Section II Reading Comprehension
Part A
Directions:
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)
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Text 1
Excessive sugar has a strong mal-effect on the functioning of active organs such as the heart,kidneys and the brain.Shipwrecked sailors who ate and drank nothing but sugar for nine days surely went through some of this trauma.
This incident occurred when a vessel carrying a cargo of sugar was shipwrecked in 1793.The five surviving sailors were finally rescued nine days after the accident.They were in a wasted condition due to starvation,having consumed nothing but sugar. French physiologist F.Magendie was inspired by that incident to conduct a series of experiments with animals.In the experiments,he fed dogs a diet of sugar and water.All the dogs wasted and died.
Sir Frederick Banting noticed in 1929 that,among sugar plantation owners who ate large amounts of their refined stuff,diabetes was common.Among native cane-cutters,who