Read the passage carefully and answer the Questions following it :
Captain Cook, an English sailor, explored the world in a ship. He was famous because he was the first white man to reach Australia in 1768.
Long journeys in ships were dangerous and many sailors died. There were many dangers. Disease was one of the common dangers. A common disease was scurvy. Many sailors died of it. In 1768, Captain Cook did something very strange. He took some barrels of lemons with him on his journey to Australia. On that journey the sailors did not die of scurvy.
No one knew why, but now we do. It is because lemons contain vitamin C. Vitamin C prevents scurvy.
Good food contains vitamins and vitamins prevent disease. We know that carrots and green vegetables contain vitamin A and C. Mola fish also contain vitamin A. Vitamin A is good for your eyesight.
Now we know that there are five vitamins : A, B, C, D and E. Some food contains a lot of vitamins. Other food doesn’t.
Questions :
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives :
(a) Vitamin C ______ scurvy.
(i) grows (ii) creates
(iii) prevents (iv) takes
(b) Who was the first white man in Australia?
(i) Robin (ii) Cook
(iii) David (iv) John
(c) Captain Cook was a _____.
(i) teacher (ii) scientist (iii) sailor (iv) doctor
(d) Mola fish is good for ______.
(i) good looking (ii) eyesight (iii) fever (iv) muscle
Captain Cook, an English sailor, explored the world in a ship. He was famous because he was the first white man to reach Australia in 1768.
Long journeys in ships were dangerous and many sailors died. There were many dangers. Disease was one of the common dangers. A common disease was scurvy. Many sailors died of it. In 1768, Captain Cook did something very strange. He took some barrels of lemons with him on his journey to Australia. On that journey the sailors did not die of scurvy.
No one knew why, but now we do. It is because lemons contain vitamin C. Vitamin C prevents scurvy.
Good food contains vitamins and vitamins prevent disease. We know that carrots and green vegetables contain vitamin A and C. Mola fish also contain vitamin A. Vitamin A is good for your eyesight.
Now we know that there are five vitamins : A, B, C, D and E. Some food contains a lot of vitamins. Other food doesn’t.
Questions :
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives :
(a) Vitamin C ______ scurvy.
(i) grows (ii) creates
(iii) prevents (iv) takes
(b) Who was the first white man in Australia?
(i) Robin (ii) Cook
(iii) David (iv) John
(c) Captain Cook was a _____.
(i) teacher (ii) scientist (iii) sailor (iv) doctor
(d) Mola fish is good for ______.
(i) good looking (ii) eyesight (iii) fever (iv) muscle
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