Experts are warning about the risks of extreme fussy eating(挑食)after a teenager developed permanent sight loss after living on a diet of chips and crisps.
Since leaving___ school, the teen had been eating only French fries, Pringles and white bread, as well as a(n)___ slice of ham or a sausage. At the age of 14, feeling tired and not well, he was diagnosed with vitamin B12 deficiency(缺乏)and was___ supplements(补充剂), but he did not___ the treatment or improve his poor diet. Three years later, he was taken to the Bristol Eye Hospital because of progressive___ loss.
Dr Denize Atan, who___ him at the hospital, said, “The teenager explained this eating disorder as a dislike of certain textures of food that he really could not____, and so chips and crisps were really the only types of food that he wanted and felt that he could eat.”
__ in B12 as well as some other important vitamins and minerals, he was not over or underweight, but was____ malnourished (lacking nutrition) from his food intake disorder. “He had lost minerals from his bone, which was really quite___ for a boy of his age.”
In terms of his sight loss, he met the___ for being registered blind. Dr Atan said, “He can’t drive and would find it really difficult to____, watch TV or recognize faces. He can walk around on his own,____, because he doesn’t lose peripheral( 周 边 的 )vision.”
The condition the young man has is treatable___ diagnosed early. Left too long, however, the nerve fibers in the optic nerve die and the damage becomes____. Dr Atan said cases like this are thankfully uncommon, but that parents should___ the potential harm that can be caused by picky eating, and seek expert help.
Dr Atan said vegans(素食主义者)are also at increased risk of B12 deficiency-related sight problems if they do not replace what they can lack when___ meat from their diet.
“Multivitamin tablets can supplement a diet, but are not a(n) ___ for eating healthily. It’s much better to___ vitamins through a varied and balanced diet,” she said, adding that too much of certain vitamins, including vitamin A, can be____, “so you don’t want to overdo it”.
1.A.vocational B.primary C.middle D.special
2.A.funny B.rigid C.occasional D.raw
3.A.forbidden B.denied C.prescribed D.offered
4.A.stick with B.cope with C.play with D.go with
5.A.diet B.sight C.weight D.wit
6.A.cured B.studied C.instructed D.treated
7.A.describe B.recognize C.tolerate D.receive
8.A.Abundant B.Lost C.Backward D.Lacking
9.A.severely B.scarcely C.seemingly D.sincerely
10.A.amusing B.normal C.shocking D.typical
11.A.situations B.criteria C.deadlines D.challenges
12.A.read B.sing C.dance D.laugh
13.A.even B.though C.still D.yet
14.A.since B.unless C.after D.if
15.A.persistent B.periodic C.persevering D.permanent
16.A.wake up to B.live up to C.stand up to D.come up to
17.A.excluding B.separating C.including D.distinguishing
18.A.companion B.substitute C.suggestion D.explanation
19.A.take off B.take after C.take in D.take over
20.A.rewarding B.compulsory C.restrictive D.poisonous
---How time flies! We’re near the end of the year.
---_____ I’m looking forward to the winter holiday!
A.Take your time B.You said it C.I don’t buy it D.You have my word
A friend indeed is a friend who won’t _____ on you when you are in need of help.
A.come out B.hold out C.break out D.run out
According to a newly released regulation on online video services, no one _____ generate, release or spread fake news or information by using such technologies.
A.can B.shall C.will D.may
Experts warn that 70% of cosmetics are manufactured using palm oil, a substance which is and has caused a lot of arguments.
A.controversial B.delicate C.dynamic D.objective
The teacher would rather the boy _____ more classic English novels from now on instead of indulging himself in computer games.
A.read B.would read C.should read D.had read
