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  3. The physical fitness movement in America followed the immigration of a large

The physical fitness movement in America followed the immigration of a large

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问题     The physical fitness movement in America followed the immigration of a large number of German migrants into America who fled their country due to the 1848 revolution. The movement began from Fredrich Ludwig Jahn who (47)______ exercise and sport with German history and tradition and saw a connection between mental and physical health. Charle Pollen, a Jahn student, who opposed to loose exercise, stressed (48)______ mental and physical exercise. In the mid-west, the Germans established their first gymnastic institution called the Turnverein in Cincinnati in 1848. Later called the Turners, these groups developed (49)______ organized outings of picnics, games, gymnastics, and celebrations of German culture.
    Catherine Beecher promoted physical fitness for women, and felt that tight clothes not only made such exercise impossible, but actually (50)______ the natural form of women’s bodies, and could even be passed on to future generations and (51)______ the race. She was also an advocate of improving (52)______ and an early opponent of gluttony(暴食), believing ingredient in food stimulated the (53)______ towards excess. Others advocated vegetarianism(素食主义), or saw lack of sunshine as a cause of stomach discomfort. They have particular (54)______ regardless, but all of the food reformers had a common philosophy: bad eating habits led to social disorder. Like physical fitness supporters, they saw a connection between reshaping the body and reshaping American society to improve the individual and the country.
    The physical fitness movement declined in the years preceding the Civil War, then (55)______, as Americans began to live in cities and worked before desks all day long. Advocates promoted "Muscular Christianity," a movement begun in England, which stressed that the best and most moral Christians were those with (56)______ bodies. And this really disturbed the traditional ideas about health.

             Word Bank:
A. advance              I. nationally
B. sound                J. shaped
C. rapidly              K. nutrition
D. spoiled              L. appetite
E. preference           M. revived
F. marvelous            N. alternative
G. degrade              O. rigorous
H. unified [br]
选项
答案 D
解析 本句中的not only…but…句型表明，此处应填动词的过去式与前面的made并列；再结合 made such exercise impossible推断，后半句也应表示否定意义。D. spoiled意为“破坏，损坏”，强调破坏完整性、完美性或整体感等，后接the natural form of women’s bodies时指破坏女性自然的身形，因此D项正确。J. shaped意为“塑造，使…有形”，与空后的内容搭配会造成语义矛盾(只能说塑造身形，不能说塑造自然身形)，而且也不含否定意义，因此应排除J。
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