Test About Circulatory System
Test About Circulatory System
Test About Circulatory System
READING
Read the following passage and decide whether the statements are TRUE (T),
FALSE (F)
Researchers have discovered the people with the healthiest hearts in the world. The
Tsimane people live in the Amazon region of Bolivia and have almost no risk of
serious heart disease because of their plant-based diet and high levels of physical
activity. Besides having a healthy heart, the Tsimane also have low blood pressure,
low cholesterol levels and low blood glucose. This all adds up to a very strong
cardiovascular system. And this means they avoid many of the diseases and
conditions that kill hundreds of millions around the world, such as heart attack,
stroke, diabetes and kidney failure. A study estimates that an 80-year-old from the
Tsimane tribe has the same cardiovascular age as an American in their mid-50s.
The study on the Tsimane is published in the medical journal 'The Lancet'. Study
co-author Dr Gregory S. Thomas stated: "This study suggests that coronary
[disease] could be avoided if people adopted some elements of the Tsimane
lifestyle, such as keeping their cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar very
low, not smoking and being physically active." He added: "Most of the Tsimane
are able to live their entire life without developing any coronary [disease]. This has
never been seen in any prior research. While difficult to achieve in the
industrialized world, we can adopt some aspects of their lifestyle to potentially
forestall a condition we thought would eventually effect almost all of us."
Statements T F DS
16. The people with the healthiest hearts live in the Amazon T
jungle.
LISTENING
Watch the video and fill in the missing information
24. The pericardium is the ______ layer that covers the exterior.
25. The endocardium lines the inside ______.
26. The upper chambers known as the ______ receive blood coming into the heart.
27. The _____ chambers are the ventricles that pump blood out.
28. Between each chamber are ______ that open and close and help keep the blood
moving. They are the tricuspid, mitral, pulmonary and aortic valves.
29. The heart beats ______ beats a day, 40 million times a year.
30. Another name of heart attack is ______ infarction.
WRITING
Write sentences from the words/phrases given below
31. Heart/about/size/adult fist.
Heart is about the size of adult
32. It/strong/ muscle/body.
It is the strongest muscle in the body
33. It/ beat/ about 100,000/ day.
It beats about 100,000 a day
34. It/ take/ approximately/ 45 seconds/ heart/ circulate/ blood/ body.
It takes approximately 45 seconds for heart to circulate blood through the body
35. Sound/ heartbeat/make/by/four valves/open/close/as/blood/flow.
Sound of heartbeat is made by four valves to open and close as blood flows
The following images show you how to reduce the risk of cardiovascular
disease. Write your advice.
SPEAKING
What makes up the circulatory system?
- Heart (size, location, function)
- Arteries (function)
- Veins (function)
- Capillaries (function)
- Interesting facts about the circulatory system