UNIT 9: A FIRST-AID COURSE
TEST 1
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. ambulance b. bandage c. damage d. patient
2. a. hit b. tight c. injection d. sting
3. a. forget b. present c. overheat d. emergency
4. a. faint b. aid c. pain d. wheelchair
5. a. crutch b. school c. chart d. handkerchief
II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
6. I put the heater on_________the plants warm.
a. keep b. keeping c. to keep d. for keeping
7. Why not come over at the weekend? The children_____ seeing you again.
a. enjoy b. will enjoy c. are enjoying d. is going to enjoy
8. That bag looks heavy. I_______ you with it.
a. will help b. am going to help c. am helping d. help
9. Calm______and tell me what happened.
a. out b. down c. in d.up
10. Sam was trying hard ____.
a. not to laugh b. to not laugh c. not laughing d. to not laughing
11. You _____ forget what I told you. It’s very important.
a. mustn’t b. needn’t c. don’t have to d. can’t
12. Cool the burns immediately so as to ______ tissue damage.
a. ease b. relieve c. minimize d. maximize
13. ______ is a long stick that someone put under their arm to help them, walk when they have hurt their leg.
a. Crutch b. Wheelchair c. Stretcher d. Bandage
14. These medicines can_______ your headache.
a. ease b. elevate c. revive d. affect
15. Don’t overheat the victim with blankets or coat.
a. make someone too hot b. make someone too cold
c. hurt someone d. destroy someone
III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.
16. He is going to get to work earlier in order impress the boss.
A B C D
17. They are planting trees by the roadside so that reduce the traffic noise.
A B C D
18. It’s a secret between us and I promise I don’t tell anybody.
A B C D
19. You don’t have to keep medicines where children can get them.
A B C D
20. The room got quietly when the professor came.
A B C D
IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
How can we keep our teeth (21) ______? Firstly, we ought to visit our (22) ____ twice a year. Secondly, we should brush our teeth (23) ____ a toothbrush and fluoride toothpaste at least twice a day, once after breakfast and once before we go to bed. We can also use toothpicks (24) _____between our teeth after a meal. Thirdly, we (25) ______ eat food that is good (26) ______ our teeth and our body: milk, fish, brown bread, raw vegetables, fresh fruit, etc.
21. a. health b. healthy c. healthily d. unhealthy
22. a. dentist b. doctor c. teacher d. engineer
23. a. on b. of c. by d. with
24. A. clean b. to clean c. cleaning d. to cleaning
25. a. should b. ought to c. need d. a & b
26. a. for b. at c. on d. to
V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.
A: Hi. Can I help you?
B: Yes, please. Could I have something fpr a cough? I think I’m getting a cold.
A: Well, I sugest a box of these cough syrup. And you should get a bottle of vitamin C, too.
B: Thank you. And what do you have for dry skin?
A: Try some of this new lotion. It’s very good.
B: OK. Thanks a lot.
27. What does the word ‘cold’ in line 2 mean?
a. low temperature b. not hot or warm
c. a common illness d. not heated or cooked
28. The first speaker suggested that the second speaker should buy_____.
a. a box of cough syrup b. a bottle of vitamin C
c. a new lotion for dry skin d. all are correct
29. The second speaker is a_______.
a. patient b. doctor c. dentist d. nurse
30. They are talking in a______.
a. theater b. stadium c. drugstore d. dentist’s
31. Which of the following is not true?
a. Vitamin C is good for a cold.
b. Cough syrup is good for a cough.
c. There is a new lotion for dry skin.
d. The second speaker doesn’t want to buy the new lotion.
