单选题 A new study found that inner-city kids living in neighborhoods with more green space gained about 18% less weight over a two-year period than kids living amid more concrete and fewer trees. Such (1) tell a powerful story. The obesity epidemic began in the 1980s, and many people (2) it to increased portion sizes and inactivity, but that can't be everything. Fast foods and TVs have been (3) us for a long time. "Most experts agree that the changes were (4) to something in the environment," says social epidemiologist Thomas Glass of The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. That something could be a (5) of the green.
The new research, (6) in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, isn't the first to associate greenery with better health, but it does get us closer (7) identifying what works and why. At its most straightforward, a green neighborhood (8) means more places for kids to play—which is (9) since time spent outdoors is one of the strongest correlates of children's activity levels. But green space is good for the mind (10) : research by environmental psychologists has shown that it has cognitive (11) for children with attention-deficit disorder. In one study, just reading (12) in a green setting improved kids' symptoms.
(13) to grassy areas has also been linked to (14) stress and a lower body mass index among adults. And an (15) of 3, 000 Tokyo residents associated walk able green spaces with greater longevity among senior citizens.
Glass cautions that most studies don't (16) prove a causal link between greenness and health, but they're nonetheless helping spur action. In September the U.S. House of Representatives (17) the delightfully named No Child Left Inside Act to encourage public initiatives aimed at exposing kids to the outdoors.
Finding green space is not (18) 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, take (19) of what's there. Your children in particular will love it—and their bodies and minds will be (20) to you.

单选题 A. findings B. thesis C. hypotheses D. abstracts

单选题 A. adapt B. attribute C. allocate D. alternate

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 考查词语搭配。该句意为“许多人把它______食物分量的增加和缺乏运动”，句中的it指代的是肥胖症，it后还有介词to，故应填attribute与to构成固定搭配，意思是“归因于”。adapt to意思是“使自己适应于……”；allocate意为“分配”；alternate意为“使交替”，均不符合题意。故选B．attribute。

单选题 A. amongst B. along C. beside D. with

单选题 A. glued B. related C. tracked D. appointed

单选题 A. scraping B. denying C. depressing D. shrinking

单选题 A. published B. simulated C. illuminated D. circulated

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 考查动词辨析。根据选项并分析句子结构可知，空格内应填入一个动词过去分词作后置定语，修饰research。后文的The American Journal of Preventive Medicine是期刊名称。综合理解，应选表示“发表研究”的词，故选A．published。simulate意为“模仿”，illuminate意为“阐明”，circulate意为“流通”，均不符合语境。

单选题 A. at B. to C. for D. over

单选题 A. fully B. simply C. seriously D. uniquely

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 考查副词辨析。空格处所在句意为“靠近绿地______意味着孩子有更多的空间玩耍”。B．simply“简单地”符合文意，同时也是“at its most straightforward(最直接地)”的同义复现，故选B．simply。fully意为“完全地”，seriously意为“严肃地；认真地”，uniquely意为“独特地”，均不符合题意。

单选题 A. vital B. casual C. fatal D. subtle

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 考查形容词辨析。本句是一个定语从句，关系代词which指代的是前面的more places for kids to play，意为“孩子有更多的空间玩耍是______，因为在户外活动的时间是与孩子的活动强度最相关的因素之一”。由后文阐述的原因可以看出，孩子有更多的空间玩耍很重要，故选A．vital。casual“随便的”，fatal“致命的”，subtle“微妙的”，均不符合文意。

单选题 A. still B. already C. too D. yet

单选题 A. benefits B. profits C. revenues D. awards

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 考查名词辨析。原文中的“research by environmental psychologists...attention-deficit disorder”是对“green space is good for the mind too”的解释。“attention-deficit disorder(注意力缺陷障碍)”属于心理疾病，所以对于患有这种病的孩子来说，it(代绿地)应是有认知上的好处，“it has cognitive benefits”是“is good for”的同义复现，故选A．benefits。profit意为“利润”，revenue意为“收入”，award意为“奖赏”，均不符合题意。

单选题 A. outward B. apart C. aside D. outside

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 考查副词辨析。空格处所在的句意为“在一项研究中，仅仅在______绿色环境下阅读就可改善孩子的症状。”这句话是为证明绿地利于心理健康而举的一项实例。有绿化环境的地方应该是在户外，outside意为“在外面”，表示状态，而outward是“向外”，表示动作，故选D．outside。

单选题 A. Immunity B. Reaction C. Exposure D. Addiction

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 考查名词辨析。结合选项和题干，将选项一一和题干进行搭配，Immunity意为“免除，免疫力”，immunity to grassy areas“完全远离草地”；Reaction意为“反应，回应”，不合逻辑；Exposure意为“暴露，接触”；Addiction意为“着迷”，不合逻辑。再根据后文的。lower body mass index推断，应该是接触草地，故选C．Exposure。

单选题 A. much B. less C. more D. little

单选题 A. installment B. expedition C. analysis D. option

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 考查名词辨析。空格处所在句意为“一项对3000名东京居民的______表明……”，根据文意，此处应填有“分析结果”之意的词。C．analysis意为“分析报告，分析结果”，符合句意，为正确答案。installment意为“部分，分期付款”，expedition意为“远征，探险”，option意为“选择”，均不符合题意。

单选题 A. curiously B. negatively C. necessarily D. comfortably

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 考查副词辨析。空格处所在的句意为“格拉斯提醒大家，大多数研究不______能证明绿色与健康之间存在因果关系”，C．necessarily“必然地”符合句意，为正确答案。curiously意为“好奇地”，negatively意为“否定地，消极地”，comfortably意为“舒服地，舒适地”，均不符合语境。

单选题 A. relieved B. delegated C. approved D. performed

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 考查动词辨析。空格处所在的句意为“在九月份，美国众议院______了名为《不让一个孩子留在室内》的法案”，由此可知需要填写的词要能与act“法案”搭配，故应是“通过或批准法案”，C．approved意为“批准，认可”，符合句意，故选C项。relieved意为“解除，缓解”；delegated意为“授权，委派(做)”，performed意为“执行，履行”，均不符合句意。

单选题 A. merely B. always C. mainly D. almost

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 考查副词辨析。空格处所在的句意为“找到绿色空间并不______是那么容易，你可能不得不努力来为家人创造一些草地和树木”，由此看出，“找到绿色空间并不总是那么容易”，符合文意，故选B．always。merely意为“仅仅，只”，mainly意为“大体上，主要地”，almost意为“几乎，差不多”，均不符合句意。

单选题 A. advantage B. exception C. measure D. charge

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 考查词语搭配。空格处所在的句意为“如果你住在郊区或者有着不错公园的城市，那么请______那里的一切”。take advantage of意为“利用”，符合文意，故选A．advantage。take exception意为“反对，有反感”，后接介词at/against/to，不接of；take measure意为“采取措施”；take charge of意为“掌管”，均不符合语境。

单选题 A. elevated B. merciful C. contented D. grateful

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 考查形容词辨析。空格处所在的句意为“你的孩子会尤其喜欢那里——他们的身心都会因此______你”。显然，空格内应填入一个褒义的形容词来表明你和孩子的关系，并且能够与to搭配。综合只能选D．grateful，be grateful to意为“对……心存感激”。elevated意为“(人、工作、角色等)重要的，地位高的；(想法、思想等)高尚的，崇高的”，merciful意为“仁慈的，宽厚的”，contented意为“满意的，满足的”，均不符合句意。