MULTIPLE CHOICE – QUIZ Ex 2.8 Take the quiz.

MULTIPLE CHOICE – QUIZ

Ex 2.8 Take the quiz:

1.

Who warned that the Zika outbreak could become a global pandemic?

6.

What is the Zika virus linked to large rises in?

 

a) health officials in a hospital
b) Brazil's government
c) a pregnant woman
d) the WHO

 

a) pregnancies
b) population
c) birth defects
d) vaccines

2.

Where did Ebola kill more than 11,000 people?

7.

How many babies were born with microcephaly in Brazil last year?

 

a) Colombia
b) West Africa
c) Brazil
d) India

 

a) around 4,000
b) just over 4,000
c) slightly under 4,000
d) exactly 4,000

3.

How many people could the Zika virus infect by the end of 2016?

8.

How many pregnant women in Colombia have the virus?

 

a) 4 billion
b) 40,000,000
c) 400,000
d) 4,000,000

 

a) exactly 2,100
b) just under 2,100
c) over 2,100
d) about 2,100

4.

What is the job title of Dr Margaret Chan?

9.

What did the article say is difficult to find?

 

a) General Surgeon of the WHO
b) Surgeon-General of the WHO
c) Director-General of the WHO
d) General Director of the WHO

 

a) the virus
b) a vaccine
c) doctors
d) mosquitos

5.

What is helping the mosquito that carries the virus to spread?

10.

Who did a doctor say a vaccine would have to be tested on?

 

a) the Internet
b) airplanes
c) globalisation
d) warmer weather

 

a) pregnant women
b) mosquitos
c) health officials
d) the WHO