Task6  Recognizing Details

        Watch a video clip “Hepatitis C” twice and decide whether each of the statements below is TRUE (T) orFALSE (F).

(T/F) 1. The routine tests you get at the doctor may not show that you get hepatitis C virus.

(T/F) 2. More than half of the 3 million Americans with hepatitis C don’t realize it.

(T/F) 3. A lot of scar tissue in the liver doesn’t mean your liver is not working properly.

(T/F) 4. Hepatitis C is spread primarily through blood transfusions and by sexual contact.

(T/F) 5. As is the case with hepatitis B, there is also vaccine for hepatitis C.

(T/F) 6. Beverly’s case is rare: her body can’t tolerate the medications for treatment.

(T/F) 7. Finding hepatitis C virus and treating it is more cost-effective than treating liver cancer.

Recognizing Details

(T) 1. The routine tests you get at the doctor may not show that you get hepatitis C virus.

(T) 2. More than half of the 3 million Americans with hepatitis C don’t realize it.

(F) 3. A lot of scar tissue in the liver doesn’t mean your liver is not working properly.

(T) 4. Hepatitis C is spread primarily through blood transfusions and by sexual contact.

(F) 5. As is the case with hepatitis B, there is also vaccine for hepatitis C.

(F) 6. Beverly’s case is rare: her body can’t tolerate the medications for treatment.

(T) 7. Finding hepatitis C virus and treating it is more cost-effective than treating liver cancer.