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For questions 1-8, read the text below and think of the word which fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.

The Role of Antibiotics in Our Life
 

Although there are many strains of antibiotic bacteria now present in hospital wards, antibiotics have effectively served (1) ... original purpose over the course of the past eighty years. They have been able to treat the infections of countless individuals and saved millions of lives. Antibiotics have changed the way in (2) ... many common diseases are viewed. (3) ... infected with bacterial pneumonia, for instance, is no longer considered fatal. Rather, it is viewed as a mundane infection which can be cured (4) ... a simple course of antibiotics. The number of antibiotics available for use has also affected their impact (5) ... society. Even if one antibiotic is ineffective at treating a disease, there are, for most common infections, a host of (6) ... drugs that can be used to effectively cure the disease. The development of antibiotics over the past eighty years has changed the relationship between humans and disease. Antibiotics have given humans the power to fight back effectively (7) ... microorganisms in a way that (8) ... have been considered impossible just a century ago.

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[answer="which"] [answer="being"] ! [answer="with"][answer="on"][answer="other"][answer="against"]

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answer keys

 

1)    THEIR
IDIOM SERVED THEIR PURPOSE
If something has served its purpose, it has done what you needed it to do: 
We delete the data once it has served its purpose. 
 
2)    WHICH
PREPOSITION + RELATIVE PRONOUN IN WHICH
Used to give more information about somethinge:
It was the river in which the children preferred to swim.
 
3)    BEING
BEING + PAST PARTICIPLE BEING INFECTED
Using being + past participle makes what we say or write more formal: 
Being imported, the cars were more expensive.
 
4)    WITH
VERB + PREPOSITION CURED WITH
To stop (a disease) by using drugs or other medical treatments:
The infection can be cured with antibiotics.
 
5)    ON
NOUN + PREPOSITION IMPACT ON
The effect or influence that an event, situation etc has on someone or something:
Her speech made a profound impact on everyone. 
 
6)    OTHER
ADJECTIVE OTHER
Used to refer to people or things that are additional or different to people or things that have been mentioned or are known about:
In addition to Maria, Gina has three other children. 
 
7)    AGAINST
PREPOSITION FIGHT BACK EFFECTIVELY AGAINST
In opposition to someone/something:
I'm against all forms of censorship. 
 
8)    WOULD
MODAL VERB WOULD
Used for talking about the possible results of a situation that is unlikely to happen or that did not happen:
What would happen if there was an earthquake?