Vocabulary Test About HEALTH Choose The Correct Answer MCQ Exercise 88

Refuse to do something means to say or show that you will not do it: He refused to listen. Lacked and hindered are not followed by to + verb in this way, and resigned means left a job.

The preposition is the clue: we say a need for something. Shortage, lack and dearth are followed by of: a shortage of blankets. So only need fits before for.

Thorough means careful and complete, checking every part. A thorough examination is the usual collocation for a full medical check. Conscientious and methodical describe people or working methods, not the examination itself.

A doctor's rounds are regular visits to patients, either in a hospital or at their homes: The doctor is on his rounds. Routes are roads or paths you take to travel somewhere.

Operate on someone means to do surgery on a person. In the passive it is be operated on: He was operated on by a surgeon. Worked on is used for jobs or objects, not for surgery on a patient.

Put someone's mind at rest is a fixed expression meaning to stop someone worrying. The doctor told him there was nothing to worry about. We say at ease but not at comfort.

Have something treated means a doctor or nurse gives medical care for it. Treat an injury is the usual collocation in a casualty department. Not cured: we cure an illness, not an injury. An injury heals by itself over time.

After There was, the gap needs a noun. Anxiety means worry or nervousness, so the doctor sounded worried about the patient. Afraid, anxious and uncertain are adjectives, so they cannot follow There was here.

Get well means to become healthy again after an illness or operation: I hope you get well soon. Pull over means to stop a car at the side of the road.

A mercy mission is a trip made to help people who are suffering or in danger: a mercy mission to the flood area. It is a fixed collocation. Kind, helpful and sympathetic are not used before mission this way.

An artificial limb is an arm or leg made by people to replace a lost one. Artificial means made by humans, not natural. A substitute limb is not the normal collocation.

Doctors and nurses use condition for how well or ill a patient is at a certain time: His condition is satisfactory. Health means your general physical state over a long time, not just right after an operation.