Health and Well-being

1. The pain was ______.

2. Mary is almost well again now, but she still looks rather ________.

3. Mary had to be taken to hospital after her ________.

4. I have such a bad cold that I have lost all ________ of smell.

5. Many road accidents occur because motorists cannot ________ the speed of approaching vehicles.

6. There’s no need to be frightened of the dog; he’s quite ________.

7. In the medical profession, men ________ women by five to one.

8. If you didn’t keep scratching that spot on your face, it would soon ________.

9. His mother’s illness is ______.

10. Continue the logic list. Hospital, doctor, nurse, ______.

11. There is ________ that I may have to go into hospital next week.

12. I don’t smoke, but I don’t object to ________ people smoking.

13. I took her ______ and it was 40ºC.

14. The disease ________ widely, all over the country.

15. Tropical diseases are comparatively ________ in Britain.

16. The lorry driver was badly ________ when his lorry crashed into a wall.

17. The doctor took his temperature and felt his ________.

18. We forgave his bad temper because we knew that his son’s illness had put him under great ________.