Health (1) handout, ex. VII

1. Which of the sets below includes only mental disorders?

• neurosis

  cholera

  asthma

• manic depression

  dysentery

  leprosy

• paranoia

  schizophrenia

  depression

• scarlet fever

  catarrh

  malaria

2. Which of the following words is not a type of hair accessories?

• ribbons

• grips

• strands

• slides

3. Which of the answers below does not include services that you can get in a hair salon?

• trim, razor cutting

• flyaway hair, split ends

• cut and blow dry

• permanent waving

4. Which of the sets below includes only phrases describing hair-related problems?

• greasy hair

  dry hair

  unmanageable hair

• distinguished hair

  normal hair

  matted hair

• receding hair

  spikey hair

  thin hair

• back-combed hair

  swept-back hair

  combed forward

5. Which of the verbs below does not relate to minor health-related problems in a negative sense?

• convalesce

• graze

• scratch

• chip

6. “He punched me and knocked my teeth … .”

• down

• off

• out

• up

7. Which of the similes below is incorrect?

• as healthy as a fish

• as fit as a fiddle

• as good as new

• as right as rain

8. A state in which sb is unconscious for a long time because they have been seriously injured or are extremely ill.

• be a bit off-color

• be in a coma

• be in poor health

• be slipping away

9. Which of the phrases below does not mean to be [getting] better after an illness?

• be on the mend

• turn the corner

• fade fast

• be out and about again

10. To burn your skin with very hot liquid or steam:

• to scald

• to bang

• to relapse

• to recuperate