CS is a 31-year-old man, presenting to the emergency room with body pain, nausea and blurred vision. He tells the admitting nurse that he slept poorly the previous night and suffered severe abdominal cramps before seeing his vision distort and warp.
That previous night, CS was participating with friends in a New Year's Eve party where each person would bring their own bottle of liquor and take a half shot on every minute for a whole hour. CS didn't want to just bring his own liquor: he was going to make his own liquor. He received a distillation(蒸馏) kit a few weeks prior as an early Christmas gift from his girlfriend. He had brewed his own beer before, but wanted to move towards moonshine, or homemade whiskey, from grains after seeing some videos on the internet. Unlicensed distillation is federally unlawful, but he didn't know it and thought to take his chances.
He was sure that he followed the directions to ferment and distill correctly. As the batch was made, CS began the New Year celebrations with friends. He didn't like the taste of his moonshine but he didn't tell anyone. However, CS proceeded to finish all two liters of moonshine that he brought within two hours. As the night continued, CS felt increasingly ill. His sense of sound began to flow into a seas of molasses as it slowed and warped. He went to bed not eating anything, but also not feeling great. As he got started the next day, his vision quickly went dark. He called for ambulance where he's brought to the emergency room where we are now.
Before the nurse can do a physical exam on CS, he has to use the restroom. He was in for about 10 minutes, the bathroom door still closed. Medical staff thought to ask and see if anything was wrong and when they received no response, they entered, finding him on the floor foaming at the mouth and seizing as he was huddled over the toilet. As the seizure resolves, he's unresponsive. His Glasgow Coma Scale, an objective measure of his consciousness and indicator of brain injury, is rated at just four: one point above complete unresponsive coma.
Medical team found something wrong. If CS is suffering form ethanol intoxication, the the seizure doesn't make sense; ethanol is a nervous system depressant, meaning that it slows down the brain. So we can say with certainty that ethanol is not directly responsible for his seizure.
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With proper treatment and monitoring in the ICU, a strong lesson learned at why making moonshine is dangerous and unlawful by him and all his friends, CS was able to make a full recovery.
- What is the meaning of the underlined word "liquor" in the second paragraph?
- A. Wine with much sugar.
- B. Wine not made form wheat.
- C. Wine bought form illegal shop.
- D. Wine with high ethanol presence.
- Why CS didn't go to the hospital when he felt ill most probably?
- A. He found it not affordable to go to the hospital.
- B. He didn't want to be laughed at by his friends.
- C. He was confident that his liquor is safe.
- D. He was afraid of being caught by the police.
- Why does author refers to Glasgow Coma Scale in the forth paragraph?
- A. To suggest that CS's brain is damaged somehow.
- B. To declare that CS's illness is actually not serious.
- C. To indicate that CS's will die soon.
- D. To capture readers' interests.
- What's the best title of the article?
- A. Avoid making friends with those who are always drunk.
- B. Why people should not drink alcohol.
- C. Why does the government ban citizens from producing alcohol privately.
- D. Alcohol should be banned for our health.