2014考研英語(yǔ)完型填空模擬題及解析：英國(guó)飲食存在的問(wèn)題

　　英國(guó)的飲食與健康

　　A recent parliamentary report blames the government and the food industry for the growth in obesity. The Department of Transport is blamed for not doing enough to__1__facilities for pedestrians and cyclists while__2__ to pressure from motoring organizations representing car users. The Ministry of Education is__3__of selling off school playing fields and not doing enough to__4__adequate facilities for physical education and games. Young people in Britain have become crazy about football(soccer and rugby)，but too often as__5__“couch potatoes”。

　　The food industry is blamed for promoting junk food to school children and not doing enough to__6__down on sugar，fats and salt in prepared foods. The industry，__7__by the current popularity of the Atkins low-carbohydrate diet，has begun to __8__，but it is trying to protect a huge market and will need to do__9__more if it is to__10__off increased regulation.

　　Japan seems less__11__so far by the problem of obesity，__12__ as the Japanese diet becomes increasingly__13__(burgers and doughnuts)the problem will grow. __14__，Japanese cuisine has become highly popular in Britain. It is seen as healthy in a different way from the Mediterranean diet__15__its emphasis on tomatoes and olive oil combined with red wine.

　　A fairly small amount of red wine is now__16__as beneficial to the heart，__17__its other encouraging properties. But Britain has to do more to__18__the problems of alcoholism__19__with the binge-drinking culture—including violence and vandalism. Limited consumption of alcohol，as long as it is not__20__with driving，is harmless and possibly beneficial.

　　1. [A] stimulate [B] commend [C] promote [D] elevate

　　2. [A] submitting [B] subjecting [C] subordinating [D] surrendering

　　3. [A] charged [B] denounced [C] scolded [D] accused

　　4. [A] assure [B] ensure [C] secure [D] guard

　　5. [A] speculating [B] spectating [C] specializing [D] sightseeing

　　6. [A] fall [B] get [C] cut [D] bring

　　7. [A] stung [B] bitten [C] chewed [D] licked

　　8. [A] retort [B] refute [C] respond [D] resolve

　　9. [A] abundantly [B] considerably [C] extensively [D] principally

　　10. [A] defend [B] beat [C] hold [D] ward

　　11. [A] upset [B] affected [C] effected [D] impressed

　　12. [A] or [B] for [C] but [D] if

　　13. [A] popularized [B] globalized [C] westernized [D] localized

　　14. [A] Accordingly[B] Interestingly [C] Surprisingly [D] Strikingly

　　15. [A] as [B] on [C] but [D] with

　　16. [A] accepted [B] approved [C] assumed [D] acknowledged

　　17. [A] but for [B] let alone [C] regardless of [D] much less

　　18. [A] cope [B] challenge [C] tackle [D] undertake

　　19. [A] matched [B] related [C] united [D] associated

　　20. [A] bonded [B] combined [C] merged [D] incorporated