61. In the first paragraph all the figures surrounding obesity reflect ____.

  1. a close link between growing obese and developing disease
  2. the inevitable diseases of modern civilization
  3. the war against the epidemic we have lost
  4. the urgency of the global phenomenon

62. When it comes to the recently reported diet pills, the author would say that ____.

  1. drugs are no replacement of prevention
  2. the technical advance is not necessarily good news
  3. the technical fix does help reverse the obesity epidemic
  4. the mechanism of tesofensine still remains to be verified

63. Which of the following can be referred to as the environmental perspective of the author's argument?

  1. Belittling good health behavior.
  2. Imposing a heavy burden on our planet.
  3. Making trouble for our social environment.
  4. Having implications for mental and physical health.

64. The author argues that we make greater efforts to help people fight against ____.

  1. their biological overeating tendency and aggressively marketed foods
  2. the development of diet pills as a technical fix for obesity
  3. their excuses for their genetic susceptibility to obesity
  4. the defeatism prevailing in the general populations

65. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

  1. No Quick Fix
  2. Disease of Civilization
  3. Pursuing a Technical Fix
  4. A War on Global Obesity

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