UNIT 2 – HEALTHY LIVING – PRACTICE 1
Exercise 1. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. of B. coffee C. leaf D. fault
2. A. cough B. laugh C. enough D. through
3. A. knee B. knife C. king D. knitting
4. A. daughter B. weigh C. rough D. thought
5. A. daughter B. draught C. flu D. tough
6. A. allergy B. calorie C. coordinate D. triathlon
7. A. compound B. concentrate C. monopoly D. melody
8. A. essential B. attention C. vegetarian D. depression
Exercise 2. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
1. If you’ve got _____________, go and see a dentist.
A. toothache B. headache C. earache D. teeth
2. She feels very weak, has a high fever and her muscles hurt. She has _____________.
A. fever B. sunburn C. flu D. overweight
3. I think I’m getting a _____________. I’ve got a sore throat and a runny nose.
A. hot B. cold C. pain D. virus
4. My sister feels pain in her ear. She has _____________.
A. earache B. ear exam C. headache D. backache
5. Mark had jellyfish for dinner, and now his skin becomes covered with red marks. He has an _____________.
A. allergic B. allergy C. sunburn D. spots
6. He eats lots of junk food and be overweight. _____________ is his problem.
A. Sickness B. Obesity C. Illness D. Underweight
7. You should eat less junk food or you will _____________ weight.
A. put on B. put up C. lose D. get up
8. He is a _____________, so he doesn’t eat any meat.
A. vegetables B. vegetarian C. librarian D. student
9. _____________ tastes so good, but it is bad for your health.
A. Fresh food B. Meat C. Junk food D. Water
10. _____________ your breakfast regularly will definitely affect your health.
A. Skipping B. Skip C. Keep D. Eat
11. You can avoid some diseases by _______________ yourself clean.
A. keeping B. taking C. looking D. bringing
12. Japanese eat a lot of fish instead of meat _______________ they stay more healthy.
A. but B. because C. although D. so
13. We need to spend less time _______________ computer games.
A. play B. to play C. playing D. to playing
14. Eating a lot of junk food may lead to your _______________.
A. obesity B. fitness C. pain D. stomachache
15. If you want to ________ weight, you should follow a low-fat diet.
A. lose B. gain C. put on D. take
16. The seafood I ate this morning makes me ________ itchy all over.
A. have B. look C. feel D. get
17. My father has a sore throat, so _______.
A. he has a temperature B. he needs to avoid cold drinks
C. he should eat more junk food D. he should sleep less
18. Junk foods are high in fat and sugar, which can lead to ________.
A. flu B. obesity C. allergy D. stomachache
19. I _____ to shellfish, so I can’t eat lobster and crab.
A. have allergy B. feel allergy C. feel an allergy D. have an allergy
20. He cannot go to school today because of _____.
A. sickness B. tired C. sick D. sicken
21. If you want to ______ obesity, stop eating sugar.
A. prevent B. have C. suffer from D. get
22. I _____ toothache yesterday because I ate a packet of sweets.
A. felt B. catch C. had D. looked
Exercise 3. Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
1. He begins always his lessons with a warm-up exercise.
A B C D
2. The lungs, stomach, eye, and heart are organs of the body.
A B C D
3. My sister is coughing, sneezing and have a running nose.
A B C D
4. Be carefully with what you eat and drink!
A B C D
5. She should try to wake up at the usual time, even in weekends.
A B C D
6. I exercise and eat right and got plenty of rest in bed.
A B C D
7. Doing exercises is one of the key components of a health lifestyle.
A B C D
8. Outdoor activities help you spend more time in front of TVs and smartphones.
A B C D
9. Scandinavia’s citizens lives long lives, with average life expectancy of 79.
A B C D
Exercise 4. Read the passage and choose the best answer to the questions.
There are habits that we should avoid so that we can have a healthy life. Most people are stuck to the screens
of mobile phones these days. This is an unhealthy habit we should get rid of right away. Watching too much TV
or spending too much time on computer is also something we should avoid. It is bad for our eyes, and sitting for
a long time can lead to backache.
Many of us are too busy to cook, so we have fast food and junk food. Those kinds of food contain a lot of
fat, salt, and sugar, which have bad effects on our health. It is time to watch out on our eating habit of fast food
and junk food. We should eat home-made food. This will not only keep us healthy but also in good shape.
Many of us are so busy that we skip our meals. There is a tendency of skipping breakfast. If we skip meals,
we will have stomachache.
Smoking and drinking are the two things that make us unhealthy. Too much smoking and drinking can lead
to a lot of health problems, even cancer.
1. What is the passage about?
A. The ways for us to avoid habits B. Habits and diseases
C. The reasons why we have habits D. Some habits that lead to unhealthy life
2. Which of the following is a good thing to do?
A. get rid of unhealthy habits B. use mobile phones for a long time
C. eat less home-made food D. watch too much TV
3. What kinds of food have bad effects on our health?
A. home-made food and fast food B. junk food and home-made food
C. fast food and junk food D. home-made food
4. If we skip meals, we will have ________.
A. bad effects on our health B. stomachache C. fast food D. junk food
5. According to the passage, too much smoking and drinking can lead to ________.
A. unhealthy habits B. health problems C. weight loss D. stomach diseases
Exercise 5. Write complete sentences using the prompts given.
1. Rebecca/ always/ love/ hike/ and/ other outdoor activities
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2. Fruit/ be/ convenient source/ of vitamins/ and energy
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3. She/ not/ like/ fish/ because/ she/ hate/ the bones
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4. Do/ you/ think/ I/ should/ wake up/ the usual time/ Sundays?
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5. Watch/ TV/ too much/ not/ be/ good/ your eyes
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6. Many towns/ be/ full of/ shopping malls/ and/ fast food restaurants
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7. We/ should/ keep/ healthy/ by/ eat/ well and/ exercise/ regularly
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8. Nutrition and exercise/ be/ essential/ fitness and health
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Exercise 6. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one.
1. It’s good for us to go to bed early every day.
We should
2. His lunch doesn’t have any fruit or vegetables.
There isn’t any
3. Lucy hasn’t exercised for three months.
Lucy last exercised
4. Dave eats lots of sweets, so he is becoming fat.
Because Dave
5. Sitting close to the TV screen is not good for you.
You shouldn’t
6. Let's do something outdoors this afternoon.
How about ?
7. Natalie isn’t interested in sleeping in at the weekend.
Natalie doesn’t like
8. Although Kelvin likes fast food, he doesn’t usually eat it.
Kelvin likes
Exercise 7. Make sentences using the words and phrases given.
Question 1: Do / exercise / regularly / help / you / stay / healthy.
A. Doing exercise regularly helps you stay healthy.
B. Doing exercise regularly help you stay healthy.
C. Do exercise regularly helps you stay healthy.
D. Doing exercise regularly helps you are stay healthy.
Question 2: We / need / calories / or / energy / do / things / every day.
A. We need calories or energy do things everyday.
B. We need calories or energy doing things everyday.
C. We needs calories or energy do things everyday.
D. We need calories or energy to do things everyday.
Question 3: We / should / balance / calories / we / get / from / food / with / calories / we / use / physical activity.
A. We should balance calories we get from food with calories we use physical activity.
