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September 28, 2026
This B2-C1 reading, listening, vocabulary and pronunciation worksheet practises related to Fake Xanax – Anxiety drug deaths an ‘escalating crisis’.
Level: B2 C1
Sector: medicine, nursing, pharmacy
Medical Area: symptoms, diseases and conditions
Skill focus: reading, listening, vocabulary/idiom, pronunciation
Vocabulary check: Do you understanding the following terms?
Match the terms to their correct meanings. Draw a line from the term to the correct meaning.
altercation | sudden period of severe anxiety in which the heart beats fast, a person has trouble breathing and feels as if something bad is going to happen |
black market | type of drug that affects the mind |
escalating | object made to look real or valuable in order to deceive people |
counterfeit | similar to a temporary mental condition in which someone is not completely conscious |
fake | aloud argument or disagreement |
trance-like | increasing in price, amount or rate |
psychoactive | made to look like the original usually for dishonest purposes (often refers to money) |
panic attack | illegal trading of goods that are not allowed to be bought and sold |
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