Health and Well-being

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

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

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

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

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

6. I took her ______ and it was 40ºC.

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

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

9. His mother’s illness is ______.

10. Tropical diseases are comparatively ________ in Britain.

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

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

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

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

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

16. The pain was ______.

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

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