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Exercise makes the heart beat faster. This sends more blood and oxygen to the muscles that are working. Why does the heart beat faster during exercise?

1. ATo cool down the skin quickly
2. BTo slow down breathing
3. CTo help the body fall asleep
4. DTo send more oxygen to working muscles

The skin is the largest organ of the body. It protects us from germs, helps keep our temperature steady and lets us feel touch, heat and pain. Which job of the skin is NOT mentioned in the passage?

1. AMaking red blood cells
2. BKeeping temperature steady
3. CProtecting us from germs
4. DLetting us feel touch

“Lena is an only child. She lives with her mother and her grandfather in a flat above a bakery.” Who does Lena live with?

1. AHer mother and grandfather
2. BHer father and her brother
3. CHer mother and her sister
4. DHer grandmother and her uncle

Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas. It helps glucose move from the blood into cells, where it is used for energy. In type 1 diabetes, the pancreas makes little or no insulin. What would most likely happen to blood glucose in untreated type 1 diabetes?

1. AIt would turn into insulin in the pancreas.
2. BIt would rise, because less glucose can enter the cells.
3. CIt would stay normal, because insulin is not needed for glucose.
4. DIt would fall, because the cells use more glucose.

“After the hospital put hand sanitiser by every bed, staff used it far more often, and infection rates on the ward fell.” What can be reasonably concluded?

1. AEasier access may have improved hand hygiene.
2. BInfection rates rose after the change.
3. CHand sanitiser is the only way to stop infection.
4. DStaff did not clean their hands before at all.

The author writes: “Every student should learn basic first aid. A few simple skills, such as how to help someone who is choking, can save a life.” What is the author’s purpose?

1. ATo describe the history of first aid training
2. BTo entertain readers with a story about choking
3. CTo persuade readers that students should learn first aid
4. DTo explain how to treat a broken bone

A report states: “Patients who received a phone call from a nurse after leaving hospital were less likely to return within 30 days than patients who did not.” Which further information would best help show that the calls caused the difference?

1. AThe colour of the hospital’s discharge forms
2. BWhether patients were randomly chosen to get calls
3. CThe time of day each call was made
4. DThe name of each nurse who called

“Researchers gave half of a group of volunteers a new vitamin and the other half a dummy pill. Neither the volunteers nor the researchers knew who got which until the end.” Why did the researchers keep this secret?

1. ATo make the study finish more quickly
2. BTo keep the volunteers from talking
3. CTo save money on vitamins
4. DTo stop expectations from affecting the results