Vocabulary Test About DRUGS Choose The Right Answer MCQ Exercise 85

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Question 1

The label said "It is dangerous to _____ the stated dose".

A	exceed
B	infringe
C	overdo
D	repeat

Question 1 Explanation:

To exceed a dose means to take more than the amount that is allowed or advised. Do not exceed the stated dose is a common warning on medicine labels. Not overdo: we overdo an activity, such as exercise, but we do not overdo a dose.

Question 2

What you need is a good rest, so I think a holiday would be more _____ than giving you more drugs.

A	benefaction
B	beneficial
C	benefiting
D	benevolent

Question 2 Explanation:

After more we need an adjective. Beneficial means good for you or helpful: Fresh air is beneficial to your health. Not benevolent, which means kind to other people and is used about people, not things.

Question 3

In Britain, women who are pregnant are _____ from prescription charges.

A	exempt
B	freed
C	free
D	released

Question 3 Explanation:

If you are exempt from a charge, rule or duty, you officially do not have to pay it or do it: Children are exempt from the tax. Exempt from is the fixed, formal phrase for official charges. Free and freed do not form this official expression.

Question 4

I always take _____ aspirin when I have a headache.

A	fluid
B	molten
C	soluble
D	runny

Question 4 Explanation:

Soluble means able to dissolve in a liquid. Soluble aspirin is aspirin that you put into water before you drink it. Fluid, molten and runny describe things that are already liquid.

Question 5

Poisons should be kept in a place that is _____ to children.

A	impracticable
B	inapplicable
C	inaccessible
D	unavailable

Question 5 Explanation:

Inaccessible means impossible to reach or get to: Keep medicines in a place that is inaccessible to children. Not unavailable, which means that something cannot be bought or obtained. It is not about where the poison is physically kept.

Question 6

The medicine should be _____ with a little water.

A	diluted
B	reduced
C	thinned
D	weakened

Question 6 Explanation:

To dilute a liquid means to make it weaker by adding water or another liquid: Dilute the juice with water. Not thinned, which is normally used for paint or sauces rather than medicine.

Question 7

Alcoholic drinks have a _____ effect on many people.

A	sedate
B	sedative
C	sedentary
D	sedimentary

Question 7 Explanation:

A sedative effect makes you feel calm, relaxed or sleepy. Not sedate, which describes a calm, slow person or activity, as in a sedate walk. Sedentary means sitting a lot, and sedimentary describes a type of rock.

Question 8

Did you get any _____ effects when you were taking those tablets?

A	backwash
B	subsequent
C	subsidiary
D	side

Question 8 Explanation:

Side effects are unwanted extra effects of a medicine: This drug can cause headaches as a side effect. The other options do not form this fixed expression.

Question 9

Many drugs are not _____ to the public without a doctor's prescription.

A	acceptable
B	available
C	permissible
D	reliable

Question 9 Explanation:

If something is available to someone, they can get it or buy it: Some drugs are only available with a prescription. Not permissible, which means allowed by rules. It is not used with to the public in this way.

Question 10

People who distribute drugs like heroin can have no _____ at all.

A	conscience
B	consciousness
C	goodness
D	moral

Question 10 Explanation:

Your conscience is the part of your mind that tells you whether something is right or wrong. To have no conscience means you do not feel guilty about doing bad things. Not consciousness, which means being awake and aware. Not moral either: we would say have no morals, in the plural.

Question 11

I took the doctor's prescription to the chemist's to be made _____.

A	for
B	into
C	out
D	up

Question 11 Explanation:

A pharmacist makes up a prescription when they prepare the medicine the doctor has written down: The chemist made up my prescription in ten minutes. Make out a prescription is what the doctor does when writing it, so it does not fit took … to the chemist's.

Question 12

It seems that medical science is _____ of discovering a cure for cancer.

A	on the corner
B	on the border
C	on the rim
D	on the verge

Question 12 Explanation:

On the verge of (doing) something means very close to doing it: She was on the verge of tears. Here it means science is very close to discovering a cure. On the corner, on the border and on the rim do not have this meaning.

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