Text 3 In the early 1960s Wilt Chamberla

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问题 Text 3 In the early 1960s Wilt Chamberlain was one of only three players in the National Basketball Association（NBA）listed at over seven feet.If he had played last season,however,he would have been one of 42.The bodies playing major professional sports have changed dramatically over the years,and managers have been more than willing to adjust team uniforms to fit the growing numbers of bigger,longer frames.The trend in sports,though,may be obscuring an unrecognized reality:Americans have generally stopped growing.Though typically about two inches taller now than 140 years ago,today’s people–especially those born to families who have lived in the U.S.for many generations–apparently reached their limit in the early 1960s.And they aren’t likely to get any taller.“In the general population today,at this genetic,environmental level,we’ve pretty much gone as far as we can go,”says anthropologist William Cameron Chumlea of Wright State University.In the case of NBA players,their increase in height appears to result from the increasingly common practice of recruiting players from all over the world.Growth,which rarely continues beyond the age of 20,demands calories and nutrients–notably,protein–to feed expanding tissues.At the start of the 20th century,under-nutrition and childhood infections got in the way.But as diet and health improved,children and adolescents have,on average,increased in height by about an inch and a half every 20 years,a pattern known as the secular trend in height.Yet according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,average height–5′9″for men,5′4″for women–hasn’t really changed since 1960.Genetically speaking,there are advantages to avoiding substantial height.During childbirth,larger babies have more difficulty passing through the birth canal.Moreover,even though humans have been upright for millions of years,our feet and back continue to struggle with bipedal posture and cannot easily withstand repeated strain imposed by oversize limbs.“There are some real constraints that are set by the genetic architecture of the individual organism,”says anthropologist William Leonard of Northwestern University.Genetic maximums can change,but don’t expect this to happen soon.ClaireC.Gordon,senior anthropologist at the Army Research Center in Natick,Mass.,ensures that 90 percent of the uniforms and workstations fit recruits without alteration.She says that,unlike those for basketball,the length of military uniforms has not changed for some time.And if you need to predict human height in the near future to design a piece of equipment,Gordon says that by and large,“you could use today’s data and feel fairly confident.”33.On which of the following statements would the author most probably agree?A.Non-Americans add to the average height of the nation.B.Human height is conditioned by the upright posture.C.Americans are the tallest on average in the world.D.Larger babies tend to become taller in adulthood.

选项 A.Non-Americans add to the average height of the nation.
B.Human height is conditioned by the upright posture.
C.Americans are the tallest on average in the world.
D.Larger babies tend to become taller in adulthood.

答案 B

解析有关作者可能同意的论述会涉及到整个篇章，因此无法定位到具体一段，则需要通过排除法依次对每项进行分析来解答。A项张冠李戴，文中第二段末句提到NBA球员身高的增长可能是从世界各国吸收球员的结果，由此我们只能推知非美国人对NBA球队的平均身高有影响，而选项中的美国替代了NBA球队，扩大概念。而且此项表述过于绝对，文中并没有定论，故排除；B项所在的段落应为第四段，第三句提到人类的两足和背部仍在同直立行走的姿势相抗衡，难以承受因肢体过长造成的压力，末句引用专家的话作总结指出，对身高的限制是由遗传结构决定的，因此B项

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