Scope3 U3 Vworksheet S
Scope3 U3 Vworksheet S
Scope3 U3 Vworksheet S
Medical science
In the last hundred years of medical 1research, scientists have made many 2____________
in medicine. Thanks to antibiotics, there are now 3_____________ for serious infections.
Doctors can also 4_____________ organs, like hearts, from one person to another. There are new
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_____________ going on all the time. Scientists are 6_____________ nanobots: robots that fight
disease from inside the human body. They are also finding out how to 7_____________ people
getting some diseases. However, doctors still don’t know some very simple things, for example,
how to 8_____________ the common cold. Although it isn’t a serious illness, millions of people
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_____________ from it every year!
Vocabulary builder
3 Write the noun form of the verbs. Use the endings below.
1 operate operation
2 experiment _______________
3 develop _______________
4 suffer _______________
5 discover _______________
6 transplant _______________
7 cure _______________
8 prevent _______________
9 treat _______________
cut down on put off put on go without give up work out take up get over
Tom Yes, I did, thanks. I’m feeling much better. But now I need to improve my fitness. I want to
Kate I think you look fine. And you shouldn’t 4___________ food. Don’t forget that you’ve been
ill!
Tom I’m still going to 5___________ at the gym, though. I don’t want to 6___________ weight.
Tom You could 8___________ swimming instead. It’s very good for you.
Word check
2 needle ___
3 ancestor ___
4 infection ___
5 depression ___
6 insomnia ___
7 gentle ___
8 cure ___
h a thin, pointed piece of metal that you usually use for sewing