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【題目】 Experts are warning about the risks of extreme picky eating after a teenager developed permanent sight loss after living on a diet of chips and crisps.

Since leaving primary school, the teen had been eating only French fries, white bread, as well as an occasional slice of ham or a sausage.

The adolescent, who cannot be named, had seen his doctor at the age of 14 because he had been feeling tired and unwell. At that time he was diagnosed with lack of vitamin B12 and put on supplements, but he did not stick with the treatment or improve his poor diet.

Three years later, he was taken to the Bristol Eye Hospital because of progressive sight loss. Dr Denize Atan, who treated him at the hospital, said: "His diet was only a portion of chips from the local fish and chip shop every day. He also used to snack on chips, white bread and sometimes slices of ham or sausage, and not really any fruit and vegetables."

The teen explained this as a dislike to certain kinds of food that he really could not tolerate, and so chips and crisps were really the only types of food that he wanted and felt that he could eat.

Dr Aan rechecked the young man's vitamin levels and said "he was low in B12 as well as some other important vitamins and minerals - copper, selenium and vitamin D. He was not over or underweight, but was severely malnutritional from his eating disorder. He had lost minerals from his bone, which was really quite shocking for a boy of his age.”

"He had blind spots right in the middle of his vision," said Dr Atari's assistant. "That means he can't drive and would find it really difficult to read, watch TV or recognize faces, but he can walk around on his own because he has got peripheral(周邊的）vision.

The condition the young man has is treatable if diagnosed early. Left too long, however, the nerve fibres in the optic nerve（視神經(jīng)）die and the damage becomes permanent.

Now he has been put on vitamin supplements and sent to a dietitian and a specialist mental health team.

【1】What can we know about the boy?

A.He didn't see a doctor.B.He can not see anything now.

C.He has a normal body shape.D.He insisted on taking supplements.

【2】What kind of food does the boy refuse to eat?

A.Crisps and chips.B.white bread

C.Ham and sausage.D.fruit and vegetables

【3】What can we learn from Dr Atan's words?

A.Vegetables and fruit are the only source of vitamins.

B.Lack of vitamins and minerals may lead to the loss of sigh.

C.The more vitamins we take, the betterr.

D.Loss of minerals from bone causes blindness.

【4】What column does the passage belong to?

A.MedicineB.Education

C.EconomyD.culture

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

這是一篇新聞報道。營養(yǎng)均衡的飲食有利于健康，這個道理大家都懂，但還是有些人只吃自己喜歡的食物，嚴(yán)重挑食。最近英國一名少年由于常年只吃薯條、薯片和其他垃圾食品，最終導(dǎo)致雙目失明。這給挑食的人們提了個醒。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第六段“He was not over or underweight”可知，這個少年并沒有超重或體重過輕。所以少年的體型正常。故選C項。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第四段“He also used to snack on chips, white bread and sometimes slices of ham or sausage, and not really any fruit and vegetables”可知，他還經(jīng)常吃薯片，有時吃幾片白面包，偶爾吃幾片火腿，不吃任何水果和蔬菜。所以小男孩拒絕吃水果和蔬菜。故選D項。

【3】推理判斷題。由第六段，第七段“he was low in B12 as well as some other important vitamins and minerals - copper, selenium and vitamin D." He had blind spots right in the middle of his vision," said Dr Atari's assistant”可知，少年體內(nèi)的維生素B12以及其他一些重要的維生素和礦物質(zhì)——銅、硒和維生素D含量都很低。Dr Atari醫(yī)生說這個少年的視力正中間有盲點(diǎn)。所以通過 Dr Atan's 話可以判斷出，缺乏維生素和礦物質(zhì)可能導(dǎo)致失明。故選B項。

【4】推理判斷題。通讀全文可知，營養(yǎng)均衡的飲食有利于健康，這個道理大家都懂，但還是有些人只吃自己喜歡的食物，嚴(yán)重挑食。最近英國一名少年由于常年只吃薯條、薯片和其他垃圾食品，最終導(dǎo)致雙目失明。這給挑食的人們提了個醒。所以本篇短文是關(guān)于醫(yī)學(xué)的短文。故判斷出這篇文章屬于醫(yī)學(xué)類的。故選A項。