Question

Three tips for protecting your eyes during the winter

We typically worry about staying warm during the winter months, and think less about protecting our eyes.1.. Here are three things you can do to protect your eyes during the winter months.

Tip 1: 2..

During the winter, our eyes are constantly exposed to blowing, dry, hot air that can cause them to become dry. Here are a few treatments: 3.. Distance yourself from direct heat sources while sitting. Use a humidifier(加湿器)to help reduce dryness.

Tip 2: Wear sunglasses with UV(紫外线)protection.

UV rays in the winter can harm our eyes. 4.. Wear sunglasses when you’re outside, or diving, to protect your eyes from UV rays. This is especially important as days lengthen into spring and the sun gets stronger.

Tip 3: Goggles(护目镜) protect in many ways.

Goggles not only protect our eyes from UV rays, but they also help keep our eyes from drying out from the winter wind. In addition, think about all those branches, leaves, and dirty snow that can severely injure our eyes upon contact. 5.. Don’t forget them!

A. Clean your eyes carefully

B. Don’t let your eyes dry out

C. Goggles protect the eyes from the wind

D. Keep eye drops handy to wet your eyes

E. It just makes good sense to wear quality goggles

F. In fact, they can do even more harm when they’re reflecting off snow

G. However, the winter months can be as hard on our eyes as the summer months

Answer

1.G

2.B

3.D

4.F

5.E

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。文章作者针对如何在冬天保护自己的眼睛这一问题，给出了三条建议。

1.根据上文We typically worry about staying warm during the winter months, and think less about protecting our eyes.这里提到了我们在冬天很少去考虑保护我们的眼睛的问题，故选G。（然而，冬天对我们眼睛的伤害和夏天一样。）

2.根据下文During the winter, our eyes are constantly exposed to blowing, dry, hot air that can cause them to become dry. Here are a few treatments: ____3____. Distance yourself from direct heat sources while sitting. Use a humidifier(加湿器)to help reduce dryness.这一自然段提到了眼睛干涩的问题，所以选B。（不要让你的眼睛变干。）

3.根据后句Distance yourself from direct heat sources while sitting. Use a humidifier(加湿器)to help reduce dryness.这里都是让眼睛避免干燥的一些方法，所以选D。（手边放眼药水来湿润你的眼睛。）

4.根据前句UV rays in the winter can harm our eyes.可知当反射雪的时候，他们造成的伤害更大，选F。

5.根据前文Goggles not only protect our eyes from UV rays, but they also help keep our eyes from drying out from the winter wind.这里提到了使用护目镜的问题，故选E。