Upper Unit 10
Upper Unit 10
Upper Unit 10
1. It’s an interesting fact that there is no ________ for the common cold.
a. cure
b. illness
c. action
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Unit 10 p117
OBJ: Vocabulary TOP: Illness and injury
2. Luckily, the doctors ________ the cancer early, so she was able to get better.
a. revealed
b. knew
c. detected
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Unit 10 p117
OBJ: Vocabulary TOP: Illness and injury
3. One of my friends has been in a ________ since he was in a terrible car crash.
a. carriage
b. wheelchair
c. house
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Unit 10 p117
OBJ: Vocabulary TOP: Illness and injury
5. After my aunt had a ________, she lost most of the movement in her left arm.
a. damage
b. cure
c. stroke
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Unit 10 p117
OBJ: Vocabulary TOP: Illness and injury
6. Tanya had quite a serious leg ________ when she was a teenager. She couldn’t run for ages.
a. injury
b. hurt
c. break
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Unit 10 p117
OBJ: Vocabulary TOP: Illness and injury
Complete each sentence with the correct word from the list. There are two words that you
do not need.
at for in of to
10. He’s quite capable ________ living on his own, even though he has a disability.
ANS: of
ANS: to
12. It’s a good thing to make an investment ________ your own health.
ANS: in
13. When he went skiing for the first time, he felt ____________________.
14. Don’t you find that the pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese is very ____________________?
15. My nephew is called Todd. It’s so short that people can’t ____________________.
16. She wrote a book about recovering from her paralysis, and could get it published.
17. It took a long time, but I eventually managed to save enough money to buy myself a little car.
18. We were amazed that he succeeded to climb Mount Fuji after such a serious illness.
19. Since his stroke three months ago, he couldn’t go back to work full time.
22. I ____________ (wasn’t able / didn’t manage) to see the film when it was first shown at the
cinema, but I ____________ (was able to /could) see it the second time around.
23. When he first got ill, he ____________ (couldn’t / wasn’t able to) eat by himself, but later, he
____________ (could / managed).
24. My Left Foot is a film about Christy Brown, who had cerebral palsy and ____________ (could /
managed) only move his left foot. He loved painting, and eventually ____________ (was able to /
succeeded in) paint pictures using only his foot.
25. Shortly before she became ill, Julie ____________ (could / was able to) run two marathons.
Afterwards, she ____________ (could / was able to) no longer run such long distances.
Nowadays, we think of surgery as a safe, painless and reliable method to cure us from illness and
injury, but (a) _________________ (little do / rarely do) most people know that this was not
always the case. With no pain control and the high risk of infection, surgery
(b) _________________ (did use / was used) to be painful and dangerous, with many people
dying on the operating table. (c) _________________ (Rarely did / Not only did) people have
surgery voluntarily!
Another interesting thing about the history of surgery is that around 500 years ago, women weren’t
able to become doctors, but they (d) _________________ (were training / did train) as surgeons –
learning by observation. Only in the 1700s (e) _________________ (did they / were they) banned
from surgical practice, when surgical training moved to the universities, where women weren’t
allowed to study.
ANS: little do
38. ________ can this kind of surgery cure the immediate problem, it can also improve the patient’s
quality of life.
a. Not only
b. Only
c. Little
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Unit 10 p122
OBJ: Grammar TOP: Emphatic structures
39. The operation was a complete success. However, it ________ cost $5,000.
a. did
b. would
c. does
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Unit 10 p122
OBJ: Grammar TOP: Emphatic structures
40. Not only ________ she get the highest marks in chemistry, but she was the best overall in her
science class.
a. has
b. did
c. could
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Unit 10 p122
OBJ: Grammar TOP: Emphatic structures
Christy Brown was born in 1932 in Dublin, Ireland. Brown was the 10th of 22 children born to
Bridget and Patrick Brown, a bricklayer. Christy was born with cerebral palsy, which is a
condition caused by abnormal development or damage to the parts of the brain that control
movement, balance and posture. This made him unable to stand, walk or speak. However, his
intelligence was not affected. From the start, doctors didn’t give him much hope, but his mother
never gave up on him. She helped him learn to read, as well as paint and write using the only part
of his body not affected by his paralysis – his left foot.
Throughout Brown’s life, his mother was an inspiration to him. He would later write that his
mother had always refused to accept ‘the inevitable truth’, as it had seemed then, that he was
beyond cure and even beyond hope. She could not, and would not, believe that her son was
mentally defective, despite being told this by the doctors. Brown goes on to explain that his
mother had no evidence at all to support her conviction that, although his body was ‘broken’, his
mind was not. Being told differently had absolutely no impact on his mother, who seemed to just
‘know’ he would do well in his life.
Brown succeeded in using his intellectual gifts to their fullest. He wrote My Left Foot in 1954,
followed by his autobiographical novel Down All the Days in 1970. An international bestseller, it
was translated into 14 languages and earned him $370,000. He later published two additional
novels and three books of poetry.
In 1989, My Left Foot was made into a film, with Daniel Day-Lewis as Christy Brown. The film
was a huge success among both critics and audiences.
44. The fact that his mother didn’t believe the doctors was an important factor in Christy’s life.
Read the text. Complete each sentence with the correct word from the list.
Christy Brown was born in 1932 in Dublin, Ireland. Brown was the 10th of 22 children born to
Bridget and Patrick Brown, a bricklayer. Christy was born with cerebral palsy, which is a
condition caused by abnormal development or damage to the parts of the brain that control
movement, balance and posture. This made him unable to stand, walk or speak. However, his
intelligence was not affected. From the start, doctors didn’t give him much hope, but his mother
never gave up on him. She helped him learn to read, as well as paint and write using the only part
of his body not affected by his paralysis – his left foot.
Throughout Brown’s life, his mother was an inspiration to him. He would later write that his
mother had always refused to accept ‘the inevitable truth’, as it had seemed then, that he was
beyond cure and even beyond hope. She could not, and would not, believe that her son was
mentally defective, despite being told this by the doctors. Brown goes on to explain that his
mother had no evidence at all to support her conviction that, although his body was ‘broken’, his
mind was not. Being told differently had absolutely no impact on his mother, who seemed to just
‘know’ he would do well in his life.
Brown succeeded in using his intellectual gifts to their fullest. He wrote My Left Foot in 1954,
followed by his autobiographical novel Down All the Days in 1970. An international bestseller, it
was translated into 14 languages and earned him $370,000. He later published two additional
novels and three books of poetry.
In 1989, My Left Foot was made into a film, with Daniel Day-Lewis as Christy Brown. The film
was a huge success among both critics and audiences.
ANS: symptom
48. The doctors didn’t believe he had any ____________ of a normal life.
ANS: chance
49. Christy’s mother was ____________ to help him fulfil his potential.
ANS: determined
ANS: devote
ANS: optimistic
52. Christy’s ____________ to use his hands didn’t stop him from painting.
ANS: inability
Christy Brown was born in 1932 in Dublin, Ireland. Brown was the 10th of 22 children born to
Bridget and Patrick Brown, a bricklayer. Christy was born with cerebral palsy, which is a
condition caused by abnormal development or damage to the parts of the brain that control
movement, balance and posture. This made him unable to stand, walk or speak. However, his
intelligence was not affected. From the start, doctors didn’t give him much hope, but his mother
never gave up on him. She helped him learn to read, as well as paint and write using the only part
of his body not affected by his paralysis – his left foot.
Throughout Brown’s life, his mother was an inspiration to him. He would later write that his
mother had always refused to accept ‘the inevitable truth’, as it had seemed then, that he was
beyond cure and even beyond hope. She could not, and would not, believe that her son was
mentally defective, despite being told this by the doctors. Brown goes on to explain that his
mother had no evidence at all to support her conviction that, although his body was ‘broken’, his
mind was not. Being told differently had absolutely no impact on his mother, who seemed to just
‘know’ he would do well in his life.
Brown succeeded in using his intellectual gifts to their fullest. He wrote My Left Foot in 1954,
followed by his autobiographical novel Down All the Days in 1970. An international bestseller, it
was translated into 14 languages and earned him $370,000. He later published two additional
novels and three books of poetry.
In 1989, My Left Foot was made into a film, with Daniel Day-Lewis as Christy Brown. The film
was a huge success among both critics and audiences.
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ANS:
Sample answers: He couldn’t go to a normal school. / It was very difficult for him to make friends.
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Sample answers: His family was poor. / His parents were too busy to spend time with him.
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Sample answers: He could become frustrated. / Most people didn’t see his potential.
61. turn
a. direction
b. crossroads
c. hill
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Unit 10 p118
OBJ: Listening TOP: Listening for specific information
62. emergency
a. slow
b. urgent
c. long
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Unit 10 p118
OBJ: Listening TOP: Listening for specific information
64. cope
a. exist
b. cry
c. manage
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Unit 10 p118
OBJ: Listening TOP: Listening for specific information
65. therapy
a. talking
b. treatment
c. walking
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Unit 10 p118
OBJ: Listening TOP: Listening for specific information
71. Write a short story of how you overcame a big challenge. Write at least five sentences.
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ANS:
Answers will vary.
Complete each sentence with the correct form of one of the verbs in the list. There are two
verbs that you do not need.
72. When I realised that she was drowning, I quickly ____________ into the icy water.
ANS: leapt
73. I was walking down the lane when somebody ____________ my arm.
ANS: grabbed
74. She was so scared that she couldn’t stop ____________ hysterically.
ANS: screaming
75. The burglar ____________ into the house, trying to make as little noise as possible, but I was
awake.
ANS: crept
76. What did Janine and her fellow patients talk about?
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ANS:
Sample answer: They shared their innermost thoughts, fears and hopes for life after the spinal
ward.
77. What was the first thing she felt when she went out of the hospital? How did she feel?
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ANS:
Sample answer: She felt the sun on her face. She wondered how she could ever have taken it for
granted. She felt incredibly grateful for her life.
78. What did the head nurse tell Janine about how she would feel when she got home?
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ANS:
Sample answer: The nurse told her that she would get depressed when she got home and realised
how different life was.
79. What two choices did she realise that she had?
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ANS:
Sample answer: She could keep fighting it, or she could let go and accept her body and the
circumstances of her life.
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ANS:
Sample answer: Her project was rebuilding her life. She decided to become a pilot.
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ANS:
Sample answer: It took her just under eighteen months from leaving the hospital.