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Obesity is an epidemic to some and an opportunity to others. More than two-thirds of Americans are overweight. Find a way to bat

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问题    Obesity is an epidemic to some and an opportunity to others. More than two-thirds of Americans are overweight. Find a way to battle obesity, 【C1】______a huge profit might be made. On February 22nd,  2013 one pharmaceutical firm, Vivus, took a small【C2】______towards this goal. A committee advising America’ s Food and Drug Administration(FDA)recommended Vivus’ s diet drug, Qnexa.【C3】______, the pill’ s long-awaited final approval may not come until April. The announcement mostly served as a reminder of a struggle which【C4】______fat into gold.
   Medical-device and pharmaceutical companies are quite【C5】______treating the problems that come with obesity. However, they can’t help consumers【C6】______weight. Allergan, a device-maker, has tried to use its gastric bands to enter the obesity market. The band is fitted near the top of patients’ stomach, which helps them feel full【C7】______during the meal. Allergan has captured about 70% of the worldwide market for gastric bands, but sales are now【C8】______. The recession has sapped consumers’ desire for expensive surgery. Some patients have【C9】______bands removed because they slipped or proved【C10】______. In January David Pyott, Allergan’s chief executive, said he would cancel an effort to market the band for teenagers. He is now trying to convince insurers of the gastric band’ s【C11】______.
   Drug companies have had even more【C12】______than device-makers. It has been 13 years since the FDA approved a【C13】______diet pill. That drug, Roche’s Xenical, has【C14】______side-effects. The FDA rejected Vivus’s Qnexa in 2010 over【C15】______for the safety of pregnant women and the quickening of patients’ heart rates.
   However, Vivus’ s new data in 2013 apparently satisfied the FDA’ s advisory committee.
   But the agency may yet【C16】______the drug.【C17】______Qnexa is approved, it is unclear that patients will buy it. Qnexa【C18】______two medicines that are already on the market. Both medicines are generic, which means that doctors may【C19】______the existing drugs rather than Qnexa’s more expensive version. For now, it is more【C20】______to treat fat patients than to try to make them slim.
【C15】
选项 A、affairs
B、concerns
C、matters
D、worries
答案B
解析 本题考查名词辨析。根据空格后的for和此句的句意“美国食品药物管理局于2010年拒绝批准Vivus公司的Qnexa，因为______该药对孕妇的安全造成伤害和该药会加快患者的心率”可知，此处应该填表示“担心，忧虑”的单词，故B．concerns为正确答案，此处是可数名词，指后面的两件“担心、忧虑的事情”。affair“事情”；matter“事件”；worry作为可数名词指“使人担心(或发愁)的问题，烦心事”，其后通常接about，故三项均排除。
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