PT122.S2.Q21

PrepTest 122 - Section 2 - Question 21

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The sweetness of sugared beverages can be helpful in avoiding dehydration because it makes athletes more likely to drink the beverages.

Small amounts of sugar help the body absorb water.

Small amounts of sugar delay muscle fatigue by maintining body’s glucose level.

Large amounts of water take water from the blood to the stomach, which makes dehydration worse.

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21.

If the statements above are █████ ████ ████ ██ ███ █████████ █████ ████ ██ ████ ███████

a

Glucose is not ███ ████ ████ ██ █████ █████ ███████ ██ ████████ ██ █████ ████ ██████ ██████ ████████

b

Problems caused by ███████████ ███ ██████████ ███████████ ██ ██████████ ████ █████ ██████ ███████ ███ █████████

c

Dehydrated athletes find █████████ ██████████ █████ ███████ ██ █████ ██ ██ ███ ██████

d

Some situations that ██████████ ███ ████████ ██████ ██ ██████ ███████ ██ ███ ██████████ █████ ██████ ██ ████████████

e

The rate at █████ ███ ████ ███████ █████ ███████ █████████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ █████ ███████ ███████ ██ ███ ██████

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