Much of the world should go on a diet in 2014. More than a third of adults【C1】______were estimated to be【C2】______or obese in 2008, according to a report by the Overseas Development Institute(ODI), a think tank in London. That's a 23 per cent increase on 1980. In the last three decades, the number of adults estimated to be obese in the developing world has almost quadrupled to 904 million, overtaking the number in【C3】______countries. "The most shocking thing is the degree to which obesity is now【C4】______developing as well as developed economies," says Tim Lobstein of the International Association for the Study of Obesity in London. "The problems【C5】______by overconsumption of fats and【C6】______are now global, not just Western, problems." The rise is【C7】______to a "creeping homogeni-sation"(spreading)of diets across the world, says the report, which says rising【C8】______, advertising and globalisation all play a part It criticizes policy-makers in most countries for being slow or【C9】______to tackle the problem. "We see a big【C10】______in what governments recommend people eat as part of their【C11】______campaigns and what people actually eat," says Sharada Keats. "We need governments to【C12】______the scale of the problem and start putting in place【C13】______steps to tackle it" Some countries have【C14】______to go against the grain and【C15】______. For example, South Koreans ate four times more【C16】______in 2008 than they did in 1980. The report【C17】______this to government health drives, which include【C18】______programs on how to【C19】______low-fat meals, showing what governments can do when they【C20】______.
单选题
【C1】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析：根据本文首句的Much of the world，推断此处需要一个与world对应的词，故选C项globally“全球地”。
【答案解析】解析：此处需要一个词来修饰campaign，而这个运动的倡导者是政府，本文的主题是肥胖症。再联系空格前的what government recommend people to eat，既然是政府推荐人们吃的，应该是营养均衡且不易使人发胖的，所以此处应该选择B项nutrition“营养”。
单选题
【C12】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析：空格前为governments“政府”，空格后面为the scale of the problem“问题的严重性”，后半句提及“开始实施一些具体措施来解决这个问题”。解决问题前应先承认问题的严重性。故选C项acknowledge“承认”。
单选题
【C13】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析：上文提及问题的严重性，而此处需要填入一个词来修饰steps to tackle it。由于问题严重，所以采取的措施应该比较强硬，故选D项stronger“更强硬的，更有力的”。
单选题
【C14】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：空格前的to go against the gram意为“走相反的方向，背道而驰”。上一段开头提及“大多数国家的政策制定者因为拖延……处理这个问题而备受谴责”。而此处提到“有些国家走相反的方向”，说明这些国家对于肥胖问题的态度是积极的。且下文韩国的例子也说明这些国家成功做到了，故选A项managed“设法做到”。