Question

In western countries, more and more foods have additives in them. What are additives? Additives are chemicals which are put into foods to give them color and taste, to stop them going bad and so on. But doctors say that some additives can be very bad for our health.

Now let’s look at how additives can be bad for our health. For example, a little English girl called Sally Jones is two years old and quite ordinary (普通的). But when she was younger, she never went to sleep at night. She never got tired. Her parents were very worried. Finally, Sally’s parents took her to a special doctor.

The doctor said that she must never eat food with additives in it. He was sure that the additives had a very bad effect on her body, and made her too active. He was quite correct. As soon as Sally started to eat foods with no additives, she began to sleep well at night.

Now she is the same as other little girls, except that she can’t eat many foods that other children love, such as ice-creams, because they have additives in them.

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1.What’s the Chinese meaning of the word “additive”?

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2.What are the functions (功能) of the additives?

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3.Did Sally like sleeping at night before she went to see the doctor?

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4.What happened to Sally when she stopped eating the foods with additives?

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5.Why can’t Sally eat ice-creams?

Answer

1.（食品）添加剂 。

2.They are put into foods to give them color and taste, to stop them going bad and so on.

3.No，she didn’t.

4.As soon as Sally started to eat foods with no additives, she began to sleep well at night.

5.because there are additives in it.

【解析】

试题解析：本文叙述了食品添加剂的作用：使食物看上去颜色好看、味道好吃，防止变坏等等。

1.阅读全文归纳得出：It means “（食品）添加剂”。

2.在第一段中可直接找到答案：食品添加剂的作用：使食物看上去颜色好看、味道好吃，防止变坏等等。

3.从第二段的But when she was younger, she never went to sleep at night. She never got tired. Her parents were very worried. Finally, Sally’s parents took her to a special doctor.可知答案：小时候Sally晚上不睡觉。，也不知道累，父母很担心所以才带她去看医生。

4.根据倒数第二段可知：当Sally吃不含添加剂的食品后，她夜间的睡眠开始变好了。

5.根据文章最后一句话（Sally不能吃很多代添加剂的食品，包括冰激凌在内。）可知答案。

考点：任务型阅读。