Read the article below and chose the option that answers each question correctly.

THE CARPAL TUNNEL

The human wrist was not made

to carry out repetitive tasks for

extended periods of time.

Using wrists repetitively

causes the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome,

which is like a traffic jam in the wrist. Located among the bones

and tendons of the wrist area, there is a major median nerve

that transfers signals to some of the small muscles of the hand.

This nerve also provides sensation to the thumb and first three

fingers.

Pain is caused by the inflammation of tendons, which crushes

the median nerve within the Carpal Tunnel.

1) What does this article talk about? About __________.

A) tunnel signals to all fingers

B) traffic jams in large muscles

C) an inflammation that affects wrists

D) all the bones and muscles of human body

2) What is the main cause of the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? The __________.

A) fingers

B) traffic jams

C) transfer of signals

D) excessive use of wrists

3) Where is the median nerve? __________.

A) In the fingers

B) In the thumbs

C) In the fingernails

D) near bones and tendons

4) What causes the pain? The __________.

A) inflammation of fingers

B) swelling of tendons

C) median nerve

D) first fingers

Read the text. Choose the alternative that completes each statement correctly.

STRESS

Nature has given us a 'fight or flight' response. The survival of primitive man depended on this response, which compensated for his limited understanding of the world. When faced with danger, primitive man, with his muscular tension and his brain alert, was immediately ready to fight the enemy or escape. Nowadays, the chances of meeting a wild animal are small, but the modern jungle is just so dangerous. We constantly face a variety of stressful situations for which the 'fight or flight' response may not be adequate. As the tension rises and ca not be released by fighting or escaping, the body gets into a state of readiness for nothing. It is this tension that is responsible for chronic stress. In the long term, stress may cause diseases such as skin rashes, insomnia, ulcers, high blood pressure and heart attacks.

HOW CAN YOU COMBAT STRESS?

DO eat a well-balanced diet containing plenty of fruit and vegetables. DO sleep at least eight hours a night and go to bed early. DO talk about your problems. DO NOT hold stress. Use exercise or a sport to let it flow out.

These techniques will not solve your problems, but they will help you to see them differently, so that you will find it easier to handle them.

5) All the recommendations given help you to __________ problems.

A) deal with

B) find more

C) solve all the

D) depend on the

6) One technique to avoid stress is to __________. A) sleep all day

B) go to bed early at night

C) sleep at least four hours

D) have a vegetable-free diet

7) Some diseases mentioned in the text are __________.

A) all heart related

B) just short-term ones

C) ulcers and skin rashes

D) asthma and low pressure

8) Another way of combating stress is __________.

A) playing a sport

B) not talking to people

C) having an unbalanced diet

D) having stressful responses

Read the text.

The Best Remedy

When you have watery eyes and a running nose, you sneeze a lot, and you use boxes of tissues, what’s the matter with you? Of course, you have a common cold. It makes you feel really uncomfortable. What is the best remedy? Some people go straight to the drugstore, and they buy lots of medicines. They buy aspirin, vitamin C, nose drops and cough syrup.

Other people prefer traditional home remedies like chicken soup, lemon tea or a mixture of hot milk and honey. Ginger tea is very popular in Asia.

Naturalists say they never catch colds because they are in constant contact with nature. In winter, when the weather is freezing, some of them go swimming in ice-cold water. They say, “Jump into a pool of cold water” because the shock clears the head.

Doctors usually say a cold lasts with treatment less than a week or more than eight days without it.

watery: like water. running nose: liquid coming down the nose. sneeze: a sudden noisy burst of air out through the nose and mouth.

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Select the appropriate alternative to complete each sentence, according to the previous text.

9) An ordinary cold produces _______________.

A) watery eyes B) some aspirins C) boxes of tissues D) a lot of vitamin C

10) To fight against a cold, it is convenient to

____________________.

A) take a drastic remedy B) buy some boxes of Ginger C) jump into a pool of cold water D) get some medicines at the drugstore

11) Naturalists say they never catch a cold because ____________________.

A) they don’t like natural remedies B) they love to be in contact with nature C) they are always close to frozen things D) Nature makes them feel uncomfortable

12) Traditional home remedies against a cold

are ____________________.

A) mixed cold tea and milk B) ginger tea and lemon tea C) water with ice and nose drops D) many aspirins and some vitamin C pills

13) Jumping into a pool of cold water clears the

____________________.

A) cold B) pool C) nose D) head

14) A cold lasts ____________________.

A) fewer days with treatment B) seven days with treatment C) the same time with or without treatment D) less than seven days without treatment