理工类辅导资料：完形填空Free Statins
Fast food outlets could provide statin drugs free of 1 so that customers can reduce the heart disease dangers of fatty food， researchers at Imperial College London 2 in a new
study．
Statins reduce the 3 of unhealthy ”LDL” cholesterol in the blood. A wealth of trial data has proven them to be highly effective at lowering a person’s heart attack 4 .
In a paper published in the American Journal of Cardiology，Dr Darrel Francis and colleagues calculate that the reduction in heart attack risk offered by a statin is 5 to offset the increase in heart attack risk from 6 a cheeseburger and drinking a milkshake．
Dr Francis，from the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London，who is the senior author of the study， said：”Statins don’t cut out a11 of the 7 effects of cheeseburgers and French fries．It’s better to avoid fatty food altogether．But we’ve worked out that in terms of your 8 of having a heart attack. Taking a statin can reduce your risk to more or less the same 9 as a fast food meal increases it.” “It’s ironic that people are free to take as many unhealthv condiments in fast food outlets as they 10 ， but statins， which are beneficial to heart health， have to be prescribed. It makes sense to make risk-reducing statins available just as easily as the unhealthy condiments that are l 1 free of charge．It would cost less than 5 pence per 1 2 一not much different to a sachet of sugar.” Dr Francis said．
When people engage in risky behaviours like driving or smoking， they’re encouraged to take 13 that lower their risk， 1ike 14 a seatbelt or choosing cigarettes with filters. Taking a statin is a rational way of 1 5 some of the risks of eating a fatty meal．
词汇：
statin/stæ tIn！ n．降胆固醇药物
outlet/autlit/ n．销售点
cholesterol/ k?lest?r?l / n．胆固醇
offset /，?fset/ V. 抵消，补偿
cheeseburger/ t?i：z，b?：ɡ? / n．芝士汉堡包
milkshake！ milk?eik / n．奶昔
condiment /k?ndim?nt]！ n ．调味品
sachet /sæt?ei / ii ．小袋，小包
rational / ræ??n?l / adj．合理的
注释：
1. Fast food outlets could provide statin drugs： 句中的could 是一种委婉表达建议的用词，意为“可以”。
2. Imperial College London： 帝国理工学院。该学院于1907 年由城市和行会学校、皇家矿业学校以及皇家科学学院合并组成。学院于2007 年7月正式脱离伦敦大学成为一所独立大学。提供本科和研究生教育，共有四个学院，工程学院、医学院、自然科学院和生命科学院
3. LDL cholesterol： 低密度脂蛋白胆固醇。LDL是low density lipoprotein（低密度脂蛋白）的缩写形式。
4. a wealth of trial data： 大量的试验数据。a wealth of意为“大量的，许多”。
5. American Journal of Cardiology： 美国心脏病学杂志
6. French fries：炸薯条
7.It makes sense...： make sense 意为“说得通，合情合理”。
8. a sachet of sugar： 一小袋糖。快餐店一般备有袋糖，供饮咖啡或热奶的顾客免费取用。
练习：
1．A change B charge C chain D chance
2．A trust B decide C suggest D calculate
3．A number B amount C volume D product
4．A frequency B treatment C diagnosis D risk
5．A severe B enough C weak D active
6．A buying B preparing C eating D cooking
7．A unhealthy B strong C different D doubtful
8．A examination B suffering C determination D possibility
9．A degree B dimension C angle D range
10．A use B hate C reject D like
11．A transported B provided C preserved D convened
12．A cook B patient C customer D visitor
1 3．A measures B care C advantages D turns
14．A buying B wearing C cleaning D changing
1 5．A increasing B finding C lowering D taking