 This post contains a reading of about 200 words aimed at intermediate to upper-intermediate students with activities such as reading comprehension, expressing the main ideas, lexicon and phonetics. |
More than 35,000 cases of colon cancer have been diagnosed in the UK in 2006. The colon cancer symptoms are the following: rectal bleeding, a feeling that you need to empty your intestines even when you have just been to the toilet, and abdominal pain. These symptoms are not uncommon - and could be a sign of something far less serious. However, doctors advise that if such symptoms persist for longer than a couple of weeks medical attention should be sought. To investigate these symptoms, doctors often ask patients to undergo colonoscopy. This procedure involves inserting a very small camera into the colon. This can be uncomfortable, but is very seldom a painful experience.
High fat diets favoured in the Western world are thought to have increased the number of intestine cancers. People are encouraged to eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, as this appears to reduce the risk.
The main option for treating this illness is surgery. But when the cancer is well-established, chemotherapy is used. Only when the cancer has spread beyond the wall of the colon, it becomes harder to treat. However, estimates suggest that nine out of 10 colon cancers detected early can be successfully treated.
1. READING COMPREHENSION. Add TRUE or FALSE and copy the evidence from the text to support your answer.
a) The symptoms of colon cancer are very specific and rare.
b) Food high in fat may cause intestine diseases.
c) Surgery is the only option to treat colon cancer.
d) Early detected cancers require chemotherapy for successful treatment.
2. EXPRESSING THE MAIN IDEAS. Answer the following questions according to the information given in the text. Where possible, use your own words.
a) What are two of the symptoms of colon cancer?
b) What does colonoscopy involve?
3. LEXICON. Find words or phrases in the text that mean the same as these given.
a) Loosing blood.
b) Asked for or looked for.
c) A white or yellow substance in the body, stored under the skin.
d) Judgements that you make without having the exact details.
4. PHONETICS.
a) Write two words from the text that include the same vowel sound as "sea" /i: /.
b) Write a word from the text that includes the same diphthong sound as "face" /eI/.
c) Is the “–ed“pronounced /Id/, /t/ or /d/ in “detected”?
High fat diets favoured in the Western world are thought to have increased the number of intestine cancers. People are encouraged to eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, as this appears to reduce the risk.
The main option for treating this illness is surgery. But when the cancer is well-established, chemotherapy is used. Only when the cancer has spread beyond the wall of the colon, it becomes harder to treat. However, estimates suggest that nine out of 10 colon cancers detected early can be successfully treated.
QUESTIONS
1. READING COMPREHENSION. Add TRUE or FALSE and copy the evidence from the text to support your answer.
a) The symptoms of colon cancer are very specific and rare.
b) Food high in fat may cause intestine diseases.
c) Surgery is the only option to treat colon cancer.
d) Early detected cancers require chemotherapy for successful treatment.
2. EXPRESSING THE MAIN IDEAS. Answer the following questions according to the information given in the text. Where possible, use your own words.
a) What are two of the symptoms of colon cancer?
b) What does colonoscopy involve?
3. LEXICON. Find words or phrases in the text that mean the same as these given.
a) Loosing blood.
b) Asked for or looked for.
c) A white or yellow substance in the body, stored under the skin.
d) Judgements that you make without having the exact details.
4. PHONETICS.
a) Write two words from the text that include the same vowel sound as "sea" /i: /.
b) Write a word from the text that includes the same diphthong sound as "face" /eI/.
c) Is the “–ed“pronounced /Id/, /t/ or /d/ in “detected”?
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