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  3. Losing your belly bulge(鼓起的部分)is important for more than just vanity’s sake.

Losing your belly bulge(鼓起的部分)is important for more than just vanity’s sake.

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问题     Losing your belly bulge(鼓起的部分)is important for more than just vanity’s sake. Excess abdominal(腹部的)fat is a【C1】______of many diseases. If diet and exercise haven’t done much to【C2】______it, other factors may be the reason.
    As you get older, your body changes how it gains and loses weight. Both men and women experience a【C3】______in the number of calories the body needs to function【C4】______. Women also have to deal with menopause(更年期)when the production of several hormones slows down. This shift causes women to hold onto weight in their bellies.
    To shed stubborn belly fat, you have to【C5】______your workouts. A study shows people who completed a high-intensity workout plan lost more belly fat than those who followed a low-intensity one. "You need to exercise at full intensity because the end goal is to【C6】______more calories, and high-intensity exercise does just that," says Natalie Jill.
    【C7】______deadlines, bills, your kids—whatever your source of stress, having too much of it may make it harder for you to drop unwanted pounds, especially from your middle. And it’s not just because you tend to reach for high-fat, high-calorie food when you’re【C8】______. It’s also due to the hormone Cortisol(皮质醇), which may increase the amount of fat and enlarge your fat cells.
    Are you【C9】______to the work needed to lose belly fat? Reducing belly fat takes a【C10】______approach of a low-calorie diet along with cardiovascular(心血管的)and weight training.
A)actually F)deep K)predictor
B)burn G)focus L)reduce
C)combination H)increase M)Right
D)committed I)normally N)stressed
E)decline J)physical O)Tight [br] 【C2】
选项
答案 L
解析 动词辨析题。分析句子结构可知，空格位于不定式符号to之后，应填入动词原形。本句意思是如果节食和运动没能——腹部脂肪，那么其他因素可能是罪魁祸首。本文主要内容是介绍腹部脂肪难减的原因，前面提到的节食和运动的目的是减肥，由此可知本空应填含有“减少，降低”等含义的词，备选项有decline和reduce。decline意为“减少”时是不及物动词，而空格应填及物动词，因此填reduce。
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