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Being fit is more important than being thin. Research shows that overweight

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问题     Being fit is more important than being thin. Research shows that overweight or even obese(肥胖 )men who【C1】______have a lower death rate than "normal" weight men who do not exercise. Fat【C2】______begins in childhood. One study showed that as early as nursery school children【C3】______images  of disfigured or disabled peers to images of fat kids. A【C4】______of college students said they’d【C5】______marry a cocaine user, a shoplifter or a blind person than someone who was fat. The prejudice creates【C6】______that affects fat people in every part of their lives including finances. Fat white women usually earn less than slim white women--24 percent less,【C7】______to one study.
    People often【C8】______their judgements about fat people by saying they【C9】______to be fat. Choose? Who would choose life as a fat person in this weight-obsessed culture? There are many【C10】______about fat people. That all fat people have eating disorders or unresolved emotional or mental issues. That【C11】______they really wanted to lose weight they could( implying laziness). This is completely illogical【C12】______body weight is determined by many factors such as genetics, metabolism and dieting history.
    Some people are【C13】______fat. Genetics are simply science, not character【C14】______. The Center for Disease Control reports that 78 percent of American women are actively trying to【C15】______weight, and at an amazing failure rat9---95 percent of dieters【C16】______what they lost within two to five years. Alter dieting, the body often gains【C17】______the lost weight and more.  Determined to survive, the body【C18】______for the next starvation period.
    The diet industry is extremely【C19】______, earning $ 33 billion each year.  But if diets【C20】______wouldn’t we all be thin by now? Recent estimates say 55 percent of Americans are overweight. [br] 【C6】
选项 A、disgrace
B、distinction
C、discrimination
D、dishonor
答案 C
解析 语义衔接题。discrimination 意为“歧视”，根据上文内容以及空格后的内容that affects fat people in every part of their lives 可知，______ 影响着胖人生活的各个方面，且比prejudice(偏见)更近一步，因此可判断出此处为“歧视”。
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