A new study found that inner-city kids living in neighborhoods with more green space gained about 13% less weight over a two-yea

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问题     A new study found that inner-city kids living in neighborhoods with more green space gained about 13% less weight over a two-year period than kids living amid more concrete and fewer trees. Such【C1】________tell a powerful story. The obesity epidemic began in the 1980s, and many people【C2】________it to increased portion sizes and inactivity, but that can’t be everything. Fast foods and TVs have been with us for a long time. "Most experts agree that the changes were【C3】________to something in the environment," says social epidemiologist Thomas Glass of The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. That something could be a【C4】________of the green.
    The new research,【C5】________in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, isn’t the first to associate greenery with better health, but it does get us closer【C6】________identifying what works and why. At its most straightforward, a green neighborhood【C7】________means more places for kids to play—which is【C8】________since time spent outdoors is one of the strongest correlates of children’s activity levels. But green space is good for the mind【C9】________: research by environmental psychologists has shown that it has cognitive【C10】________for children with attention-deficit disorder. In one study, just reading【C11】________in a green setting improved kids’ symptoms.
    【C12】________to grassy areas has also been linked to【C13】________stress and a lower body mass index among adults. And an【C14】________of 3,000 Tokyo residents associated walkable green spaces with greater long life among senior citizens.
    Glass cautions that most studies don’t【C15】________prove a causal link between greenness and health, but they’re nonetheless helping spur action. In September the U.S. House of Representatives【C16】________the delightfully named No Child Left Inside Act to encourage public initiatives【C17】________exposing kids to the outdoors.
    Finding green space is not【C18】________easy, and you may have to work a bit to get your family a little grass and trees. If you live in a suburb or a city with good parks,【C19】________what’s there. Your children in particular will love it—and their bodies and minds will be【C20】________to you.
【C5】

选项 A、circulated
B、published
C、illuminated
D、simulated

答案B

解析 动词辨析题。此空格位于两逗号间的插入语中,根据空格后的“在《美国预防医学杂志》上”,可推断这里应该是指调查研究在杂志上刊登或发表,故选B项published“发表”,意为“这个新的调查研究发表在《美国预防医学杂志》上”。A项circulated作“流通”讲时,一股指消息等的流通,不宜说“新的研究在《美国预防医学杂志》上流通”。C项illuminated作“阐明”讲时,通常指通过示例、图画等方式说明某事物的意思,用在此处不合适。D项simulated“模仿”代入文中,无法与空格后的“在《美国预防医学杂志》上”构成通顺完整的语义。
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