What Are Hiccups?
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A hiccup starts under your lungs. There is a big muscle there. Sometimes this muscle jumps suddenly, and you take in air very fast.
1. Where does a hiccup start?
- AIn your nose
- BIn a muscle under your lungs
- CIn your feet
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B. In a muscle under your lungs
A hiccup starts in a big muscle under your lungs.
La prueba en el texto: A hiccup starts under your lungs
Then the top of your throat closes quickly. The air stops, and it makes a funny sound: "hic!" That is where the name comes from.
2. What does this part explain?
- AHow to stop hiccups
- BHow long hiccups last
- CWhere the "hic" sound comes from
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C. Where the "hic" sound comes from
Your throat closes, the air stops, and it makes the "hic" sound.
La prueba en el texto: The air stops, and it makes a funny sound
What gives you hiccups? Eating too fast can. So can fizzy drinks or laughing a lot. Hiccups usually stop on their own after a few minutes.
3. True or false? Hiccups usually last for many hours.
- ATrue (Verdadero)
- BFalse (Falso)
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B. False (Falso)
Hiccups usually stop on their own after a few minutes.
La prueba en el texto: Hiccups usually stop on their own after a few minutes
People have many tricks to stop hiccups. Some hold their breath. Some drink a glass of water. Scientists are not sure these tricks really work.
4. What do scientists say about the tricks?
- AThey are not sure the tricks work
- BThe tricks always work
- COnly water works
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A. They are not sure the tricks work
Scientists are not sure these tricks really work.
La prueba en el texto: Scientists are not sure these tricks really work
Vocabulario en español
| Inglés | Español | Significado en inglés |
|---|---|---|
| lungs | pulmones | the two parts inside your chest that fill with air |
| muscle | músculo | a part of the body that moves |
| throat | garganta | the inside of your neck, where food and air go down |
| fizzy drinks | refrescos | drinks with many small bubbles |
| hold their breath | aguantan la respiración | stop breathing for a short time |
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