首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Children are getting so fat they may be the first generation to die before their parents, an expert claimed yesterday. Today’s
Children are getting so fat they may be the first generation to die before their parents, an expert claimed yesterday. Today’s
admin
2011-07-28
38
问题
Children are getting so fat they may be the first generation to die before
their parents, an expert claimed yesterday. Today’s youngsters are already
falling prey of potential killers such as diabetes and hypertension because 1.______
of their weight. Fat fast-food diet combined with sedentary lifestyles 2.______
dominated by televisions and computers mean kids will die tragically 3.______
young, says Professor Andrew Prentice.
In the UK alone, more than one million under-16s are classed as
overweight or obese — double on the number in the mid Eighties. One in 4.______
ten four-year- olds are also medically classified as obese.
The obesity pandemic — an extensive epidemic — which started in the
US, has now spread to Europe, Australasia, Central America and the Middle
East. Many nations now record more than 20 per cent of their population as
clinically obese and well over half the population overweight. 5.______
Prof. Prentice said the change in our shape has been caused by
oversupply of easily available high-energy foods combined with a dramatic 6. -______
drop in the energy we use as a result of technology developments.
He is not lonely in his concern. Only last week one medical journal 7.______
revealed how obesity was fuelling a rise in cancer cases. Obesity also
increases the risk factor for strokes and heart disease as well as diabetes.
An average obese person’s lifespan is shortened by around nine years 8. ______
while a severely obese person by many more.
Prof. Prentice said: "So parents outlive their children, as claimed recently 9.______
by an American obesity specialist? The answer is yes and no. Yes, when
the offspring become grossly obese. This is now becoming an alarmingly
common occurrence in the US. Such children and adolescents have a greatly
reduced quality of life in terms both their physical and psychosocial health." 10.______
So say "No" to that doughnut and burger.
选项
答案
(the)population∧一as
解析
本题为缺词。此处是and引导的并列结构,上文是record more than 20 per cent of their population as clinically obese,下文为record well over half the population as overweight。动词相同而省略,但as不能省略。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/o5YO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
IntheAgeofGenetics,younolongerhavetotrytocutoutsmokingorthinktwiceaboutgobblingthatcandybarinyourdeskd
A、discusshowtopromoteinternationaleconomicgrowthB、setpolicydirectionforInternationalMonetaryFundC、talkabouthowt
WHO,workingcloselywithitsMemberStates,otherUnitedNationsagenciesandnongovernmentalorganizations,isfocusingonma
Thesocialsciencesarelesslikelythanotherintellectualenterprisestogetcreditfortheiraccomplishments.Arguably,this
A、ProfessorPornchaiembracedthechallengeposedbycoffee.B、ProfessorPornehaistillcannothandlemanyoftheproblemsposed
Countriesatalllevelsofeconomicdevelopmentfaceasimilarchallenge:tomaketheirindustriescompetitiveinanincreasingl
A、Thenumberoffamilymembers.B、Thesizeoftheirfuturehouse.C、Thetotalheightofallthefamilymembers.D、Theamountof
DiscussionoftheassimilationofPuertoRicansintheUnitedStateshasfocusedontwofactors:socialstandingandthelossof
Somethinghasbeenhappeningtotheconceptof"fiction,"bothincriticaldiscourseandelsewhere.Foralongtime,thisconcep
Europeanleaderswerepoisedtoagreeingtotoughernewmeasuresto1.______enforcebudgetdisciplineintheeurozone,butsti
随机试题
风湿性心脏病二尖瓣狭窄发生栓塞时,最常见的栓塞部位在
A、志贺痢疾杆菌B、福氏痢疾杆菌C、舒密次痢疾杆菌D、鲍氏痢疾杆菌E、宋内痢疾杆菌能产生神经毒素的痢疾杆菌是
A.麦角新碱B.布桂嗪C.麦角胺咖啡因片D.三唑仑根据国家食品药品监督管理局、公安局、卫生部联合发布的麻醉药品和精神药品品种目录按药品类易制毒化学品管理的是()。
高树鸣蝉①每个季节的到来都是以某种东西为标志的。对夏天来说,是蝉。②国人对蝉有着复杂的情结。爱之、咏之者众,伤之甚至厌之者亦不少。古往今来,描述蝉的诗文可谓不胜枚举。爱之高洁者,如“高蝉多远韵,茂树有余音”;歌之清雅者,如“蝉噪林逾静,
第一次国共合作实现的条件有()。
中国自古就是一个讲求父慈子孝的国度,“老吾老以及人之老,幼吾幼以及人之幼”的观念深入人心,这体现了婚姻家庭生活中的道德规范是()
【B1】【B20】
WhatdidCharmainebring?
A、Hecan’tborrowfromitagain.B、Hewillbeimposedafine.C、Hecangetanadvancenotice.D、Hewillbegivenabooklet.B①当男
NamesinAmericaMostparentsintheUnitedStatesgivetheir【T1】______________afirst,middleandlastnamewhentheya
最新回复
(
0
)