Is Your Child's Stomach Pain All in His Head?

　　We all know there are times that kids seem to complain l a stomach ache to get out of1 chores or going to school. Don't be so sure that the pain they__2__is all in their minds2. We're learning more now about a condition 3 " functional abdominal pain" that is experienced by millions of kids every day.

　　Like many teenagers, Kyle Brust makes it a point to do his homework: as 4 as he gets home. Unlike most, Kyle often did his with a terrible stomach ache. In fact, the 5 often started while he was at school, but getting help there was getting harder.

　　"Some of my teachers wouldn't let me go, because I'd asked so many times before and they thought I was trying to get out of 6__ ," says Kyle.

　　Kyle's mom Marilyn says she couldn't blame the 7 . After all, she'd taken him to the doctor several times herself, and even they couldn't find anything__8__

　　"You know, you're running the tests and nothing's coming up4. So, is it in his head, is he just an extremely stressful child? It's just frustrating 9 we're not finding any answers," says Marilyn.

　　It turns out Kyle was suffering from a condition known __10__ functional abdominal pain, that affects as many as one out of every ten kids in this country. Even __11__the cause of the pain may not be obvious, there are real consequences.

　　"It really does hurt, and these kids really do suffer," says Dr. Campo, MD at Nationwide

　　Children's Hospital. To help __12__, Campo is looking into a new approach. He's conducting clinical trials of an antidepressant that changes the way the body handles a chemical called

　　serotonin. In a preliminary study, Dr. Campo found that in about eight out of ten __13__, the drug normally used to treat emotional pain worked to ease the pain in the __14__

　　"We think about it as being important in anxiety and depression and that's all quite true, but

　　what's really interesting is that 95% of our body's serotonin is in our gut," says Campo.

　　Campo believes these kids have extremely sensitive intestines, and controlling the effects of

　　serotonin may __15__ ease the pain. It seemed to work for Kyle, who is now completely pain free for the first time in years.

　　詞匯：

　　Chore n.零星活兒 gut n.下消化道，腸;胃

　　Antidepressant n.抗抑郁藥 intestine n.腸

　　Serotonin n.血清素

　　注釋：

　　1.get out of：逃避

　　2.Don’t be so sure that the pain they feel is all in their minds：不要確信無疑他們所感覺到的疼痛全部是想象出來的。題目中的in his head等同于in his mind。

　　3.makes it a point to do sth：決心(堅持)做某事

　　4.nothing’s coming up：沒有任何結果

　　練習:

　　1. A of B on C at D by

　　2. A take B forget C feel D make

　　3. A stopped B created C called D mentioned

　　4. A soon B early C late D timely

　　5. A work B play C program D pain

　　6. A class B punishment C treatment D home

　　7. A doctors B teachers C parents D classmates

　　8. A good B useful C wrong D handy

　　9. A because B although C unless D so

　　10. A to B at C in D as

　　11. A though B whether C thus D how

　　12. A them B him C us D you

　　13. A numbers B studies C cases D parts

　　14. A stomach B head C heart D mind

　　15. A support B aid C assist D help

　　答案與題解：

　　1.A 表示“抱怨某事”，要在complain后面跟of一詞。

　　2.C 顯然，空格處應填“感覺”，用feel一詞。

　　3.C A condition called “functional abdominal pain”的意思是：一種被稱作“功能性腹部疼痛”的病。

　　4.A 短語“as soon as”是固定搭配，意思是“一……(就……)”。

　　5.D 前一句的末尾提到了a terrible stomach pain，因此，接下來談的還應是the pain。

　　6.A 老師們不讓他走，顯然他們認為他是想逃課，所以應選class一詞。

　　7.B 前一句提到了學校的老師，顯然，作為孩子的母親，Marilyn覺得怪不著老師。

　　8.C 根據上文可以得知，即使是醫生們也查不出什么毛病。

　　9.A 本句的意思是“這種情況令人困頓，因為我們得不出任何答案。

　　10.D known as是固定搭配，意思是“通常名叫”。

　　11.A even though是固定搭配，意思是“盡管”。

　　12.A前一句中出現了these kids，空格處還應指他們，所以用them一詞。

　　13.C in about eight out of ten cases的意思是：在每十個病例中約有八例。

　　14.A前面多次談到了腹部疼痛，因此這里應是stomach。

　　15.D表示“有助于做某事，”從語法的角度講，只有help一詞后面可以跟不帶t0的不定式。

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