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2011-2012年上学期兴化市高一英语好题集：阅读理解 Growing pains aren’t a disease. You probably won’t have to go the the doctor for them. But they can hurt. Usually they happen when kids are between the ages of 3 and 5 or 8 and 12. Doctors don’t believe that growing actually causes pain, but growing pains stop when kids stop growing. By the teen years, most kids don’t get growing pains any more. Kids get growing pains in their legs. Most of the time, they hurt in the front of the thighs(the upper part of your legs), in the calves(the back part of your legs below your knees), or behind the knees. Usually, both legs hurt. Growing pains often start to ache right before bedtime. Sometimes you go to bed without any pain, but you might wake up in the middle of the night with your legs hurting. The best news about growing pains is that they go away by morning. Growing pains don’t hurt around the bones or joints(the flexible parts that connect bones and let them move)—only in the muscles. For this reason, some doctors believe that kids might get growing pains because they’ve tired out their muscles. When you run, climb or jump a lot during the day, you might have aches and pains in your legs at night. Your parent can help you feel better by giving you an over-the –counter pain medicine like acetaminophen(退热净) or ibuprofen(布洛芬). Kids should not take aspirin because it can cause a rare but serious illness called Reye syndrome(急性脑病综合症). Here are three other things that might help you feel better: 1) placing a heating pad on the spot where your legs hurt; 2) stretching your legs like you do in gym class; 3) having your parent massage your legs. You might never feel any growing pains, but if you do, remember that before you know it, you will outgrow them! From the first paragraph, we can learn that _____. A. growing pains are a serious disease which causes much pain B. everyone will experience growing pains all through the life C. growing pains only happen during a certain period of one’s life D. doc