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Submitted by: Nattarat Kesorn 1002

How drugs affect your mental health

(1) Mental health means different things to different people. You may think of control, happiness,
contentment, order but good mental health is usually a sign of a positive way of life. Mental ill health is the
opposite of this it causes problems and creates barriers to being happy. Your frame of mind may vary
between the two as mental health can change. It can be affected by external influences, and one of these is
drugs.
(6) Drugs that are psychoactive, such as cannabis, alcohol, ecstasy and heroin, have the ability to affect
your mood. They can arouse certain emotions or dampen down others. This may be why you use them. The
changes in your mood or behavior caused by drugs are the result of changes to your brain. This is also the
part of you that controls your mental health.
Drugs interfere with the chemicals in your brain. This affects the messages those chemicals are trying to
send. You need to weigh up both the short-term and long-term effects that drugs can have on your mental
health.
(13) The short-term effects may well be something you enjoy but probably only if they happen like you
expect them to. You may also have unwanted short-term drug-induced side effects, such as acting or feeling
strange. These are short-term because they pass as the drug leaves your system.
(17) Drugs can have a longer-lasting impact on your mental health too, and you need to think seriously
about your own strengths and vulnerabilities. Consider whether you use drugs to make bad feelings go away
and whether you are in control of your use. Even if you start using drugs with a clear mind they may still
affect your mental health. Drugs can simply expose bad feelings you never knew you had.
(22) Unwanted effects may stay with you because you have a pre-existing mental health condition you
were not aware of. Or you may get the dose very wrong and permanently disrupt a chemical balance in your
brain.

Source: http://www.drugs.ie/drugs_info/about_drugs/mental_health/

1) The word expose in line 21 is closest in meaning to..

A. reveal
B. open
C. leave
D. feel

2) The word interfere in line 10 is closest in meaning to..

A. interrupt
B. help
C. mislead
D. complicate

3) The word they in line 13 refers to..

A. mental illnesses
B. drugs
C. the short term effects
D. symptoms
4) According to the passage, how are short term effects different from long term effects?
A. They are cured by prescriptive drugs.
B. They are less severe.
C. They pass as the drugs leave the system.
D. They are all enjoyable.

5) Which of the following drugs is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Cannabis
B. Heroin
C. Ecstasy
D. Cocaine

6) What effect can drugs permanently do to the brain?

A. disrupt chemical balance
B. creates mental illnesses
C. decrease strengths and vulnerabilities
D. affects moods and arouse certain emotions

7) According to the passage, what does mental illness do to the brain?

A. creates barriers to being happy
B. makes you want to take drugs
C. leads to chemical imbalance
D. makes you sad

8) What information was NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. types of drugs
B. the effects of drugs
C. the disadvantages of using drugs
D. the impact of drugs to the brain

9) What can be inferred in the first paragraph?

A. Mental illness is just a feeling that person creates on their own.
B. Drugs are one of the external influences that affect mental illnesses.
C. Drugs can affect your mood.
D. People with mental illnesses wanted to take drugs.

10) What can be inferred in the passage about drugs?

A. They worsen the pre-existing mental illnesses.
B. They create mental ill health problems.
C. They damage the brain.
D. They are illegal.

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Submitted by: Nattarat Kesorn 1002

Cirrhosis
(1) Cirrhosis is a condition where normal liver tissue is replaced by scar tissue (fibrosis). The scarring
tends to be a gradual process. The scar tissue affects the normal structure and regrowth of liver cells. Liver
cells become damaged and die as scar tissue gradually develops. So, the liver gradually loses its ability to
 function well. The scar tissue can also affect the blood flow through the liver which can cause back pressure
in the blood vessels which bring blood to the liver.

(7) Cirrhosis can happen from many causes other than alcohol - for example, persistent viral hepatitis
and some hereditary and metabolic diseases. If you have another persistent liver disease and drink heavily,
you are likely to increase your risk of developing cirrhosis.

(10) Cirrhosis can lead to end-stage liver disease. However, in the early stages of the condition, often
there are no symptoms. You can get by with a reduced number of working liver cells. But, as more and more
liver cells die and more and more scar tissue builds up, symptoms start to appear. The eventual symptoms
and complications are similar to a severe episode of hepatitis. However, unlike a bout of severe hepatitis, the
symptoms and complications tend to develop slowly.

(16) It is not clear why some people are more prone for their liver cells to be damaged by alcohol and to
develop hepatitis and/or cirrhosis. But, as a rule, the heavier you drink and the more regularly that you drink,
the more your risk of developing hepatitis and/or cirrhosis.

(19) The scarring and damage of cirrhosis is usually permanent and cannot be reversed. However, recent
researches have led to a greater understanding of cirrhosis.They suggest that it may be possible to develop
medicines in the future which can reverse the scarring process of cirrhosis.

Source: http://patient.info/health/alcohol-and-liver-disease

1) The word reversed in line 19 is closest in meaning to..

A. flipped
B. cured
C. turned into
D. changed back

2) The word severe in line 13 is closest in meaning to..

A. serious
B. strict
C. cruel
D. late

3) The word they in line 20 refers to..

A. researchers
B. tissues
C. doctors
D. researches

4) How are cirrhosis symptoms different from severe hepatitis?

A. Its more severe.
B. It develops faster.
C. It develops slower.
D. They are the same.

5) What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A. Cirrhosis cannot be reversed.
B. Cirrhosis is not permanent.
C. Scientists have already found a way to cure cirrhosis.
D. Cirrhosis patients have a higher risk of developing scar tissues.

6) When does the symptoms of cirrhosis start to appear?

A. When a certain amount of scars tissue builds up.
B. When the liver cells start to die.
C. When the patients develop hepatitis.
D. When the liver stops working.

7) Which information is not mentioned in the passage?

A. the formation of the scarred tissue
B. the risks of heavy drinkers
C. the effect of scarred tissue
D. the definition of cirrhosis

8) Which of these is not the effects of scarred tissues?

A. back pressure in the blood vessels
B. Cirrhosis
C. Hepatitis
D. The liver loses its ability to function.

9) Which of the following is NOT true?

A. People can have both cirrhosis and hepatitis at the same time.
B. Drinking heavily can lead to cirrhosis.
C. Researchers are developing medicines to stop the scarring process of cirrhosis.
D. Patients with cirrhosis use the same medicines with hepatitis.

10) Which of the followings is true about heavy drinkers?

A. They will develop cirrhosis.
B. They will develop hereditary and metabolic diseases.
C. They have higher chance of developing cirrhosis.
D. Their liver cells will start to die.