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Passage 20
Dieting advisor Dr. Robert Atkins recommends eating a diet high in protein for those who want to lose weight and keep it off. The hamburger patty is good, the hamburger bun bad, according to the _1_ of Atkins, who has turned his philosophies into a dieting revolution, starting with his first book, Dr.Atkins Diet Revolution, in 1972.
Atkins，books _2_ top best-seller lists. Atkins companies have made millions of dollars in sales of specialty low-carb food products and carb-counting scales.
But the popularity of Atkins’ eating advice, now appealing to another generation, is _3_ some food companies who rely on the consumer _4_ for carbohydrate-laden foods such as pastas and pizzas, cakes, cookies and cereals, to add weight to their own bottom lines.
“Our industry has to do something, and soon. It is starting to become a _5_belief that carbohydrates are bad,” said Judi Adams, director of the Wheat Foods Council. Part of the society's push will be in Washington, where federal health officials are starting talks on _6_ to the nation's 11-year-old Food Guide Pyramid.
Currently, the pyramid puts bread, cereals, rice and pasta as the _7_ for healthy eating. The strategy is a direct attack on Atkins: Americans who follow the Atkins diet _8_ their risk of health problems that include cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol, kidney damage and some cancers, the Wheat Foods Council says.
According to Atkins, he is not looking to go to war with the food companies, and even Atkins diehards allow for an _9_ doughnut or cookie. “We teach people how to respect it and, on rare occasions, have it in _10_,” he said. “We know people can’t stay away from it forever.”
A) mainstream B) increase C) profitable D) occasional
E) routinely F) panicking G) foundation H) hasty
I) recommends J) appetite K) teachings L) revisions
M) empirically N) moderation O) merge
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Passage 20
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1. [K] the... of结构表明此处应为名词。从该段开头提及的“汉堡肉饼好，汉堡小圆面包则不好”可以推断该词应表示Atkins博士的“观点”、“看法”等，故teachings“教义,学说”符合于上下文语义。
2. [E]空格前后的books和top分别是句子的主语和谓语，故此处需填人副词。后文提到Atkins的公司挣了很多钱，因此可推断他的书经常居于畅销书之首，routinely “惯常地”符合语义。
3.[F]此处应为动词的现在分词，与is构成现在进行时的谓语。从上文可知Atkins博士认为碳水化合物不利健康，因此本句应该表示他的这一说法使生产碳水化合物食品的公司“很恐慌”等意思，panicking在词形和词义上都符合要求。
4.[J]此处应为名词，为rely on的宾语，且能与for搭配。后文举例提到各种碳水化合物食品，因此选择appetite“胃口；爱好”，表示这些食品公司依靠人们对富含碳水化合物食品的喜好来实现盈利。
5.[A]此处应为belief的修饰成分，可为名词、形容词或动词的分词形式。该句要表明Judi Adams担心Atkins博士的观点会成为“影响广泛”的观念，故mainstream“主流”正确。
6.[L]此处应为名词，作介词on的宾语。此句描述的是小麦食品协会对付Atkins的对策，故revisions“修订”正确。revisions to意为“对……的修订”。
7.[G]空格前的the表明此处应为名词，作as的宾语。面包、谷类、米饭和面食都是富含碳水化合物的食品，应处于金字塔底端，因此foundation“基础”正确。
8.[B]此处应填入谓语动词，宾语为their risk;句子主语为Americans,故填入动词原形。前文说到这个策略是对Atkins理论的直接进攻，因此按照Atkins的方法饮食的美国人，出现健康问题的风险会increal“增加”。
9.[D]此处应填入以元音开头的名词、形容间或动词分词作定语。本句及下句的rare occasions 表明Atkins并非绝对禁止他的追随者吃碳水化合物食物，他们可以“偶尔”吃这些食物，因此选occasional。
10.[N]此处应为名词，作介词in的宾语。根据该句中的rare occasions可以知道atkins主张可以偶尔吃吃碳水化合物食品，但也要控制数量，因此moderation“适度”正确。have it in moderation 意为“适量地吃”。