The list of ills attributable to obesity keeps growing: Last week, obese people were accused of causing global warming.
This (1) ________comes from Sheldon Jacobson of the University of Illinois, US, and a doctoral student, Laura McLay.Their study (2) ________how much extra gasoline is needed to haul fat Americans around. The answer, they say, is a billion gallons of gas per year. It (3) ________an extra 11 million tons of carbon dioxide.
There have been (4) ________for taxes on junk food in recent years. US economist Martin Schmidt suggests a tax on fast food (5) ________to people‘s cars. “We tax cigarettes partly because of their health cost,”Schmidt said. “Similarly,leading a lazy lifestyle will end (6) ________costing taxpayers more.”
US political scientist Eric Oliver said his first (7) ________was to laugh at these gas and fast food arguments. But such (8) ________are getting attention.
At the US Obesity Society‘s annual meeting, one person (9) ________obesity with car accident deaths, and another correlated obesity with suicides. No one asked (10) ________there was really a cause-and-effect relationship. “The funny thing was that everyone took it (11) ________”Oliver said.
In a 1960s study, children were (12) ________drawings of children with disabilities and without them, and a drawing of an obese child. They were asked (13) ________they would want for a friend. The obese child was picked (14) ________.
Three researchers recently repeated the study (15) ________college students. Once again, (16) ________no one, not even obese people, liked the obese person.
But, researchers say, getting (17) ________is not like quitting smoking. People struggle to stop smoking, and, in the end, many succeed. Obesity is (18) ________. Science has shown that they have (19) ________personal control over their weight. Genes also (20) ________a part.
由第一段可知, 由肥胖引起的疾病越来越多, 上周, 有人谴责肥胖的人是导致全球变暖的原因之一。 这是一个结论, 故该空应该填入 conclusion, 该结论由......得出。
根据第二段第二句可知, 该研究计算了把肥胖的人载来载去的话消耗的汽油量比正常人多多少。 calculate计算, 符合句意。
根据第二段最后一句话可知, 这意味着每年多生产 110, 000, 000 吨二氧化碳。 means 意味着, 符合句意。
根据第三段第一句话, 近年来, 有人呼吁对垃圾食品征税。 call for …要求, 符合句意。
根据第三段第二句话, 美国经济学家 Martin Schmidt 建议应该向送上车的快餐征税。 deliver 递送, 符合句意。
根据第三段最后一句话, 同样地, 有些人活得很懒, 这也会损害纳税人的健康。 end up doing…以......而告终, 符合句意。
根据第四段第一句话, 美国的政治科学家 Eric Oliver 说, 他听到有关汽油和快餐间的争论时, 第一反应是哈哈大笑。 first instinct 第一直觉, 符合句意。
根据第四段最后一句话, 但是这样的要求越来越引人注意了。 claim 要求, 符合句意。
根据 第 五段第一句话, 有人将肥胖问题与 车祸 死亡联系 起来, 还有人将肥胖与自 杀联系起来。connect…with…将(某人、 某物与某事物)联系起来, 符合句意。
根据第五段第二句话, 没有人求证这二者间是否真的有因果关系。 whether 是否, 符合句意。
根据第五段最后一句话, 有趣的是, 人们把这件事当真了。 take something seriously 认真对待; 当真。 符合句意。
根据第六段第一句话, 20 世纪 60 年代的一项调查给孩子们看了健全人, 残疾人和肥胖的人的画作…show拿给......看; 指给„看, 符合句意。
根据第六段第二句话, 有人问他们想跟哪位做朋友。 which 哪一个, 符合句意。
根据第六段最后一句话, 肥胖的人最后才被选中。 last 最后的, 符合句意。
根据第七段第一句话, 近日, 三位调查者又在大学生中重复了这项实验。 use 用, 符合句意。
根据第七段第二句话, 又一次, 几乎没有人喜欢肥胖的人, 包括肥胖的人自己。 almost 差不多, 几乎。
根据最后一段第一句话, 但是, 研究者说, 变瘦与戒烟不同。 thin, 瘦的, 符合句意。
根据最后一段第三句话, 肥胖就不同了。 different 不同的, 符合句意。
科学研究表明, 肥胖的人对自己体重的控制力有限。 limited 有限的, 符合句意。
据最后一段最后一句话, 基因也起作用。 play a part 在......中起一份作用, 符合句意。