Old Age and Health

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Intermediate

Task 2: Old Age and Health

1. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) There are a lot of improvements in the care of old people and the old people's health _____________.

a. becomes better b. is no better than it used to be c. is worse
(2) A much more common problem with the old people's health _____________. a. is the fears of becoming old b. is that they become senile c. is over-medication
(3) In order to have good health, one should _____________. a. follow a balanced died and do regular exercises b. eat eggs and beef c. never change his way of living

2. Fill in blanks with what you hear on the tape.
(1)
people, for example, dread becoming senile. But in fact
people become senile.
(2) Perhaps only about
of those
become senile.
(3) Nearly
of people
have
one serious disease.
(4) So this is a problem that doctors have to
.
(5) The
starts
and there are changes in metabolism,
, the
, the
and the
.
(6) No section of the population can
more from
than
.

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Task 2: Old Age and Health

1. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) There are a lot of improvements in the care of old people and the old people's health _____________.

a. becomes better b. is no better than it used to be c. is worse
(2) A much more common problem with the old people's health _____________. a. is the fears of becoming old b. is that they become senile c. is over-medication
(3) In order to have good health, one should _____________. a. follow a balanced died and do regular exercises b. eat eggs and beef c. never change his way of living

2. Fill in blanks with what you hear on the tape.
(1)
people, for example, dread becoming senile. But in fact
people become senile.
(2) Perhaps only about
of those
become senile.
(3) Nearly
of people
have
one serious disease.
(4) So this is a problem that doctors have to
.
(5) The
starts
and there are changes in metabolism,
, the
, the
and the
.
(6) No section of the population can
more from
than
.