II. Passage Construction        The effects of poverty on biomedical status continue through infancy and earlychildhood. Throughout infancy and early childhood poor children, regardless ofcultural group, are less likely to be provided appropriate health care–regular physicalexaminations, routine vaccinations, and the like. Poor children   (12)   to variousaccidents, injuries, and illnesses which have the effects of slightly increasing the riskof possible neurological dysfunction and have the indirect effects of reducing thechild’s energy level and opportunity to   (13)   . Nutrition status also varies byincome level. It is rare in the United States for children to   (14)   , but manychildren apparently suffer from chronic subnutrition. Research has shown that a largeproportion, perhaps half or more, of all children in Head Start programs sufferanemia caused by poor diet. Although the nutritional status of these children was notpoor to the extent of causing life-threatening circumstances, the subnutritionresponsible for the anemia could very well   (15)   , increased susceptibility toillness, and lowered participation in other socialization experiences.
【題組】12. _____
(A)suffer from severe malnutrition
(B)translate into lower energy level
(C)suffer greater exposure
(D)profit from other socialization experiences