WINTER TERM REVISION – Master Programme Course

   

   

   1. 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

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

   -         someone whose job is to give advice to people with problems

   

   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

   To toss

   To establish

   Legal

   Mental

   Saturated

   Injury

   Artificial

   Avoidance

   A relationship

   Respiration

   Motion

   Imagery

   Donation

   Debt

   A ball

   Fats

   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 idioms in sentences:

   to sail through sth.

   to skate around sth.

   to score an own goal

   

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

   

   

   

   

   

   

   g) Reading

   Complete the text with suitable words given in the list below:

   nutrients  quitting  treatments   properly  damaging  rates   available  occur  burst
     sufferers  

   

   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, claiming 70,000 lives each year.
   Heart attacks ___________when blood flow is blocked, often by a blood clot, while strokes are
   caused either by blocked or _____________ blood vessels in the brain. A range of other
   conditions, including heart failure, when blood is not pumped properly around the body, and
   congenital heart defects can also cause long term problems, and even death, for____________.

   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______________, 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 likely 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. People at risk of stroke are often treated with aspirin.
   After a stroke, various drug treatments are ________________and rehabilitation is commonly
   used to improve patients' speech and movement.

   

   

   h) Do a SWOT analysis of your English studies.