Much of the world should go on a diet in 2014. More than a third of adults【C1】______were estimated to be【C2】______or obese in 20

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问题     Much of the world should go on a diet in 2014. More than a third of adults【C1】______were estimated to be【C2】______or obese in 2008, according to a report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), a think tank in London. That’s a 23 per cent increase on 1980.
    In the last three decades, the number of adults estimated to be obese in the developing world has almost quadrupled to 904 million, overtaking the number in【C3】______countries.
"The most shocking thing is the degree to which obesity is now【C4】______developing as well as developed economies," says Tim Lobstein of the International Association for the Study of Obesity in London. "The problems【C5】______by overconsumption of fats and【C6】______are now global, not just Western, problems."
    The rise is【C7】______to a "creeping homogeni-sation" (spreading) of diets across the world, says the report, which says rising【C8】______, advertising and globalisation all play a part
    It criticizes policy-makers in most countries for being slow or【C9】______to tackle the problem. "We see a big 【C10】______ in what governments recommend people eat as part of their 【C11】______ campaigns and what people actually eat," says Sharada Keats. "We need governments to【C12】______the scale of the problem and start putting in place【C13】______steps to tackle it."
    Some countries have【C14】______to go against the grain and【C15】______. For example, South Koreans ate four times more【C16】______in 2008 than they did in 1980. The report【C17】______this to government health drives, which include【C18】______programs on how to【C19】______low-fat meals, showing what governments can do when they【C20】______ .
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选项 A、milder
B、slower
C、weaker
D、stronger

答案D

解析 上文提及问题的严重性,而此处需要填入一个词来修饰steps to tackle it。由于问题严重,所以采取的措施应该比较强硬,故选D项stronger“更强硬的,更有力的”。
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