单选题
The festive break is fast becoming a distant memory and for many, New Year fitness regimes are too. Despite 2.6m people starting diets on New Year's Day, research suggests that by the end of the week 92 percent of dieters gave up, 27 exercise and gorging on comfort food. Findings, 28 by weightloss firm XLS-Medical, suggest that the 29 majority are unsuccessful at sticking to their diets for more than five days a week. Two out of 10 dieters 30 they have their first diet relapse (退步) just four to five days in, with hunger cited as the main cause. Boredom and alcohol were 31 blamed for people failing to keep their health kick on track. Dr. Matt Capehorn, Clinical Director of the National Obesity Forum, 32 that just one day off from dieting can undo a week's worth of hard work. He told Female First: 'A healthy diet, aimed at losing l1b per week, relies on saving 3500 calories a week by having 500 calories less each day.' 'A day off the diet should mean that you eat the correct amount, but many dieters see it as an excuse to binge (大吃大喝) and have thousands of calories more than they need.' The results suggest that a 33 590,000 could already have 34 to stick to New Year diet resolutions. And a vast majority are unaware of the negative impact a single day off can have on their weight loss efforts. Yet 35 it was found only 5 percent of women stick to their diets until they've 36 their target weight. A. massive B. reached C. highlighted D. blamed E. shunning F. still G. released H. lost I. also J. admitted K. treated L. dieted M. overall N. vast O. failed
问答题
【正确答案】E
【答案解析】exercise后是and，而and前后应为并列结构(又称平行结构)，因为and后为gorging on comfort food，所以前面也应当是现在分词短语，因此应填入现在分词。备选项中只有shunning是现在分词，因此答案很明确。 shun：(故意或习惯地)避免；回避，躲开。从语义上判断也是正确的。