Some Important Rules

Colds make more pupils miss classes than any other illnesses. Most teenagers get between two and four colds a year. No one knows why some people often get down with colds at certain times or why some do not get running noses, cough and headaches even if they sit or sleep in a cold room, do not dress warmly when it's cold, or go outside with wet hair. But sooner or later everybody catches a cold.

The best plan to cure yourself of a cold is to drink plenty of water or juice and not coffee, tea, and cola drinks to keep enough water in your body. Think of what your body is telling you when you have a cold: sleep if you want to, have a warm bath to make aches and pains in the bones easier. And because you know how bad you can feel when you have a cold, protect the people around you by staying at home and coughing and sneezing into a handkerchief and washing your hands often with warm water and soap.

Teens who catch colds usually don't get very sick and don't need to see a doctor. But you must see your doctor if you're getting worse instead of getting better three days later after the beginning of the cold. Your doctor can examine your throat and ears to make sure you do not have another illness or develop complications and it is time for you to take antibiotics. Remember, you must not take aspirin or antibiotics without doctor's recommendations.
If your doctor prescribes antibiotics, be careful to take the medicine exactly as he prescribes. If you stop taking it too soon — even if you start feeling better — the infection may not go away and you can develop other problems.

1) It is __ to say why or when people get colds.
a) impossible b) possible c) easy

2) A drink that can't help you to cure a cold is
a) water b) cola c) juice

3) You _ take a warm bath when you have a cold.
a) must b) must not c) may

4) You should _ consult a doctor if you have a cold:
it's a common illness.
a) always b) not always c) never

5) You need the doctor's advice if
a) you have complications b) you cough and sneeze c) in a few days you don't feel better

6) Antibiotics are medicines we must
a) take regularly b) stop taking as soon as possible c) take as long as the doctor tells us