Practice English Reading Exercises for A2 – Healthcare, Medicine & Helping Professions

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Reading 1

For each question, choose the correct answer.

Leo’s Medical Machines

Fifteen-year-old Leo has a very unusual hobby. While his classmates enjoy playing football or going to the cinema at the weekend, Leo prefers staying at home. He spends all his free time reading long science books in his bedroom. He is very interested in how the human body works and what happens inside hospitals.

Leo’s biggest dream is to invent new medical machines when he is older. He wants to build special computers that can find diseases very early. He knows that when doctors find out a person is sick quickly, it is much easier to give them the right medicine and save their life.

To prepare for his future career, Leo goes to a science club after school every Tuesday. Last term, the students had an inventing competition. Leo built a small, simple robot that takes a person’s temperature. His classmates thought it was amazing, and Leo won first prize. He used the prize money to buy a better computer for his room.

Next summer, Leo is going to travel to London with his parents. They are not going there to go shopping. Instead, Leo is going to visit a famous medical laboratory. He wants to see how real scientists build machines. He cannot wait to finish school and start making his own inventions to help sick people everywhere.

1   What does Leo like doing in his free time?

     (A) reading about scientific subjects indoors

     (B) playing football with his classmates

     (C) going to the cinema at the weekend

2   Why does Leo want to build special computers?

     (A) to help doctors treat ill people faster

     (B) to give people the right medicine himself

     (C) to find out how the human body works

3   What happened at the science club last term?

     (A) Leo got first place in a club contest.

     (B) Leo bought a better computer for his classmates.

     (C) Leo took the temperature of the other students.

4   Why is Leo travelling to London next summer?

     (A) to learn how professionals make equipment

     (B) to go shopping with his parents

     (C) to finish school and start making inventions

5   What is the best title for the article?

     (A) A teenager’s plan to build helpful medical equipment

     (B) How to win a school inventing competition

     (C) The best medical laboratory to visit in London

Reading 2

For each question, choose the correct answer.

Sam’s Clear Dream

Sam is a fifteen-year-old boy with perfect eyesight. He never really thought about his eyes until last year. His younger sister, Lily, started having terrible headaches at primary school. She couldn’t read the words on the board. So, their mother took Lily to an optometrist, a special eye doctor, and Sam went with them.

During the visit, Sam watched the optometrist carefully. The doctor, Mr. Evans, was very kind and used interesting machines with bright lights to check Lily’s eyes. Then, he gave Lily a beautiful pair of red glasses. When Lily put them on, she smiled happily because she could see everything. That day, Sam decided his future career.

Now, Sam is working hard to achieve his dream. He studies a lot, and biology is his best subject at school. Every Friday afternoon, he does a part-time job at a local glasses shop. He doesn’t test people’s eyes, of course. Instead, he cleans the windows and helps customers choose nice frames for their faces.

In the future, Sam will go to university to study eye medicine. He knows he has to read many difficult books and take long exams, but he doesn’t mind. He wants to open his own clinic one day. He hopes to help children and adults see the beautiful world clearly.

1   Why did Lily visit the optometrist?

     (A) She had problems looking at the board in class.

     (B) She was a fifteen-year-old with perfect eyesight.

     (C) She wanted to become a special eye doctor.

2   How did Lily feel after she put on her new glasses?

     (A) She decided to choose her future career.

     (B) She was pleased because she was able to look at things easily.

     (C) She wanted to use interesting machines with bright lights.

3   What does Sam do at his part-time job?

     (A) He tests people’s eyes every Friday afternoon.

     (B) He chooses nice frames for his own face.

     (C) He gives shoppers advice about what to buy.

4   What does Sam think about his future studies?

     (A) He is fine with doing a lot of hard work.

     (B) He hopes to open his own university for adults.

     (C) He wants to read difficult books to children.

5   What is the best title for the article?

     (A) How to find the perfect red glasses

     (B) A teenager’s goal to help others see well

     (C) The best local glasses shop in town

Reading 3

For each question, choose the correct answer.

Lucas’s Hospital Dream

Fifteen-year-old Lucas has a very different dream from his classmates. While his friends want to become famous doctors or nurses, Lucas wants to manage a large hospital. He doesn’t want to do operations or give people medicine. His biggest goal is to organize everything so the building is a comfortable place for patients, visitors, and workers.

To prepare for his future job, Lucas volunteers at his city hospital every Saturday morning. He doesn’t do any medical work. Instead, his job is to sit at the front desk and help visitors find the right rooms. He also loves talking to people while they wait, because he wants to understand what makes them feel happy and relaxed in a hospital.

Last month, Lucas noticed a problem. The waiting area for children was very boring and quiet, and many kids looked afraid. He decided to write an email to the hospital manager. He asked if he could collect some old books and board games for the children to use. The manager agreed, and now the young patients have a lot of fun while they wait for their appointments.

Next year, Lucas is going to study business and management at college. He knows that nobody can become a hospital manager immediately. It will take many years of studying and hard work to achieve his goal, but he is excited to start his journey.

1   How is Lucas’s dream different from his friends’ dreams?

     (A) He hopes to organize a hospital.

     (B) He wants to be a famous doctor or nurse.

     (C) He would like to do operations.

2   What does Lucas do at the hospital on Saturdays?

     (A) He gives medicine to the patients.

     (B) He does medical work with sick people.

     (C) He shows visitors where they need to go.

3   What did Lucas do to help the children last month?

     (A) He got them some things to read and play with.

     (B) He wrote an email to the young patients.

     (C) He sat in the boring waiting area with them.

4   What does Lucas understand about his future career?

     (A) He will become a manager immediately.

     (B) He needs to spend a lot of time preparing for it.

     (C) He is going to manage a business next year.

5   What is the best title for the article?

     (A) How to become a famous doctor

     (B) The best games for a hospital waiting room

     (C) A teenager who wants to run a hospital

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