Question

Hypochondriacs
There are people who spend years suffering from an (1) …….... which doctors are not usually (2) …….. towards. Hypochondria is a (3) ……... term which describes a highly (4) …..... level of worry about your health. Sufferers regularly visit their doctors with (5) ………... of serious symptoms which doctors cannot explain. Hypochondriacs are always (6) ……... about their health and often imagine that they are suffering from (7) ………... or (8) ……..... diseases. They waste the (9) ……..... time of doctors when really they are perfectly (10) ………... Sufferers can be taught to control their (11) …….... through relaxation techniques.
(1) ill (2) sympathy (3) medicine (4) normal (5) complain

(6) pessimism (7) danger (8) curable (9) value (10) health

(11) anxious

Answer 1

Hypochondriacs

There are people who spend years suffering from an (1) illness which doctors are not usually (2) sympathetic towards. Hypochondria is a (3) medical term which describes a highly (4) abnormal level of worry about your health. Sufferers regularly visit their doctors with (5) complaints of serious symptoms which doctors cannot explain. Hypochondriacs are always (6) pessimistic about their health and often imagine that they are suffering from (7) dangerous or (8) incurable diseases. They waste the (9) valuable time of doctors when really they are perfectly (10) healthy. Sufferers can be taught to control their (11) anxiety through relaxation techniques.