Unit 6. WHY IS MEDICINE SO CONTROVERSIAL? 6TH GRADE

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in parentheses. 1 The doctor didn’t agree with her colleague’s ________________. (diagnose)

• diagnosis

• diagnoses

• diagnosed

• diagnosing

Choose the correct phrases to complete the sentences. There are two phrases you do not need to use. 1 Ellen Botham is a very good doctor. You would have to travel _________________ to find a better one.

• far and wide

• by and large

• go hand in hand

• safe and sound

• in war and peace

SOME BACTERIA HAVE DEVELOPED A---------------------- TO ANTIBIOTICS.

• RESIST

• RESISTING

• RESISTANCE

• STRENGTH

-----------------IN MEDICINE HAVE MEANT THE PEOPLE ARE GENERALLY HEALTHIER THAN THEIR PARENTS.

• ADVANCE

• ADVANCES

• ADVANCING

• CURES

4. AN ------------------ WAS REPORTED OF A NEW, DANGEROUS, TYPE OF FLU.

• OUTBREAK

• VIRUS

• TRIAL

• ADVANCE

PEOPLE WHO WORKED IN------------------------ DID THE BEST TO FIGHT THE DECEASE.

• HEALTH CARE

• LONGEVITY

• TRIAL

6. AFTER SEVERAL-------- IT CAN BE GIVEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO PROTECT THEM.

• DISCOVERIES

• TRIALS

• TESTED

8. SCIENTISTS HAVE --------------------------- WITHOUT ANY SOLID EVIDENCE.

• SIDE EFFECT

• MADE AN ASSUMPTION

• GERM

9. Why have scientists made assumptions without solid evidence?

• Due to side effects

• Due to germ

• Due to lack of evidence

WE DECIDED TO---------------- ON A VARIETY OF BACTERIA IN OUR LABS

• EXPERIMENT

• EVALUATED

• RELEASED