As a first-grader, Jeremy Francoeur didn't want to go to school, and his mom didn't know why. 

When she asked, he told her about a game his classmates made up called "allergen tag."  Each kid pretended to be a food - an egg, a peanut or a shell fish. 

"If he touched them, they would cough and say, 'OK, you're dead, you're out,'" says Jeremy's mom. That wasn't all. One classmate would sometimes took away Jeremy's sandwich. Another would throw it away. Both jokings left him hungry, since he couldn't eat the school's food. Even in middle school, Jeremy, now 14, he said he couldn't eat the food at a school event. That’s the illness called food allergy.

One in every 13 children in the U.S. has a food allergy, according to a research. That's about two students in every classroom, the organization points out. And that proportion is on the rise. "Over the last five years, we've seen many kids with food allergies, so over the next few years there will be many more children in middle school and grade school with food allergies," says Mark Holbreich,. "It's a problem that we need to be more aware of." 

After his mother learned about "allergen tag," she talked to her son's teacher, who played a video about allergies in class. Afterward, Jeremy talked to her about what it feels like to have allergies “Education goes a long way," Laurel Francoeur says. "Parents, teachers, coaches and other leaders can teach kids how to face food allergies. 

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1.Why didn’t Jeremy want to go to school?

A Because he didn’t like the school.

B Because he didn’t get on well with his classmates.

C Because he couldn’t eat food at school.

D Because his teacher didn’t like him.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据文章第3段第3句“ since he couldn't eat the school's food.”可知。

2.In the game, each kid pretended to be a________ .

A ghost

B food

C machine

D plant

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据文章第2段第2句“Each kid pretended to be a food ”可知。

3.What does the underlined word it refer to?

A the food.

B the sandwich

C food allergy

D the egg.

解析：选B。B 词义猜测题。根据文章第3段第3句“One classmate would sometimes took away Jeremy's sandwich.” 可知，it指的是三明治。

4.What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?

A Education can let the kids face the food allergy.

B The best way is to have a talk to Jeremy’s teacher.

C The best way is to have a talk with the kid.

D The best way is to have a talk with the kid.

解析：选A。A 推理判断题。根据最后1段“Education goes a long way,"可知，教育可能是一种好方式。

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A Food allergy

B Education is very important

C How to be healthy

D How to get along with the kids.

解析：选A。A 主旨大意题。从全文在讲食物过敏症可知，答案只能选A。