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Eating vegetables is good. As evidence of the health benefits of vegetables

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问题     Eating vegetables is good. As evidence of the health benefits of vegetables has【S1】______, public health scientists, nutritionists, federal health experts, growers and marketers, teachers and physicians have been urging—and urging and urging—that Americans eat more of them.
    Producers have gone to great lengths to【S2】______vegetable consumption by a public increasingly pressed for time and overly focused on fast food and takeout. Farmers’ markets are【S3】______up all over the country, with displays of locally grown produce. Supermarkets feature ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook vegetables. Simple, tasty recipes are often part of the produce display. Even the major fast-food purveyors (供应者) have made an effort,【S4】______salads as side and main dishes; McDonald’s now sells【S5】______salads than any other eating establishment.
   【S6】______last month came the discouraging word from the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that Americans have【S7】______far short of the goals set a decade ago to increase consumption of vegetables. In 2009, just one in three adults had three or more servings a day. That was half the【S8】______public health officials had hoped for. And it falls【S9】______shorter if you look at the current
recommendations: at least four to five vegetable servings daily. Please note the【S10】______of a serving: half a cup of cut-up or cooked vegetables, one cup of fresh greens, half a cup of cooked dried beans, or, if you must, six ounces of vegetable juice.
A) percentage F) springing K) Yet
B) accumulated G) introducing L) comments
C) disagree H) Already M) different
D) definition I) more N) fallen
E) encourage J) even O) rate [br] 【S2】
选项
答案 E
解析 动词辨析题。空格所在句的主语为Producers“生产者”，谓语部分中的gone to great lengths是一个固定表达方式，意为“不遗余力，竭尽所能”。第二个to为不定式符号，后面接动词原形。空格处句意为“生产者致力于——公众消费蔬菜，而公众正变得越来越忙碌，总是愿意选择快餐和外卖食品”，结合备选动词词义可知，encourage“鼓励”符合句意。
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