Health and Well-being

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

2. Tropical diseases are comparatively ________ in Britain.

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

4. I took her ______ and it was 40ºC.

5. The pain was ______.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. His mother’s illness is ______.

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

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

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

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

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