An Autism Treatment as Easy as H2O?

As (0) …, we are always putting things into our bodies to get some kind of reaction. Whether its caffeine for (1) …, liquids for hydration, or fiber for (2)…, we’re constantly aiming to have our bodies in the best, most (3)… state. Even when we’re not at our best, we put (4) … inside of us to alleviate symptoms and kill (5) …. In order to heal, the body needs to return to a (6) …state, replenishing things it’s missing, and taking away the overkill of some other things. In Autism cases, brain (7) …is a prominentfeature as certain immune components that promote inflammation are often triggered in autism cases. Also, the autistic person often has oxidation stress. (8) …, antioxidant supplements are used to treat this symptom. In order to neutralize the neuro-inflammation, an ideal (9) …, no matter if it’s an antioxidant or other form, should have a slight alkaline pH level, an increased anti-oxidation (10) …, and a very small molecular structure to make for an easier passage through cells.

0 - HUMAN 1 - STIMULATE 2 - REGULAR 3 - HEALTH 4 – MEDIC, 5 - VIRUS 6 - BALANCE 7 - INFLAME 8 - TYPE 9 - TREAT 10 - ABLE

Exercise 2. For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

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Ants Are First Animal Known To Navigate By Stereo Smell

Desert ants in Tunisia smell in stereo, sensing odours from two different (0) …at the same time. By sniffing the air with each antenna, the ants form a (1)… 'odour map' of their (2)…. They then use this map to find their way home. Pigeons, rats and even people may also smell in stereo, but ants are the first animal known to use it for (3) ….(4) … investigated how the desert ant Cataglyphis fortis navigates around its surroundings. Each day, individual ants leave the nest (5) … and travel up to 100m in search of food. When they find some, they return straight home, somehow finding their tiny nest entrance again within a bleak, (6) … featureless desert landscape. Scientists knew the ant uses a (7) … array of (8) … cues to find much of its way home. But it has been found that the insect does much more than that. First, they placed four odours marked A, B, C and D around a barely visible nest entrance. They then tested the ants by (9) … and placing them in a remote location, without a nest entrance but with the same four odours. The ants immediately headed to exactly where their nest should have been, (10) … that they use the odours as olfactory landmarks.

0 - DIRECT 1 - MENTALITY, 2 - SURROUND 3 - NAVIGATE, 4 - SCIENCE 5 - ENTER 6 - RELATIVE 7 - SOPHISTICATE, 8 - VISION 9 - REMOVAL 10 - CONFIRM

 

Exercise 3. For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

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As Elders Rock, Emotional Burden Of Dementia Eases

Nursing home residents who have dementia can literally rock away their (0) … and depression, nurse researchers have found, simply by rocking back and forth in a rocking chair for about an hour or two a day.(1) … who rocked the most in a research study even requested less medications to (2) … their daily aches and pains, and their balance improved. It turns out that the (3) … really does bring some peace of mind to many folks. It's been very well documented with infants that a gentle repetitive motion has a (4) … effect. We've shown that the same is (5) … in an older population that is (6) … distressed. Scientists studied 25 nursing home (7) …diagnosed as having dementia, either due to Alzheimer's disease or other causes. Nurses (8) … monitored patient behavior for the six weeks residents rocked and compared it to their (9) … during six weeks when the rocking mechanism on the chairs was (10) …. During the weeks they rocked, most residents' psychological and emotional well-being improved.

0 - ANXIOUS   1 - PATIENCE 2 - EASY 3 - ACTIVE 4 - SOOTHE 5 - TRUTH 6 - EMOTION 7 - RESIDE 8 - CLOSE 9 - BEHAVE 10 - DISABILITY

Exercise 4. For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

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Beyond the Brain

The ancient (0) … thought so little of brain matter they made a practice of scooping it out through the nose of a (1) … leader before packing the skull with cloth before (2) …. They believed (3) …resided in the heart, a view shared by Aristotle and a legacy of medieval thinkers. Even when consensus for the locus of thought moved northward into the head, it was not the brain that was (4) … to be the sine qua non, but the empty spaces within it, called ventricles, where ephemeral spirits swirled about. French philosopher René Descartes codified the (5)… of conscious thought from the (6) … flesh of the brain. Cartesian "dualism" exerted a (7) … influence over Western science for centuries, and while (8) … by most neuroscientists today, still (9) … the popular belief in mind as a magical, transcendent quality. Thomas Willis - often referred to as the father of neurology – was the first to suggest that not only was the brain itself the locus of the mind, but that (10) … parts of the brain give rise to specific cognitive functions.

0 - EGYPT 1 - DIE 2 - BURY, 3 - CONSCIOUS 4 - BELIEF 5 - SEPARATE, 6 - PHYSICS, 7 - POWER, 8 - DISMISSAL, 9 - FOOD 10 - DIFFERENCE

Exercise 5. For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

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