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问题     Going hungry is a major contributor to ill health, particularly among children, and a new report reveals how long-lasting the damage can be.
    Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the University of Calgary performed the first longterm study on the【C1】________of hunger on general health,【C2】________ children from birth to 21 years. Most studies to date have【C3】________only snapshots of childhood health,【C4】________ the short-term impact of hunger【C5】________a period of time.
    In the new analysis, the scientists found that children who went hungry at least once in their lives were 2 1/2-times more likely to have【C6】________overall health 10 to 15 years later, compared with those who never had to【C7】________food. "Our research shows that hunger and food insecurity are really damaging【C8】________children’s life chances," says lead author Sharon Kirkpatrick, a visiting fellow at NCI.
    The study supports earlier findings that【C9】________ episodes of hunger are more likely to cause ill health than an isolated experience of starvation: children in Kirkpatrick’s analysis who experienced two or more periods of hunger were more than four times as likely to report ill health than those who never went hungry. The relationship, she says, remained strong even after the team accounted【C10】________other factors that could influence health, such as age, sex and household characteristics like income.
    【C11】________one experience of hunger can have lasting effects on a child’s health, a fact that is especially troubling in light of the sobering rise in U.S. households that were【C12】________to do without food in 2008: 15％ of American families reported some【C13】________in the amount or quality of food they consumed,【C14】________from 11％ the previous year.
    【C15】________this study did not probe into the【C16】________ mechanism by which hunger affects long-term health, Kirkpatrick【C17】________that both psychological and physiological factors may be at work. Aside from the obvious negative impact that massing key nutrients and calories can have on growth and development, she says, the psychological【C18】________of food insecurity—not being able to afford a【C19】________and high-quality source of food—can be【C20】________to youngsters as well.
【C16】
选项 A、specific
B、advanced
C、continual
D、eternal
答案A
解析 从空格后的从句引导词by which可知句子讨论的是“饥饿以何种机制对健康造成长期影响”。空格处形容词应能和后半句psychological and physiological factors这两种因素呼应，说明饥饿是以一种特定的方式长期影响健康。A项specific“特有的”符合语义。B项advanced“高级的”，原文中并无线索表明这种机制是否为高级的。C项continual“持续不断的”，此单词表示永不停歇，用在此处过于绝对。D项eternal“永久的”，虽然机制能长期影响健康，但是并不能因此说明机制为永久性的。
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