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There was a time when red meat was a luxury for ordinary Americans, or was at least something special: cooking a roast for Sunda

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问题     There was a time when red meat was a luxury for ordinary Americans, or was at least something special: cooking a roast for Sunday dinner, ordering a steak at a restaurant. Not anymore. Meat consumption has more than【S1】______in the United States in the last 50 years.
    Now a new study of more than 500,000 Americans has provided the best【S2】______that our love for red meat has exacted a high price on our health and limited our life span. The study found that, other things being【S3】______. the men and women who consumed the most red and processed meat were likely to die sooner,【S4】______from one of our two leading killers, heart disease and cancer, than people who consumed much【S5】______amounts of these foods.
    To prevent deaths【S6】______to red and processed meats, people should eat a hamburger only once or twice a week instead of every day, a small steak once a week instead of every other day, and a hot dog every month and a half instead of once a week. In【S7】______of red meat, non-vegetarians (非素食者) might consider poultry and fish. Likewise, those who ate the most fruits and vegetables also tended to live【S8】______.
    Anyone who worries about global well-being has yet another reason to consume less red meat. A reduced【S9】______on red meat for food could help to save the planet from the【S10】______effects of environmental pollution, global warming and the lessening of fresh water.
[A] remarkably  [F] related       [K] place
[B] equal       [G] contributing  [L] doubled
[C] evidence    [H] reduced       [M] relief
[D] smaller     [I] dependence    [N] initial
[E] especially  [J] longer        [O] damaging
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答案L
解析 空前的has和本句末的时间in the last 50 years表明，本空应填一动词的过去分词，[F]related、[H]reduced、[L]doubled入选。首句讲红色肉是奢侈品，由第二句Not anymore可知，现在肉已经不再是奢侈品，由此可知，过去的50年里人们对肉的消费应该是增加了，而非减少了，故答案为[L]doubled“增加一倍”。
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