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Passage One
There are people in Italy who can't stand soccer.Not all Canadians love hockey.A similar situation exists in America,where there are those individuals you may be one of them who yawn or even frown when somebody mentions baseball.Baseball to them means boring hours watching grown men in funny tight outfits standing around in a field while nothing happens.They tell you it's a game better suited to the 19th century,slow,quiet,and gentlemanly.These are the same people you may be one of them who love football because that's the sport that glorifies“the hit'.
By contrast,baseball seems abstract,cool,silent,still.
On TV the game is fractured into a dozen perspectives,replays,and close-ups.The geometry of the game,however,is essential to understanding it.You will contemplate(沉思)the game from one point as a painter does his subject;you may project yourself into the game.It is in this projection that the game affords so much space and time for involvement.The TV won't do it for you.
Take,for example,the third baseman.You sit behind the third base dugout and watch him watching home plate.His legs are apart,knees flexed.His arms hang loose.Watch what happens every time the pitcher(投手)throws:the third baseman goes up on his toes,flexes his arms or brings the glove to a point in front of him,takes a step right or left,backward or forward.Suppose the pitch is a ball.“Nothing happened,you say.“I could have had my eyes closed.
Watch the third baseman.Smooth the dirt in front of you with one foot;smooth the pocket in your glove;watch the eyes of the batter,the speed of the bat,the sound of horsehide on wood.If football is a symphony of movement and theatre,baseball is chamber music,a spacious interlocking of notes,chores and responses.
The passage is mainly concerned with.

Passage One
There are people in Italy who can't stand soccer.Not all Canadians love hockey.A similar situation exists in America,where there are those individuals you may be one of them who yawn or even frown when somebody mentions baseball.Baseball to them means boring hours watching grown men in funny tight outfits standing around in a field while nothing happens.They tell you it's a game better suited to the 19th century,slow,quiet,and gentlemanly.These are the same people you may be one of them who love football because that's the sport that glorifies“the hit'.
By contrast,baseball seems abstract,cool,silent,still.
On TV the game is fractured into a dozen perspectives,replays,and close-ups.The geometry of the game,however,is essential to understanding it.You will contemplate(沉思)the game from one point as a painter does his subject;you may project yourself into the game.It is in this projection that the game affords so much space and time for involvement.The TV won't do it for you.
Take,for example,the third baseman.You sit behind the third base dugout and watch him watching home plate.His legs are apart,knees flexed.His arms hang loose.Watch what happens every time the pitcher(投手)throws:the third baseman goes up on his toes,flexes his arms or brings the glove to a point in front of him,takes a step right or left,backward or forward.Suppose the pitch is a ball.“Nothing happened,you say.“I could have had my eyes closed.
Watch the third baseman.Smooth the dirt in front of you with one foot;smooth the pocket in your glove;watch the eyes of the batter,the speed of the bat,the sound of horsehide on wood.If football is a symphony of movement and theatre,baseball is chamber music,a spacious interlocking of notes,chores and responses.
Those who don't like baseball may complain that.

Passage One
There are people in Italy who can't stand soccer.Not all Canadians love hockey.A similar situation exists in America,where there are those individuals you may be one of them who yawn or even frown when somebody mentions baseball.Baseball to them means boring hours watching grown men in funny tight outfits standing around in a field while nothing happens.They tell you it's a game better suited to the 19th century,slow,quiet,and gentlemanly.These are the same people you may be one of them who love football because that's the sport that glorifies“the hit'.
By contrast,baseball seems abstract,cool,silent,still.
On TV the game is fractured into a dozen perspectives,replays,and close-ups.The geometry of the game,however,is essential to understanding it.You will contemplate(沉思)the game from one point as a painter does his subject;you may project yourself into the game.It is in this projection that the game affords so much space and time for involvement.The TV won't do it for you.
Take,for example,the third baseman.You sit behind the third base dugout and watch him watching home plate.His legs are apart,knees flexed.His arms hang loose.Watch what happens every time the pitcher(投手)throws:the third baseman goes up on his toes,flexes his arms or brings the glove to a point in front of him,takes a step right or left,backward or forward.Suppose the pitch is a ball.“Nothing happened,you say.“I could have had my eyes closed.
Watch the third baseman.Smooth the dirt in front of you with one foot;smooth the pocket in your glove;watch the eyes of the batter,the speed of the bat,the sound of horsehide on wood.If football is a symphony of movement and theatre,baseball is chamber music,a spacious interlocking of notes,chores and responses.
The author admits that______。

Passage One
There are people in Italy who can't stand soccer.Not all Canadians love hockey.A similar situation exists in America,where there are those individuals you may be one of them who yawn or even frown when somebody mentions baseball.Baseball to them means boring hours watching grown men in funny tight outfits standing around in a field while nothing happens.They tell you it's a game better suited to the 19th century,slow,quiet,and gentlemanly.These are the same people you may be one of them who love football because that's the sport that glorifies“the hit'.
By contrast,baseball seems abstract,cool,silent,still.
On TV the game is fractured into a dozen perspectives,replays,and close-ups.The geometry of the game,however,is essential to understanding it.You will contemplate(沉思)the game from one point as a painter does his subject;you may project yourself into the game.It is in this projection that the game affords so much space and time for involvement.The TV won't do it for you.
Take,for example,the third baseman.You sit behind the third base dugout and watch him watching home plate.His legs are apart,knees flexed.His arms hang loose.Watch what happens every time the pitcher(投手)throws:the third baseman goes up on his toes,flexes his arms or brings the glove to a point in front of him,takes a step right or left,backward or forward.Suppose the pitch is a ball.“Nothing happened,you say.“I could have had my eyes closed.
Watch the third baseman.Smooth the dirt in front of you with one foot;smooth the pocket in your glove;watch the eyes of the batter,the speed of the bat,the sound of horsehide on wood.If football is a symphony of movement and theatre,baseball is chamber music,a spacious interlocking of notes,chores and responses.
By stating“I could have had my eyes closed.the author means(4 th paragraph last sentence):“______”

Passage One
There are people in Italy who can't stand soccer.Not all Canadians love hockey.A similar situation exists in America,where there are those individuals you may be one of them who yawn or even frown when somebody mentions baseball.Baseball to them means boring hours watching grown men in funny tight outfits standing around in a field while nothing happens.They tell you it's a game better suited to the 19th century,slow,quiet,and gentlemanly.These are the same people you may be one of them who love football because that's the sport that glorifies“the hit'.
By contrast,baseball seems abstract,cool,silent,still.
On TV the game is fractured into a dozen perspectives,replays,and close-ups.The geometry of the game,however,is essential to understanding it.You will contemplate(沉思)the game from one point as a painter does his subject;you may project yourself into the game.It is in this projection that the game affords so much space and time for involvement.The TV won't do it for you.
Take,for example,the third baseman.You sit behind the third base dugout and watch him watching home plate.His legs are apart,knees flexed.His arms hang loose.Watch what happens every time the pitcher(投手)throws:the third baseman goes up on his toes,flexes his arms or brings the glove to a point in front of him,takes a step right or left,backward or forward.Suppose the pitch is a ball.“Nothing happened,you say.“I could have had my eyes closed.
Watch the third baseman.Smooth the dirt in front of you with one foot;smooth the pocket in your glove;watch the eyes of the batter,the speed of the bat,the sound of horsehide on wood.If football is a symphony of movement and theatre,baseball is chamber music,a spacious interlocking of notes,chores and responses.
We can safely conclude that the author ______。

Passage Two
A market is commonly thought of as a place where commodities are bought and sold.Thus fruit and vegetables are sold wholesale at Covent Garden Market and meat is sold wholesale at Smithfield Market.But there are markets for things other than commodities in the usual sense.There are real estate markets,foreign exchange markets,labor markets,short-term capital markets,and so on;there may be a market for anything which has a price.And there may be no particular place to which dealings are confined.Buyers and sellers may be scattered over the whole world and instead of actually meeting together in a market-place,they may deal with one another by telephone,telegram,cable or letter.Even if dealings are restricted to a particular place.The dealer may consist wholly or in part of agents acting on instructions from the clients far away.Thus agents buy meat at Smithfield on behalf of retail butchers all England;and brokers on the London Stock Exchange buy and sell securities on instructions from clients all over the world.We must therefore define a market as any area over which buyers and sellers are in such close touch with one another,either directly or through dealers.The prices obtainable in one part of the market affect the paid in other parts.
Modern means of communication are so rapid that a buyer can discover what price a seller is asking for,and can accept it if he wishes,although he may be thousands of miles away.Thus the market for anything is,potentially,the whole world.But in fact things have,normally,only a local or national market.
This may be because nearly the whole demand is concentrated in one locality.These special local demands,however,are of quite minor importance.The main reason why many things have not a world market is that they are costly or difficult to transport.
According to the passage,all of the following can be called commodities in the usual sense except ______。

Passage Two
A market is commonly thought of as a place where commodities are bought and sold.Thus fruit and vegetables are sold wholesale at Covent Garden Market and meat is sold wholesale at Smithfield Market.But there are markets for things other than commodities in the usual sense.There are real estate markets,foreign exchange markets,labor markets,short-term capital markets,and so on;there may be a market for anything which has a price.And there may be no particular place to which dealings are confined.Buyers and sellers may be scattered over the whole world and instead of actually meeting together in a market-place,they may deal with one another by telephone,telegram,cable or letter.Even if dealings are restricted to a particular place.The dealer may consist wholly or in part of agents acting on instructions from the clients far away.Thus agents buy meat at Smithfield on behalf of retail butchers all England;and brokers on the London Stock Exchange buy and sell securities on instructions from clients all over the world.We must therefore define a market as any area over which buyers and sellers are in such close touch with one another,either directly or through dealers.The prices obtainable in one part of the market affect the paid in other parts.
Modern means of communication are so rapid that a buyer can discover what price a seller is asking for,and can accept it if he wishes,although he may be thousands of miles away.Thus the market for anything is,potentially,the whole world.But in fact things have,normally,only a local or national market.
This may be because nearly the whole demand is concentrated in one locality.These special local demands,however,are of quite minor importance.The main reason why many things have not a world market is that they are costly or difficult to transport.
We can see from the passage that______.

Passage Two
A market is commonly thought of as a place where commodities are bought and sold.Thus fruit and vegetables are sold wholesale at Covent Garden Market and meat is sold wholesale at Smithfield Market.But there are markets for things other than commodities in the usual sense.There are real estate markets,foreign exchange markets,labor markets,short-term capital markets,and so on;there may be a market for anything which has a price.And there may be no particular place to which dealings are confined.Buyers and sellers may be scattered over the whole world and instead of actually meeting together in a market-place,they may deal with one another by telephone,telegram,cable or letter.Even if dealings are restricted to a particular place.The dealer may consist wholly or in part of agents acting on instructions from the clients far away.Thus agents buy meat at Smithfield on behalf of retail butchers all England;and brokers on the London Stock Exchange buy and sell securities on instructions from clients all over the world.We must therefore define a market as any area over which buyers and sellers are in such close touch with one another,either directly or through dealers.The prices obtainable in one part of the market affect the paid in other parts.
Modern means of communication are so rapid that a buyer can discover what price a seller is asking for,and can accept it if he wishes,although he may be thousands of miles away.Thus the market for anything is,potentially,the whole world.But in fact things have,normally,only a local or national market.
This may be because nearly the whole demand is concentrated in one locality.These special local demands,however,are of quite minor importance.The main reason why many things have not a world market is that they are costly or difficult to transport.
The author says anything can have a potential world market on the ground that ______。

Passage Two
A market is commonly thought of as a place where commodities are bought and sold.Thus fruit and vegetables are sold wholesale at Covent Garden Market and meat is sold wholesale at Smithfield Market.But there are markets for things other than commodities in the usual sense.There are real estate markets,foreign exchange markets,labor markets,short-term capital markets,and so on;there may be a market for anything which has a price.And there may be no particular place to which dealings are confined.Buyers and sellers may be scattered over the whole world and instead of actually meeting together in a market-place,they may deal with one another by telephone,telegram,cable or letter.Even if dealings are restricted to a particular place.The dealer may consist wholly or in part of agents acting on instructions from the clients far away.Thus agents buy meat at Smithfield on behalf of retail butchers all England;and brokers on the London Stock Exchange buy and sell securities on instructions from clients all over the world.We must therefore define a market as any area over which buyers and sellers are in such close touch with one another,either directly or through dealers.The prices obtainable in one part of the market affect the paid in other parts.
Modern means of communication are so rapid that a buyer can discover what price a seller is asking for,and can accept it if he wishes,although he may be thousands of miles away.Thus the market for anything is,potentially,the whole world.But in fact things have,normally,only a local or national market.
This may be because nearly the whole demand is concentrated in one locality.These special local demands,however,are of quite minor importance.The main reason why many things have not a world market is that they are costly or difficult to transport.
In fact,many things don't have a world market because ______。

Passage Two
A market is commonly thought of as a place where commodities are bought and sold.Thus fruit and vegetables are sold wholesale at Covent Garden Market and meat is sold wholesale at Smithfield Market.But there are markets for things other than commodities in the usual sense.There are real estate markets,foreign exchange markets,labor markets,short-term capital markets,and so on;there may be a market for anything which has a price.And there may be no particular place to which dealings are confined.Buyers and sellers may be scattered over the whole world and instead of actually meeting together in a market-place,they may deal with one another by telephone,telegram,cable or letter.Even if dealings are restricted to a particular place.The dealer may consist wholly or in part of agents acting on instructions from the clients far away.Thus agents buy meat at Smithfield on behalf of retail butchers all England;and brokers on the London Stock Exchange buy and sell securities on instructions from clients all over the world.We must therefore define a market as any area over which buyers and sellers are in such close touch with one another,either directly or through dealers.The prices obtainable in one part of the market affect the paid in other parts.
Modern means of communication are so rapid that a buyer can discover what price a seller is asking for,and can accept it if he wishes,although he may be thousands of miles away.Thus the market for anything is,potentially,the whole world.But in fact things have,normally,only a local or national market.
This may be because nearly the whole demand is concentrated in one locality.These special local demands,however,are of quite minor importance.The main reason why many things have not a world market is that they are costly or difficult to transport.
The author's purpose in writing this passage is to ______。

Passage Three
The cicada(蝉)exemplifies an insect species which uses a combinatorial communication system. In their cycle,communication is very important,for only through the exchange of sounds do cicadas know where to meet and when to mate.Three different calls are employed for this purpose.Because of their limited sound producing mechanisms,cicadas can make only ticks and buzzes.The only way they can distinguish between congregation and courtship calls is by varying the rate with which they make ticks and buzzes.The congregation call consists of 12 to 40 ticks,delivered rapidly,followed by a twosecond buzz.It is given by males but attracts cicadas of both sexes.Once they are all together,the males use courtship calls.The preliminary call,a prolonged,slow ticking,is given when the male notice a female near him.The advanced call,a prolonged series of short buzzes at the same slow rate,is given when female is almost within grasp.The preliminary call almost invariably occurs before the advanced call;although the latter is given without the preliminary call occurring first if a female is suddenly discovered very nearby.During typical courtship,though,the two calls together result in ticking followed by a buzzing -the same pattern which comprises the congregation call but delivered at a slower rate.In this way,cicadas show efficient use of their minimal sound producing ability,organizing two sounds delivered at a high rate as one call and the same sounds delivered at a slow rate as two more calls.
The cicada congregation call ______。

Passage Three
The cicada(蝉)exemplifies an insect species which uses a combinatorial communication system. In their cycle,communication is very important,for only through the exchange of sounds do cicadas know where to meet and when to mate.Three different calls are employed for this purpose.Because of their limited sound producing mechanisms,cicadas can make only ticks and buzzes.The only way they can distinguish between congregation and courtship calls is by varying the rate with which they make ticks and buzzes.The congregation call consists of 12 to 40 ticks,delivered rapidly,followed by a twosecond buzz.It is given by males but attracts cicadas of both sexes.Once they are all together,the males use courtship calls.The preliminary call,a prolonged,slow ticking,is given when the male notice a female near him.The advanced call,a prolonged series of short buzzes at the same slow rate,is given when female is almost within grasp.The preliminary call almost invariably occurs before the advanced call;although the latter is given without the preliminary call occurring first if a female is suddenly discovered very nearby.During typical courtship,though,the two calls together result in ticking followed by a buzzing -the same pattern which comprises the congregation call but delivered at a slower rate.In this way,cicadas show efficient use of their minimal sound producing ability,organizing two sounds delivered at a high rate as one call and the same sounds delivered at a slow rate as two more calls.
During typical courtship,when a male first notices a female near him,he gives______。

Passage Three
The cicada(蝉)exemplifies an insect species which uses a combinatorial communication system. In their cycle,communication is very important,for only through the exchange of sounds do cicadas know where to meet and when to mate.Three different calls are employed for this purpose.Because of their limited sound producing mechanisms,cicadas can make only ticks and buzzes.The only way they can distinguish between congregation and courtship calls is by varying the rate with which they make ticks and buzzes.The congregation call consists of 12 to 40 ticks,delivered rapidly,followed by a twosecond buzz.It is given by males but attracts cicadas of both sexes.Once they are all together,the males use courtship calls.The preliminary call,a prolonged,slow ticking,is given when the male notice a female near him.The advanced call,a prolonged series of short buzzes at the same slow rate,is given when female is almost within grasp.The preliminary call almost invariably occurs before the advanced call;although the latter is given without the preliminary call occurring first if a female is suddenly discovered very nearby.During typical courtship,though,the two calls together result in ticking followed by a buzzing -the same pattern which comprises the congregation call but delivered at a slower rate.In this way,cicadas show efficient use of their minimal sound producing ability,organizing two sounds delivered at a high rate as one call and the same sounds delivered at a slow rate as two more calls.
How does the congregation call differ from the two courtship calls together?

Passage Three
The cicada(蝉)exemplifies an insect species which uses a combinatorial communication system. In their cycle,communication is very important,for only through the exchange of sounds do cicadas know where to meet and when to mate.Three different calls are employed for this purpose.Because of their limited sound producing mechanisms,cicadas can make only ticks and buzzes.The only way they can distinguish between congregation and courtship calls is by varying the rate with which they make ticks and buzzes.The congregation call consists of 12 to 40 ticks,delivered rapidly,followed by a twosecond buzz.It is given by males but attracts cicadas of both sexes.Once they are all together,the males use courtship calls.The preliminary call,a prolonged,slow ticking,is given when the male notice a female near him.The advanced call,a prolonged series of short buzzes at the same slow rate,is given when female is almost within grasp.The preliminary call almost invariably occurs before the advanced call;although the latter is given without the preliminary call occurring first if a female is suddenly discovered very nearby.During typical courtship,though,the two calls together result in ticking followed by a buzzing -the same pattern which comprises the congregation call but delivered at a slower rate.In this way,cicadas show efficient use of their minimal sound producing ability,organizing two sounds delivered at a high rate as one call and the same sounds delivered at a slow rate as two more calls.
According to this passage,why is communication so important for cicadas?

Passage Three
The cicada(蝉)exemplifies an insect species which uses a combinatorial communication system. In their cycle,communication is very important,for only through the exchange of sounds do cicadas know where to meet and when to mate.Three different calls are employed for this purpose.Because of their limited sound producing mechanisms,cicadas can make only ticks and buzzes.The only way they can distinguish between congregation and courtship calls is by varying the rate with which they make ticks and buzzes.The congregation call consists of 12 to 40 ticks,delivered rapidly,followed by a twosecond buzz.It is given by males but attracts cicadas of both sexes.Once they are all together,the males use courtship calls.The preliminary call,a prolonged,slow ticking,is given when the male notice a female near him.The advanced call,a prolonged series of short buzzes at the same slow rate,is given when female is almost within grasp.The preliminary call almost invariably occurs before the advanced call;although the latter is given without the preliminary call occurring first if a female is suddenly discovered very nearby.During typical courtship,though,the two calls together result in ticking followed by a buzzing -the same pattern which comprises the congregation call but delivered at a slower rate.In this way,cicadas show efficient use of their minimal sound producing ability,organizing two sounds delivered at a high rate as one call and the same sounds delivered at a slow rate as two more calls.
What does the word “comprises” mean?

Passage Four
Children are getting so fat they may be the first generation to die before their parents,an expert claimed yesterday.
Today's youngsters are already falling prey to potential killers such as diabetes because of their weight.Fatty fast-food diets combined with sedentary lifestyles dominated by televisions and computers could kids will die tragically young,says Professor Andrew Prentice.
In Britain,latest research shows that the average waist size for a man is 36 ~38in and may be 42~44in by 2032.This compares with only 32.6in in 1972.Women's waists have grown from an average of 22in in 1920 to 24in in the Fifties and 30in now.One of the major reasons why children now are at greater risk is that we are getting fatter younger.In the UK alone,more than one million under-16s are classed as overweight or obese-double the number in the mid-Eighties.One in ten four-year-olds are also medically classified as obese.The obesity pandemic-an extensive epidemic-which started in the US,has now spread to Europe,Australia,Central America and the Middle East.
Many nations now record more than 20 percent of their population as clinically obese and well over half the population as overweight.Prof.Prentice said the change in our shape has been caused by a glut of easily available high-energy foods combined with a dramatic drop in the energy we use as a result of technology developments.
Last week one medical journal revealed how obesity was fuelling a rise in cancer cases.Obesity also increases the risk factor for strokes and heart disease.An averagely obese person's lifespan is shortened by around nine years while a severely obese person by many more.
Prof.Prentice said:“So will parents outlive their children,as claimed recently by an American obesity specialist?The answer is yes-and no.Yes,when the offspring become grossly obese.This is now becoming an alarmingly common occurrence in the US.Such children and adolescents have a greatly reduced quality of life in terms of both their physical and psychosocial health.So say No to that doughnut and burger.
What does the word“sedentary(Para.2)”mean?

Passage Four
Children are getting so fat they may be the first generation to die before their parents,an expert claimed yesterday.
Today's youngsters are already falling prey to potential killers such as diabetes because of their weight.Fatty fast-food diets combined with sedentary lifestyles dominated by televisions and computers could kids will die tragically young,says Professor Andrew Prentice.
In Britain,latest research shows that the average waist size for a man is 36 ~38in and may be 42~44in by 2032.This compares with only 32.6in in 1972.Women's waists have grown from an average of 22in in 1920 to 24in in the Fifties and 30in now.One of the major reasons why children now are at greater risk is that we are getting fatter younger.In the UK alone,more than one million under-16s are classed as overweight or obese-double the number in the mid-Eighties.One in ten four-year-olds are also medically classified as obese.The obesity pandemic-an extensive epidemic-which started in the US,has now spread to Europe,Australia,Central America and the Middle East.
Many nations now record more than 20 percent of their population as clinically obese and well over half the population as overweight.Prof.Prentice said the change in our shape has been caused by a glut of easily available high-energy foods combined with a dramatic drop in the energy we use as a result of technology developments.
Last week one medical journal revealed how obesity was fuelling a rise in cancer cases.Obesity also increases the risk factor for strokes and heart disease.An averagely obese person's lifespan is shortened by around nine years while a severely obese person by many more.
Prof.Prentice said:“So will parents outlive their children,as claimed recently by an American obesity specialist?'The answer is yes-and no.Yes,when the offspring become grossly obese.This is now becoming an alarmingly common occurrence in the US.Such children and adolescents have a greatly reduced quality of life in terms of both their physical and psychosocial health.So say No to that doughnut and burger.
Which statement is TRUE?

Passage Four
Children are getting so fat they may be the first generation to die before their parents,an expert claimed yesterday.
Today's youngsters are already falling prey to potential killers such as diabetes because of their weight.Fatty fast-food diets combined with sedentary lifestyles dominated by televisions and computers could kids will die tragically young,says Professor Andrew Prentice.
In Britain,latest research shows that the average waist size for a man is 36 ~38in and may be 42~44in by 2032.This compares with only 32.6in in 1972.Women's waists have grown from an average of 22in in 1920 to 24in in the Fifties and 30in now.One of the major reasons why children now are at greater risk is that we are getting fatter younger.In the UK alone,more than one million under-16s are classed as overweight or obese-double the number in the mid-Eighties.One in ten four-year-olds are also medically classified as obese.The obesity pandemic-an extensive epidemic-which started in the US,has now spread to Europe,Australia,Central America and the Middle East.
Many nations now record more than 20 percent of their population as clinically obese and well over half the population as overweight.Prof.Prentice said the change in our shape has been caused by a glut of easily available high-energy foods combined with a dramatic drop in the energy we use as a result of technology developments.
Last week one medical journal revealed how obesity was fuelling a rise in cancer cases.Obesity also increases the risk factor for strokes and heart disease.An averagely obese person's lifespan is shortened by around nine years while a severely obese person by many more.
Prof.Prentice said:“So will parents outlive their children,as claimed recently by an American obesity specialist?The answer is yes-and no.Yes,when the offspring become grossly obese.This is now becoming an alarmingly common occurrence in the US.Such children and adolescents have a greatly reduced quality of life in terms of both their physical and psychosocial health.So say No to that doughnut and burger.
According to Prof.Prentice,what are the reasons for the change in our shape?

Passage Four
Children are getting so fat they may be the first generation to die before their parents,an expert claimed yesterday.
Today's youngsters are already falling prey to potential killers such as diabetes because of their weight.Fatty fast-food diets combined with sedentary lifestyles dominated by televisions and computers could kids will die tragically young,says Professor Andrew Prentice.
In Britain,latest research shows that the average waist size for a man is 36 ~38in and may be 42~44in by 2032.This compares with only 32.6in in 1972.Women's waists have grown from an average of 22in in 1920 to 24in in the Fifties and 30in now.One of the major reasons why children now are at greater risk is that we are getting fatter younger.In the UK alone,more than one million under-16s are classed as overweight or obese-double the number in the mid-Eighties.One in ten four-year-olds are also medically classified as obese.The obesity pandemic-an extensive epidemic-which started in the US,has now spread to Europe,Australia,Central America and the Middle East.
Many nations now record more than 20 percent of their population as clinically obese and well over half the population as overweight.Prof.Prentice said the change in our shape has been caused by a glut of easily available high-energy foods combined with a dramatic drop in the energy we use as a result of technology developments.
Last week one medical journal revealed how obesity was fuelling a rise in cancer cases.Obesity also increases the risk factor for strokes and heart disease.An averagely obese person's lifespan is shortened by around nine years while a severely obese person by many more.
Prof.Prentice said:“So will parents outlive their children,as claimed recently by an American obesity specialist?The answer is yes-and no.Yes,when the offspring become grossly obese.This is now becoming an alarmingly common occurrence in the US.Such children and adolescents have a greatly reduced quality of life in terms of both their physical and psychosocial health.So say No to that doughnut and burger.
Obesity increases the risk factor of ______。

Passage Four
Children are getting so fat they may be the first generation to die before their parents,an expert claimed yesterday.
Today's youngsters are already falling prey to potential killers such as diabetes because of their weight.Fatty fast-food diets combined with sedentary lifestyles dominated by televisions and computers could kids will die tragically young,says Professor Andrew Prentice.
In Britain,latest research shows that the average waist size for a man is 36 ~38in and may be 42~44in by 2032.This compares with only 32.6in in 1972.Women's waists have grown from an average of 22in in 1920 to 24in in the Fifties and 30in now.One of the major reasons why children now are at greater risk is that we are getting fatter younger.In the UK alone,more than one million under-16s are classed as overweight or obese-double the number in the mid-Eighties.One in ten four-year-olds are also medically classified as obese.The obesity pandemic-an extensive epidemic-which started in the US,has now spread to Europe,Australia,Central America and the Middle East.
Many nations now record more than 20 percent of their population as clinically obese and well over half the population as overweight.Prof.Prentice said the change in our shape has been caused by a glut of easily available high-energy foods combined with a dramatic drop in the energy we use as a result of technology developments.
Last week one medical journal revealed how obesity was fuelling a rise in cancer cases.Obesity also increases the risk factor for strokes and heart disease.An averagely obese person's lifespan is shortened by around nine years while a severely obese person by many more.
Prof.Prentice said:“So will parents outlive their children,as claimed recently by an American obesity specialist?The answer is yes-and no.Yes,when the offspring become grossly obese.This is now becoming an alarmingly common occurrence in the US.Such children and adolescents have a greatly reduced quality of life in terms of both their physical and psychosocial health.So say No to that doughnut and burger.
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