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23.03.2022 17:55 •  Английский язык

when he's angry I wish Read the text and choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D. VEGETABLES AND VITAMINS I don't think I was a very fussy eater as I child. I simply didn't like carrots, broccoli or other vegetables, After eating my meat and potatoes quickly, I would spend hours looking at the handful of peas on my plate. My mother, like most parents, would force me everything. She wouldn't let me go even when I held my stomach and said I had 1 2 3 At that time I didn't know that my mum wanted me to eat vegetables to make sure that I was getting all the vitamins I needed. She was so worried about my health that every now and then she made at the doctor's and asked him to do a blood test on me. Blood tests were even worse than broccoli, as I've been afraid of injections all my life. Even today, I wish my mum hadn't been so concerned about me. After all, I'm a healthy adult. A few days ago, I found a book about the history of science. I couldn't when I found a chapter explaining that some 100 years ago people didn't know anything about vitamins! It was a Polish-born scientist, Kazimerz Funk, who formulated the concept of vitamins in 1912. It was a great discovery, but I keep thinking that if Funk 5 vitamins, my mum wouldn't have made me eat all those vegetables! 20 5 1 A eat B eating C to eating D to eat 2 A a rash Bindigestion C hay fever D an infection 3 A an appointment C a prescription B a diagnosis D an injury 4 A pull my leg C give me a hand B believe my eyes D laugh my head off 5 A didn't discover C hadn't discovered B would discover D haven't discovered