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Pasta is no longer off the menu, after a new review of studies suggested that

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问题    Pasta is no longer off the menu, after a new review of studies suggested that the carbohydrate can form part of a healthy diet, and even help people lose weight. For years, nutritionists have recommended that pasta be kept to a【C1】______, to cut calories, prevent fat build-up and stop blood sugar【C2】______up.
   The low-carbohydrate food movement gave birth to such diets as the Atkins, Paleo and Keto, which advised swapping foods like bread, pasta and potatoes for vegetables, fish and meat. More recently the trend of swapping spaghetti for vegetables has been【C3】______by clean-eating experts.
   But now a【C4】______review and analysis of 30 studies by Canadian researchers found that not only does pasta not cause weight gain, but three meals a week can help people drop more than half a kilogram over four months. The reviewers found that pasta had been unfairly demonized (妖魔化) because it had been【C5】______in with other, more fat-promoting carbohydrates.
   "The study found that pasta didn’t【C6】______to weight gain or increase in body fat," said lead author Dr John Sievenpiper. " In【C7】______the evidence, we can now say with some confidence that pasta does not have an【C8】______effect on body weight outcomes when it is consumed as part of a healthy dietary pattern. " In fact, analysis actually showed a small weight loss. So【C9】______to concerns, perhaps pasta can be part of a healthy diet.
   Those involved in the【C10】______trials on average ate 3.3 servings of pasta a week instead of other carbohydrates, one serving equaling around half a cup. They lost around half a kilogram over an average follow-up of 12 weeks.
   A) adverse I) minimum
   B) championed J) radiating
   C) clinical K) ration
   D) contrary L) shooting
   E) contribute M) subscribe
   F) intimate N) systematic
   G) lumped O) weighing
   H) magnified [br] 【C5】
选项
答案 G
解析 动词辨析题。空格前面是助动词had been，空格后是副词in和介词with，因此推断空格处应填入动词过去分词作谓语，并与其后的in with构成短语，而G)lumped“混在一起”可与in with搭配构成短语，表示“与……相混杂”，故为答案。另外一个过去分词magnified“放大；夸大”与空格所在句意义不符，故排除。
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