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Passage 13
A tattoo may give parents of children with food allergies some peace of mind when they send their kids off to school. Yes, a tattoo-but it’s a _1_ one.
SafetyTat sells colorful stick-on labels and wash-off tattoos that _2_ of a nut allergy or provide other important medical information. Michele Welsh, a mother-of-three, _3_ the company about five years ago. The idea came to her after she wrote her cell phone number on her kids，arms with a pen in case they got _4_ while at an amusement park. She then thought of her nephew, who has a _5_ fatal peanut allergy and how much time her sister-in-law had spent in the emergency room with him. What if she could just have a _6_!
Welsh pointed out that caregivers may remember not to give the child a peanut butter cookie, but _7_ they don’t think to look on the packaging of other products. “Sometimes you need something visual to remind others to check the ingredients," she said “And for older kids it’s not as big of a _8_ because they know to check the ingredients themselves, but the little kids are still learning.”
However, some have expressed _9_ that the labels would draw unwanted attention from schoolyard bullies. “A lot of kids do get bullied at school about their food allergies, so some parents
fear that this might give more ammunition to kids,” Kevin McGrath, a spokesperson for the American College of Allergy.
However, he did say that the tattoos “may just be another thing to make parents feel more _10_ when sending their children off to a party or picnic or class trip.
A) separated B) warn C) generally D) negotiated
E) apparently F) established G) challenge H) reminder
I) confident J) concerns K) potentially L) remind
M) temporary N) incentive O) radiant

解题思路

Passage 13
解题思路
1.[M]空格在冠词和代词之间，应为形容词。第2段第1句提及tattoos(纹身）的特点是stick-on(粘贴的）和 wash-off(可洗掉的），可见，此处说的纹身是暂时的而非永久性的，故选用temporary,起到启下的作用，与下文提到的特点保持一致。
2.[B]填入空格的词作定语从句的谓语,而且能与介词of搭配。该定语从句描述纹身的作用，结合第1段和本句内容可知，纹身可以提供小孩吃什么过敏的信息，保障有过敏体质的小孩的安全。故选warn一词， warnof a nut allergy意为“提醒对花生过敏”。词库中remind 通常也可和of 连用，但常用于remind sb. of sth.结构，故排除。
3.[F]句子缺少谓语，句中的five years ago提示要用过去时态,故空格处应填入动词过去式。此处应选established，意为Michele Welsh大约在五年前创立了这家公司。
4.[A]空格位于got之后,可为名闻、形容闻或分词。根据句末的“在游乐场所时”可推知在孩子的手臂上写电话号码是为防止出游时走散,词库中separated正好符合讲境。 .
5.[K]空格前后的a fatal peanut allergy语法结构完整，由此判断此处应为副词,用来修饰形容词fata1。此处应选 potentially —词,potentially fatal 意为“可能会致命的”。
6.[H]空格在不定冠词a之后，应该是一个名词。根据上一句提到的“孩子因花生过敏多次被送进急诊室”，可推知此感叹句要表达的是“要是有什么东西可以提醒她就好了”，reminder符合句意。
7.[C]空格在连词but之后，在整个分句之前，可以推断此处需耍一个副词。此处应选用generaUy，表示看护“通常”不会检査其他产品的外包装，看看这些产品的配料成分是两含有花生。
8．[G] a提示此处应填人名词。本句提到了older kids和little kids。由“大一点的孩子已经学会检查产品配料”可知，这对于他们来说不是什么难事,challenge“挑战”符合句意。
9.[J]句子缺少谓语动词expressed的宾语,此处需填人名词。根据后面内容“引来异样的关注”、“许多小孩因食物过敏症而受到欺负”可知，此处说的是某些人的担忧。名词concerns符合句意。
10.[I] feel more提示此处应填人形容词。上一段说的是提醒标签可能带来的负面影响，本段转折连词However提示本段讲提醒标签的优点。据此选用confident,表示提醒标签能让父母在送孩子去参加集体活动的时候感到更放心。