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Read the text and choose the best answer (A-C) to complete the sentences (1-5)
USE YOUR MIND
How many tablets do you take? We all take tablets for headaches and other illnesses. But are they really necessary? The big drug companies make the drugs and tablets that we buy to fight our health problems. But could it be possible that many of these drug and tablets are only good for the bank balances of the drug companies and that there are better ways for us to get over our health problems? According to some experts, should use the power of our minds.
Since the 1950s there have been experiments using placebos. Placebos are table which do not have an effect on the body, so they shouldn't be able to make us better. In the experiments some patients in the group receive real drugs for a health problem, while others receive the placebo. No one knows who has the real drug or who has the placebo. In a significant number of these experiments the patients who haven't received the real drug get better! People think this is perhaps because they are thinking positively and believe they will get better - so they do!
So, can we 'think' ourselves better? Perhaps the big drugs companies should start worrying!
1. The text suggests that the drug companies__________________________
A sell drugs that are bad for us
B sell drugs that are too expensive
C make a lot of money
2. It's possible that______________________________________________.
A we could manage without drugs
B we could live longer without drugs
C we need different sorts of drugs
3. Placebos____________________________________.
A are tablets for headaches.
B are experiments done since the 1950s.
C should not be able to cure health problems.
4. In the experiments________________________________.
A patients know if they don't receive the real drug
B patients know it's a possibility they haven't received the real drug
C patients know they have been lied to
5. According to the article,_________________________________.
A some people can get better if they believe they will
B some people get better if their doctor believes they will
C some people get better because they stop taking drugs
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Underline the correct item to complete the sentences.
I blame you /yourself for this mess.
The wind has blown / been blowing hard all morning.
Somebody stole / was stealing our car last night.
When I was young, I would / used to believe in ghosts.
By the time we caught him, he had stolen/stole £20,000.
This is the first time I could/have been able to understand computers.
The bus to London leaves/will leave at five o'clock every day.
If we left now, we would/will be there by teatime.
I wouldn't have come here if I knew/ I'd known it was hurricane season.
I wish I didn't buy / hadn't bought this laptop
III. Write a brief message to your friend about changing your plans for the evening. Inform him about place and the time when you will be able to meet with him.
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