WINTER TERM REVISION – Master Programme Course

   

   

   Vocabulary

   a) What do you call?

   -         the ability of a muscle to continue applying force

   -         the category of sports which includes archery, shooting, darts etc.

   -         the type of exercise which results in oxygen debt

   -         wounds in which the top layers of skin are scraped off

   -         overstretching of a muscle

   -         a part of body which connects a muscle to a bone

   -         tubes that carry blood from all parts of the body to the heart

   -         a set of exercises you do just before you start exercising to prepare your body

   -         all the workers employed in an organisation

   -         the number of years we are likely to live

   

   b) Which of the following are symptoms of shock?

   -         rapid pulse

   -         dizziness

   -         unconsciousness

   -         pain and swelling

   -         nausea and vomiting

   -         rash

   -         cough

   -         shaking or chills

   

   

   c) Match the expressions on the left with their collocations on the right:

   Range of

   Oxygen

   Blood

   Legal

   Mental

   Dismiss

   Injury

   Locus of

   Artificial

   Avoidance

   Respiration

   Motion

   Imagery

   Donation

   Control

   Debt

   An employee

   Supplements

   

   

   d) Give opposites of the following verbs:

   to lose (weight)

   to lengthen

   to increase

   to raise

   to warm up

   to get worse

   to contract (a muscle)

   to inhale

   

   

   e) Use the following phrasal verbs in sentences:

   to bring up

   to drop out

   to cheer sb. on

   to work out

   to take on

   to get on with

   to take off

   to keep up

   

   

   f) What adjectives would you use to describe a successful athlete?

   

   g) Reading

   

   Complete the text with suitable words from below. There is one word that you don´t need to
   use.

   

   nutrients    giving up     treatments     likely    damaging     rates    risk     pumped  
    available    occur         

   

   HEART DISEASE AND STROKE

   The UK has one of the highest _______________of death from heart disease in the world - one
   British adult dies from the disease every three minutes - and stroke is the country's third
   biggest killer. Heart attacks ___________when blood flow is blocked, often by a blood clot,
   while strokes are caused either by blocked or burst blood vessels in the brain. A range of
   other conditions, including heart failure, when blood is not ____________properly around the
   body, and congenital heart defects can also cause long term problems, and even death.

   HEART DISEASE
   The heart pumps blood around the body carrying oxygen and other _______________to the areas
   that need it. When this process is interrupted, or does not work properly, serious illness and
   even death can result.
   The risk of heart disease is greater for people with poor diet, who smoke and do not exercise,
   and men are more ______________to suffer from it than women.
   A range of tests and ______________, including drugs, heart bypass surgery and transplants,
   exist to alleviate symptoms or save the lives of sufferers.

   STROKE
   There are two types of stroke - those caused by blood clots in the brain and those that occur
   when blood vessels burst. In both cases, the brain is starved of oxygen, _______________or
   killing cells.
   Sufferers are often left with difficulty talking, walking and performing other basic tasks.
   The chance of suffering a stroke is cut by eating healthily, ______________smoking and
   drinking less alcohol. After a stroke, various drug treatments are ________________and
   rehabilitation is commonly used to improve patients' speech and movement.

   

   

   

   

   h) Self-evaluation

       Do a SWOT analysis of your English studies.