1 Read the text. Answer the questions.
1 How many airline pilots in Britain are men?
2 Was the author a
nurse before she
became a pilot?
3 How many hours
do you fly when
you are training to
fly passenger
planes?
4 Why is it difficult to fly over Europe?
5 What is it important
for pilots to do when
there is a problem?
6 Who flies the
plane, the captain
or the first officer?
7 Why do passenger planes have two pilots?
8 Read the text again.
Choose the correct
answers: a, b or c.
1 The writer of the article is a
a man. b woman. c child.
2 Passengers
visit the pilots
on a flight
nowadays.
a never b sometimes c often
3 Training to be a pilot is
a less than a year. b one year.
c more than one year.
4 Qualified pilots are checked
a regularly. b occasionally. c every six years.
5 The airspace over Europe is
a exciting. b quiet. c busy.

6 The captain sits the first officer.
a in front of b on the left of c behind

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That's when the Catholic Church decided to fight the widespread pagan rites and used for this martyrdom of one of their saints.
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Doctor: Come in, please.

Patient: Thank you. Doctor, I decided to make an appointment because yesterday I had a splitting headache and rash all over my body after taking pills for stomach pain.

Doctor: Did I write out a prescription for taking the pills?

Patient: Yes, here it is.

Doctor: These pills are very strong. They can trigger such symptoms as dizziness, nausea and even rash. Let me check you. I’ll measure your blood pressure but firstly put a thermometer into your armpit.

Doctor: Your temperature is in the normal range but your blood pressure is very low. Did you read the medicine label before taking those pills?

Patient: No, I thought your prescription and recommendations were enough to take them correctly.

Doctor: What dose did you take at once?

Patient: I took two pills.

Doctor: So everything should have been all right then. You told me you had no allergies. What’s wrong then?

Patient: Just a few days ago I was sneezing all day long but I went on taking the pills.

Doctor: As far as these pills are concerned, they mustn’t be taken if you have any allergies. So taking them caused terrible side effects.