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  3. Obesity is defined as body weight of 15 percent or more above the ideal for one’s height and age.【C1】______ this criterion, abou

Obesity is defined as body weight of 15 percent or more above the ideal for one’s height and age.【C1】______ this criterion, abou

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问题      Obesity is defined as body weight of 15 percent or more above the ideal for one’s height and age.【C1】______ this criterion, about one third of the adult population of the United States is obese. The【C2】______ of obesity vary in different races, cultures, sub-cultures, and social classes. In industrialized countries, fatness tends to be【C3】______ correlated with socioeconomic status:  people in lower social classes tend to be more obese.  In economically backward nations,  the direction of the correlation is reversed; the richer, the fatter.  The situation in the underdeveloped world probably approximates the【C4】______ of affairs through most of human evolution. Particularly for women,【C5】______ pregnancies could 【C6】______ into times of scarcity, larger internal food【C7】______  were adapted in the face of variable external reserves.
     Although obesity may sound like a (n)【C8】______ phenomenon, it is to some degree【C9】______  relative.  A study of black and white undergraduates yielded【C10】______ results. Even though blacks, and especially black females, were heavier than whites, they were more satisfied with their weight and less likely to find weight in other people【C11】______ Men were more concerned【C12】______the weight of their dates than women were, but black men were【C13】______ likely to refuse to date a woman because of her weight.
     Contemporary North American culture is【C14】______ with thinness, particularly for women. Compared to the Rubenesque view of beauty of just a few centuries ago, the prototypes of feminine beauty【C15】______ in the mass media today look emaciated, that is, extremely thin. The standards have even changed【C16】______ since the 1950s, when the prototype was replete with large breasts and slightly protruding abdomen. A study of Playboy centerfolds found a ten percent decrease in the ratio of weight to height from the late 1950s to the late 1970s,【C17】______ by a dramatic increase in the number of articles on dieting in popular women’s magazines. In【C18】______ to contemporary Western societies, some other cultures【C19】______ beauty with bulk. This most often occurs in societies in which food is scarce,【C20】______ women who are healthy and have more resources tend to be heavier and hence are seen as more attractive.  
【C18】
选项 A、comparison
B、contrast
C、compliance
D、contrary
答案B
解析 考查固定搭配，空处意为“与当代西方社会相比”，in contrast to“与…相对比”。
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