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.
根據短文內容，回答下列問題。
小題1:What’s the Chinese meaning of the word “additive”?
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小題2:What are the functions (功能) of the additives?
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小題3:Did Sally like sleeping at night before she went to see the doctor?
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小題4:What happened to Sally when she stopped eating the foods with additives?
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小題5:Why can’t Sally eat ice-creams?

Answer 1

小題1:（食品）添加劑 。
小題2:They are put into foods to give them color and taste, to stop them going bad and so on.
小題3:No，she didn’t.
小題4:As soon as Sally started to eat foods with no additives, she began to sleep well at night.
小題5:because there are additives in it.

試題解析：本文敘述了食品添加劑的作用：使食物看上去顏色好看、味道好吃，防止變壞等等。
小題1:閱讀全文歸納得出：It means “（食品）添加劑”。
小題2:在第一段中可直接找到答案：食品添加劑的作用：使食物看上去顏色好看、味道好吃，防止變壞等等。
小題3:從第二段的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：小時候Sally晚上不睡覺。，也不知道累，父母很擔心所以才帶她去看醫生。
小題4:根據倒數第二段可知：當Sally吃不含添加劑的食品后，她夜間的睡眠開始變好了。
小題5:根據文章最后一句話（Sally不能吃很多代添加劑的食品，包括冰激凌在內。）可知答案。