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
55
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
lonely——alone
解析
本题为形容词误用。lonely表示“感觉上孤单的”,但此处表示他不是唯一持有这种观点的人,应当用alone“唯一的,单独的”。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/z5YO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
TheHistoryofAmericanIndiansWhenEuropeansdiscoveredtheWesternhemisphere,theydiscoveredaraceofpeople.【1】______
A、Amodelcontainingalargeamountofrice.B、Asculptureshowingtheinsideofoldhouses.C、Adisplaymadeupoffishandgla
WHO,workingcloselywithitsMemberStates,otherUnitedNationsagenciesandnongovernmentalorganizations,isfocusingonma
Howtoliveto100Agrowingbodyofresearchsuggeststhatchronicillnessisnotaninevitableconsequenceofaging,butmo
Acommonresultofbeingfrustratedisanactofaggression,sometimesviolent.Tobealiveistohaveagoalandpursueit—anyt
Recently,apossiblealternativewayofproducingpaperhasbeensuggestedbyagriculturalists:andenvironmentalists:aplant
Povertyisamongaseriesofsocialillsandinjusticesthatjustaboutanypersonwhohassomeunderstandingofasocialconsci
Ateamofinternationalresearchershasfoundnewevidencethatanendangeredsubspeciesofchimpanzeeisthesourceoftheviru
Somethinghasbeenhappeningtotheconceptof"fiction,"bothincriticaldiscourseandelsewhere.Foralongtime,thisconcep
随机试题
商标专用权的取得是在()
Ahobbycanbealmostanythingapersonlikestodoinhissparetime.Hobbyists【C1】______pets,buildmodelshipsandperform【C2】
Pronouncingalanguageisaskill.Everynormalpersonisanexpertintheskillofpronouncinghisownlanguage,butfewpeople
InitialreportswerethatmultiplewavesofwarplanesbombedcentralBaghdad,hittingoilrefineriesandtheairport.
胆道蛔虫病可引起下列并发症,不包括
南宋庆元年间,某地发生一桩“杀妻案”。死者丈夫甲被当地州府逮捕,受尽拷掠,只得招认“杀妻事实”。但在该案提交本路(路为宋代设置的地位高于州县的地方行政区域)提刑司审核时,甲推翻原口供,断然否认杀妻指控。提刑司对本案可能做出的下列处置中,哪一种做法符合当时“
全自动滚筒式家用洗衣机(干衣量不超过10kg)
某公司作为零售业中的一个巨头,其成功建立在利用信息技术整合优势资源的基础之上。早在20世纪70年代,该公司就开始在其分销中心和各家商店运用计算机进行库存控制。80年代,该公司所有连锁商店都用上条形码扫描系统,还开发了一套市场营销管理软件系统。90年代在信息
针对缺铁性贫血,膳食干预中应多补充()
下列各句中,没有语病的一句是______。
最新回复
(
0
)