. b; 5. c; 6. e 
4
Vocabulary 1 - Prepositions 
1. from 
5. from 
2. into
6. with 
3. about
7. from 
4. about 
8. from 
5 
Vocabulary 2 - Adjectives 
1. important 
5. powerful 
2. worried 
6. dangerous 
3. afraid 
7. different 
4. surprised 
8. possible 
6 
Word stress 
a. publication, influenza 
b. powerful, naturally, internet, dangerous 
c. laboratory, biologist, security 
Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2005
Taken from the
Magazine
section in
www.onestopenglish.com 

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Match these words from the text with their definitions. 
deadly/lethal 
devastating 
pandemic 
contemporary 
multiply 
outbreak 
evolve 
fragment 
a. modern or relating to the present time 
b. the sudden start of something (war, disease, violence etc) 
c. a very small part of something larger 
d. able or likely to kill people 
e. to change and develop gradually over a long period of 
time f. to increase by a large amount 
g. a disease that affects almost everyone in a very large area 
h. causing a lot of harm or damage 
Look in the text and find this information as quickly as possible. 
How many people were killed by the Spanish flu virus? 
When was the Spanish flu virus? 
How much of their body weight did the laboratory mice lose in the first two days? 
How quickly did the virus kill the laboratory mice? 
What is H5N1? 
Where was the Spanish flu virus recreated? 
Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2005
Taken from the
Magazine
section in
www.onestopenglish.com 

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