Question

The World Health Organization (WHO) planned to study the relationship between the eating habits of the people and the disease. Two doctors were chosen to make the study. They flew to Africa south of the Sahara and during the next two months visited ten countries. They found that serious diseases of poor eating, often mistaken for other diseases, existed in all parts of Africa. The diseases were similar and could therefore all be named kwashiorkor. The diseased children are usually from one to four years old. As the illness progresses, the child’s stomach becomes swollen by liquid collecting in the body. The skin changes color and may break out in open sores（疼痛）. The hair changes color and starts to fall out. The patient loses all interest in his surroundings and even in food, and becomes so weak that he wants to lie down all the time. Stomach liquids are no longer produced.
The doctors reasoned that kwashiorkor was found in the young children of this age in many parts of Africa because of lack of milk or meat. Their mothers, after stopping their breastfeeding, gave them foods full of starches（淀粉）instead of greatly needed proteins. They found that the addition of milk to the food of the children suffering from kwashiorkor saved many lives.
The unbelievable thing about kwashiorkor is that the very existence of the disease—which has been killing thousands of children for centuries—was not even recognized in Latin America as recently as ten years ago. The deaths of those children were mistakenly listed as due to other diseases. It was the WHO’s work in Africa that led to the discovery of the problem in Central America

1. 1.
   From the passage we learn that kwashiorkor is a disease caused by __________
   1. A.
      poor living conditions
   2. B.
      lack of proteins in food
   3. C.
      breastfeeding
   4. D.
      lack of food
2. 2.
   It is difficult to discover kwashiorkor because ____________________
   1. A.
      it has no symptoms at all
   2. B.
      it is hard to identify signs of it
   3. C.
      it doesn’t last long enough for careful observation
   4. D.
      it is hardly different from other diseases
3. 3.
   What is mentioned as a simple but reasonable way of curing this disease?
   1. A.
      Taking a special medicine
   2. B.
      Avoiding any food containing starch
   3. C.
      Having more meat or milk
   4. D.
      Taking medicine full of proteins
4. 4.
   What’s the best title for the article?
   1. A.
      Milk and Meat Are Daily Necessities
   2. B.
      Kwashiorkor and Improper Eating Habits
   3. C.
      A New Form of Illness in Africa and Latin America
   4. D.
      A Case of Eating Habits

Answer 1

BDCB
試題分析：世界衛(wèi)生組織的調(diào)查表明，蛋白質(zhì)營養(yǎng)不良造成了非洲大量的兒童死亡。針對這個狀況，WHO 采取了相應(yīng)的措施來挽救兒童的生命。
1.細節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：The doctors reasoned that kwashiorkor was found in the young children of this age in many parts of Africa because of lack of milk or meat. Their mothers, after stopping their breastfeeding, gave them foods full of starches（淀粉）instead of greatly needed proteins.可知kwashiorkor這種病是由于食品中缺乏蛋白質(zhì)造成的，選.B
2.細節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：They found that serious diseases of poor eating, often mistaken for other diseases, existed in all parts of Africa. The diseases were similar and could therefore all be named kwashiorkor. 可知kwashiorkor.很難被發(fā)現(xiàn)因為他的癥狀和其他的病沒什么不同，選D
3.細節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：They found that the addition of milk to the food of the children suffering from kwashiorkor saved many lives.可知治療這個病的簡單的方法是在食物中增加更多的肉和牛奶。選C
4.標(biāo)題確定題：這篇文章講的是因為飲食不適當(dāng)引起kwashiorkor.的疾病，所以Kwashiorkor and Improper Eating Habits是最恰當(dāng)?shù)臉?biāo)題，選B
考點：考查健康保健類短文