IELTS General Test – Passage 07: Flu: the facts reading with answers explanation, location and pdf summary. This reading paragraph has been taken from our huge collection of Academic & General Training (GT) Reading practice test PDF’s.
Flu: the facts
A. Flu (influenza) is an acute viral respiratory infection. It spreads easily from person to person: at home, at school, at work, at the supermarket or on the train.
B. It gets passed on when someone who already has flu coughs or sneezes and is transmitted through the air by droplets, or it can be spread by hands infected by the virus.
C. Symptoms can include fever, chills, headache, muscle pain, extreme fatigue, a dry cough, sore throat and stuffy nose. Most people will recover within a week but flu can cause severe illness or even death in people at high risk. It is estimated that 18,500-24,800 deaths in England and Wales are attributable to influenza infections annually.
D. Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent infection. Although anyone can catch flu, certain people are at greater risk from the implications of flu, as their bodies may not be able to fight the virus. If you are over 65 years old, or suffer from asthma, diabetes, or certain other conditions, you are considered at greater risk from flu and the implications can be serious. If you fall into one of these ‘at-risk’ groups, are pregnant or a carer, you are eligible for a free flu vaccination.
E. If you are not eligible for a free flu vaccination, you can still protect yourself and those around you from flu by getting a flu vaccination at a local pharmacy.
F. About seven to ten days after vaccination, your body makes antibodies that help to protect you against any similar viruses that may infect you. This protection lasts about a year.
G. A flu vaccination contains inactivated, killed virus strains so it can’t give you the flu. However, a flu vaccination can take up to two weeks to begin working, so it is possible to catch flu in this period.
H. A flu vaccination is designed to protect you against the most common and potent strains of flu circulating so there is a small chance you could catch a strain of flu not contained in the flu vaccine.
I. The influenza virus is constantly changing and vaccines are developed to predicted strains each year so it is important to get vaccinated against the latest strains.
Speak to your GP or nurse today to book your flu vaccination.
Questions 7-14
The text has nine sections, A-I. Which sections contain the following information?
Write the correct letter, A-I, in boxes 7-14 on your answer sheet.
NB You may use any answer more than once.
7. examples of people who are likely to be particularly badly affected by flu
8. how to get a vaccination if you choose to pay for it
9. why new vaccines become available
10. how long a vaccine remains effective
11. reference to the possibility of catching a different type of flu from the ones in the vaccine
12. categories of people who do not have to pay for vaccination
13. information about what a vaccine consists of
14. signs that you might have flu
________________
ALSO TRY:
1) IELTS 11 READING PASSAGE – THE ZEBRA’S LONG WALK ACROSS AFRICA ↗
2) IELTS 11 READING PASSAGE – HILTON LABORATORY ↗
3) IELTS 11 READING PASSAGE – GZJ TRAVEL: RECRUITMENT INFO ↗
4) IELTS 11 READING PASSAGE – HOLIDAY APARTMENTS TO LET ↗
5) IELTS 11 READING PASSAGE – IS YOUR CHILD AT SCHOOL TODAY? ↗
________________
Answers
Check out Flu: the facts reading answers below with explanations and locations given in the text.
7. D
8. E
9. I
10. F
11. H
12. D
13. G
14. C
Have any doubts??? Discuss in the comments ...
If you want the pdf summary of flu: the facts reading passage and answers, please write your email in the comment section below. We’ll send it across at the speed of light.
ALL THE BEST !