Task3  Spot Dictation

        Listen to a passage three times and while listening, you are to put the missing word in each numberedblank according to what you hear. 

Hepatitis destroys liver cells. Some kinds of hepatitis are much more serious than others. Which kind a person has can only be known from tests for (1) __________in the blood

Hepatitis  is usually spreadthrough human waste in water or food. It is in the same group of viruses asthose that cause the disease (2) __________.

The hepatitis A virus causes highbody temperature, pain and (3) __________. It causes problems with the stomach and intestines, making it difficult to eator break down food. Also, the (4) __________of a person with hepatitis may become yellow. 

To (5) __________prevent the spread of hepatitis A, people should wash their hands after they use the(6) _________orchange a baby’s diaper. People should also wash their hands before they eat or(7) __________food.

Hepatitis A can spread quickly to hundreds or thousands of people. But the virus is (8) __________inless than one percent of cases. Many people infected with the virus never even get sick. But those who do usually (9) __________within two months.

Hepatitis A is often found in Africa, Asia and Central and South America. People who have had hepatitis A cannot (10) __________it again. There is a vaccine to prevent hepatitis A. America’s Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention says the vaccine is the best way to protect against the disease.

Hepatitis cannot be (11) __________.The only way to protect against infection is to receive vaccines against the patitis A and B, and to avoid (12) __________with  the othe viruses.                                    

Spot Dictation

Hepatitis destroys liver cells. Some kinds of hepatitis are much more serious than others. Which kind a personhas can only be known from tests for (1) __antibodies__in the blood

Hepatitis  is usually spreadthrough human waste in water or food. It is in the same group of viruses asthose that cause the disease (2) __polio__.

The hepatitis A virus causes highbody temperature, pain and (3) _weakness_. It causes problems with the stomach and intestines, making it difficult to eator break down food. Also, the (4) __skin__of a person with hepatitis may become yellow. 

To (5) __help__prevent the spread of hepatitis A, people should wash their hands after they use the(6) __restroom_orchange a baby’s diaper. People should also wash their hands before they eat or(7) _prepare__food.

Hepatitis A can spread quickly to hundreds or thousands of people. But the virus is (8) __deadly__inless than one percent of cases. Many people infected with the virus never even get sick. But those who do usually (9) __recover___within two months.

Hepatitis A is often found in Africa, Asia and Central and South America. People who have had hepatitis A cannot (10) _get__it again. There is a vaccine to prevent hepatitis A. America’s Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention says the vaccine is the best way to protect against the disease.

Hepatitis cannot be (11) __cured__.The only way to protect against infection is to receive vaccines against the patitis A and B, and to avoid (12) __contact___with  the othe viruses.