Tips: Ask yourself which two concerns the whole report keeps coming back to.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Eating ice can harm teeth, and a strong craving for it may be a sign of pregnancy.: Pregnancy comes up only in the midwife's advice about ice chips for nausea. The report never says a craving is a sign of pregnancy.
• Eating ice can harm teeth, and a strong craving for it may help correct low iron.: The report links cravings with low iron, but ice does not fix it. Plain ice has no nutritional value.
• Eating ice is safe for teeth, and a strong craving for it may signal a health problem.: The report says the opposite about teeth. Chewing hard ice can damage them.

Correct Answer: Calm and practical, suggesting a doctor's visit if the habit lasts.

Why this is correct: The report explains the concerns in a steady way. It ends with simple advice: if you cannot stop eating ice, see a doctor.

Tips: Notice how the report gives its warnings, and what kind of advice it ends with.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Alarmed and urgent, treating any ice eating as a medical emergency.: The report is not alarmed. It says a couple of ice cubes can be refreshing and only suggests a doctor if the habit continues.
• Light and joking, treating ice eating as a harmless summer habit.: The report opens with summer refreshment, but it does not stay light. It raises real concerns about teeth and cravings.
• Calm but dismissive, saying cravings for ice rarely mean anything.: The report is calm but not dismissive. It says persistent cravings may signal an underlying problem.

Correct Answer: As help with fluids when liquids are hard to keep down.

Why this is correct: The midwife suggested sucking ice chips when liquids are hard to tolerate. The report says this is about taking in fluid.

Tips: Listen for what the report says this advice does show, and what it does not show.

Why the other options are wrong:

• As a way to protect teeth, by sucking ice rather than chewing it.: The report warns that chewing ice harms teeth, but the midwife's advice is not about teeth. It is about taking in fluid.
• As a way for pregnant women to keep cool in summer heat.: The report says the advice is not evidence that ice chips treat overheating.
• As a way to manage strong ice cravings during pregnancy.: Cravings are discussed in another part of the report. The midwife's advice is for nausea, not for cravings.

Correct Answer: It often links to low iron, but treatment depends on the cause found.

Why this is correct: Cravings are often linked with iron deficiency, but other causes are possible. A medical check can find the cause, and treatment depends on it.

Tips: Listen for how certain the report is, and what it says should happen next.

Why the other options are wrong:

• It often links to anemia, which a doctor can confirm from the craving alone.: The report says a craving does not by itself establish a diagnosis. A doctor needs a proper evaluation.
• It often links to tooth damage, so treatment depends on the teeth.: Tooth damage is a result of chewing ice, not a cause of the craving. The report treats them as two separate issues.
• It often links to dehydration, so treatment depends on fluid intake.: Fluids come up only in the midwife's advice for nausea. The report does not name dehydration as a cause of cravings.

Correct Answer: To give examples of nonfood things eaten in pica.

Why this is correct: The report says pica means persistently eating nonfood substances with no nutritional value. Dirt, chalk and hair are its examples.

Tips: Think about which idea in the report this short list is meant to explain.

Why the other options are wrong:

• To show what people with low iron often crave besides ice.: The report links low iron only to ice cravings. Dirt, chalk and hair are examples of pica, not of iron cravings.
• To show other hard things that can damage teeth.: Tooth damage is mentioned only for hard ice. These examples show what pica means, not what harms teeth.
• To show what midwives warn pregnant women against.: The midwife's advice is about ice chips for nausea. It does not mention dirt, chalk or hair.

Correct Answer: Other possible causes may still need to be checked.

Why this is correct: The report says other causes are possible and there is no single explanation. So another cause should still be looked for.

Tips: Think about what the report says when one likely reason does not fit.

Why the other options are wrong:

• The craving is harmless, since low iron has been ruled out.: Low iron is only one possible cause. The report says other causes are possible, so the craving may still matter.
• The craving confirms pica, even without any other signs.: The report says a craving does not by itself establish a diagnosis. Pica cannot be confirmed from the craving alone.
• The ice is probably supplying the iron the person needs.: Plain ice has no nutritional value. It cannot supply iron.