• 单选题 Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage or dialog In the early days of sea travel, seamen on long voyages lived exclusively on salted meat and biscuits Many of them died of scurvy (坏血病), a blood disease which causes swollen gums, livid (铅色的) white spots on the flesh and general exhaustion On one occasion, in 1535, an English ship arrived in Newfoundland with its crew seriously ill The mens lives were saved by Iroquois Indians (易洛魁印第安人) who gave them vegetable leaves to eat Gradually it came to be realized that scurvy was caused by something lacking in the sailors diet Captain Cook, on his long voyages of discovery to Australia and New Zealand, established the fact that scurvy could be warded off by the giving fresh fruit to the sailors Nowadays it is understood that a diet which contains nothing harmful may yet result in serious diseasesif certain important elements are missing These elements are called "vitamins" Quite a number of such substances are known and they are given letters to identify them, A, B, C, D, and so on Different diseases are associated with a lack of particular vitamins Even a slight lack of Vitamin C, for example, the vitamin most plentiful in fresh fruit and vegetables, is thought to increase our chances of catching colds The vitamins necessary for a healthy body are normally supplied by a good mixed diet, including a variety of fruit and green vegetables It is only when people try to live on a very restricted diet, say, during the extended periods of religious fasting (斋戒), or when trying to lose weight, that it is necessary to supply the missingvitamins 6Which of the following happens because of scurvy

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• 单选题 Engelbreit.s cards were successful because . [ 2.2 分 ]

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• 单选题 A couple of greeting card companies . [ 2.2 分 ]

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