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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] 【C9】
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答案 D
解析 形容词辨析题。空格位于一个独立结构之中，其后是to引导的介宾短语to concerns，而句子的主干为简单句，为判断和说明性文字，指出意大利面可能是健康饮食的一部分，可知此处应填入形容词，再由前文所提及的，过去的观点担心意大利面会增加体重，可确定D)contrary“相反的；对立的”符合题意，表示与担忧意大利面不健康的观点相反。
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