2014职称英语《综合A》真题及答案：完形填空（代

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Obesity（肥胖） Causes Global Warming

The list of ills attributable to obesity keeps growing： Last week， obese people were accused of causing global warming.

This （51）comes from Sheldon Jacobson of the University of Illinois， US， and a doctoral student， Laura McLay. Their study （52） how much extra gasoline is needed to haul fat Americans around. The answer， they say， is a billion gallons of gas per year. ________（53）

There has been （54） for taxes on junk food2 in recent years. US economist Martin Schmidt suggests a tax on fast food （55）to people‘s cars. “We tax cigarettes partly because of their health cost，” Schmidt said. “Similarly， leading a lazy life style will end up costing taxpayers more.”

US political scientist Eric Oliver said his first instinct was to laugh at these gas and fast food arguments. But such （56） are getting attention.

At the US Obesity Society's annual meeting， one person （57） obesity with car accident deaths， and another correlated obesity with suicides. No one asked whether there was really a cause-and-effect relationship. “The funny thing was that everyone took it （59）。” Oliver said.

In a 1960s study， children were （60） drawings of children with disabilities and without them， and a drawing of an obese child. They were asked （61） they would want for a friend？ The obese child was picked last.

Three researchers recently repeated the study （62） college students. Once again， （63） no one， not even obese people， liked the obese person. “Obesity was stigmatized.” the researchers said.

But， researchers say， getting （64） is not like quitting smoking. People struggle to stop smoking， and， in the end， many succeed. Obesity is different. Science has shown that they have limited personal control over their weight Genes also （65） a part.

51.A. study  B. project  C. experiment  D. conclusion

52.A. doubts   B. reports   C. calculates   D. reviews

53.A. turns   B. means   C. says   D. costs

54.A. calls B. cries C. sounds D. noises

55.A. delivered B. paid C. spent D. collected

56.A. up B. in C. with D. by

57.A. answers B. talks C. claims D. laughs

58.A. mixed B. correlated C. contacted D. Involved

59.A. seriously B. well C. hard D. greatly

60.A. bought B. captured C. shown D. made

61.A. what B. where C. why D. which

62.A. seeing B. helping C. using D. surveying

63.A. about B. as C. almost D. like

64.A. critical B. tall C. thin D. confident

65.A. decide B. play C. produce D. use

答案：

D C B A B

A C B A C

D C C C B

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