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A new study found that inner-city kids living in neighborhoods with more green space gained about 13％ less weight over a two-yea

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问题     A new study found that inner-city kids living in neighborhoods with more green space gained about 13％ less weight over a two-year period than kids living amid more concrete and fewer trees. Such【C1】________tell a powerful story. The obesity epidemic began in the 1980s, and many people【C2】________it to increased portion sizes and inactivity, but that can’t be everything. Fast foods and TVs have been with us for a long time. "Most experts agree that the changes were【C3】________to something in the environment," says social epidemiologist Thomas Glass of The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. That something could be a【C4】________of the green.
    The new research,【C5】________in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, isn’t the first to associate greenery with better health, but it does get us closer【C6】________identifying what works and why. At its most straightforward, a green neighborhood【C7】________means more places for kids to play—which is【C8】________since time spent outdoors is one of the strongest correlates of children’s activity levels. But green space is good for the mind【C9】________: research by environmental psychologists has shown that it has cognitive【C10】________for children with attention-deficit disorder. In one study, just reading【C11】________in a green setting improved kids’ symptoms.
    【C12】________to grassy areas has also been linked to【C13】________stress and a lower body mass index among adults. And an【C14】________of 3,000 Tokyo residents associated walkable green spaces with greater long life among senior citizens.
    Glass cautions that most studies don’t【C15】________prove a causal link between greenness and health, but they’re nonetheless helping spur action. In September the U.S. House of Representatives【C16】________the delightfully named No Child Left Inside Act to encourage public initiatives【C17】________exposing kids to the outdoors.
    Finding green space is not【C18】________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,【C19】________what’s there. Your children in particular will love it—and their bodies and minds will be【C20】________to you.
【C2】
选项 A、adapt
B、attribute
C、alternate
D、allocate
答案B
解析 动词辨析题。此处空格后的介词to引出increased portion sizes and inactivity“食物份量增加和缺少运动”，这往往是引起肥胖的原因之一，B项attribute“归因于”与to构成固定搭配attribute…to…“把……归因于……”，填入文中表示“许多人将肥胖症归因于食物份量的增加以及缺少运动”，符合句意。A项adapt“适应”常用作adapt oneself to…“使自己适应……”，而空格后的宾语为it，用在此处语义不通。it指代上文的The obesity epidemic“肥胖症”，从逻辑上看，“食物份量的增加以及缺少运动”是造成“肥胖症”的原因，因此排除C项alternate“交替，轮流”与D项allocate “分配”。
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