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Americans have longer, but not necessarily healthier lives due to high rates
Americans have longer, but not necessarily healthier lives due to high rates
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2024-02-09
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Americans have longer, but not necessarily healthier lives due to high rates of preventable chronic disease, according to an annual report on the nation’s health released on Tuesday.
Gains in life expectancy【C1】______with Americans’ unhealthy behaviors,【C2】______have led to a 28 percent adult obesity rate, a diabetes rate of【C3】______10 percent and a high blood pressure rate of more than 30 percent,【C4】______to United Health Foundation’s 2012 America’s Health Rankings. All three conditions are【C5】______risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
Since 1990, premature deaths have【C6】______by 18 percent, cardiovascular deaths have fallen 35 percent, and cancer deaths have slipped by 8 percent, the report said. Americans’ life expectancy was 78. 5 years in 2009, 1.7 years【C7】______the level in 2000, the report said. "As a【C8】______, we’ve made extraordinary gains in longevity over the【C9】______decades, but as individuals we are regressing in our health," said Dr. Reed Tuckson, a【C10】______adviser at the United Health Foundation and chief of medical【C11】______at the United Health Group.
Among the 24 different metrics involved in【C12】______the nation’s health are a variety of【C13】______such as smoking, violent crime and a lack of health insurance.
The report, now in its 23rd year,【C14】______data from the Centers for Disease Control and the US Census Bureau as【C15】______as the FBI, among other sources. Vermont was【C16】______to be the healthiest US state thanks in part to a low incidence of【C17】______diseases, a low violent crime rate and a high rate of health insurance【C18】______its residents. Mississippi and Louisiana were the unhealthiest states because of a high【C19】______of obesity, diabetes and a low birth weight among【C20】______, among other factors. [br] 【C14】
选项
A、incorporates
B、clarifies
C、amends
D、adds
答案
A
解析
动词辨析题。此处指出,这项报告——来自疾病控制中心等其他众多资源的数据。空格处所填动词充当句子谓语。纵观四个选项只有“包含”才能说得通,incorporates的意思为“包含,并入”,故答案为A)。clarifies“阐明,澄清”;amends“修改,修订”;adds“加上”。
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