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A recent parliamentary report blames the government and the food industry for the growth in obesity. The Department of Transport

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问题    A recent parliamentary report blames the government and the food industry for the growth in obesity. The Department of Transport is blamed for not doing enough to【C1】______facilities for pedestrians and cyclists while【C2】______to pressure from motoring organizations representing car users. The Ministry of Education is【C3】______of selling off school playing fields and not doing enough to【C4】______adequate facilities for physical education and games. Young people in Britain have become crazy about football(soccer and rugby), but too often as【C5】______"couch potatoes".
   The food industry is blamed for promoting junk food to school children and not doing enough to【C6】______down on sugar, fats and salt in prepared foods. The industry, 【C7】______by the current popularity of the Atkins low-carbohydrate diet, has begun to【C8】______, but it is trying to protect a huge market and will need to do【C9】______more if it is to【C10】______off increased regulation.
   Japan seems less【C11】______so far by the problem of obesity, 【C12】______as the Japanese diet becomes increasingly【C13】______(burgers and doughnuts)the problem will grow.【C14】______, Japanese cuisine has become highly popular in Britain. It is seen as healthy in a different way from the Mediterranean diet【C15】______its emphasis on tomatoes and olive oil combined with red wine.
   A fairly small amount of red wine is now【C16】______as beneficial to the heart, 【C17】______its other encouraging properties. But Britain has to do more to【C18】______the problems of alcoholism【C19】______with the binge-drinking culture—including violence and vandalism. Limited consumption of alcohol, as long as it is not【C20】______with driving’s harmless and possibly beneficial.
【C8】
选项 A、retort
B、refute
C、respond
D、resolve
答案C
解析 本题考查动词辨析。空格所在句子的主干是the industry has begun to，主谓之间是过去分词作原因状语。句子的含义为：由于对目前低碳水化合物饮食的流行感到不安，食品业已经开始______。respond除了表示“(口头或书面)回答，回应”外，还可表示“做出反应，响应”。因此，respond是正确项。A项retort一般指“(口头上)反驳，回嘴”。B项refute指“驳斥，批驳(以证明某事是错误的)”。D项resolve作及物动词表示“解决(问题或困难)”，作不及物动词表示“决心，决定”。
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