12. The number of North American children who are obese-that is who have more body fat than do 85 percent of North American children their age -is steadily increasing, according to four major studies conducted over the past 15 years. If the finding reported above is correct, it can be properly concluded that (A) when four major studies all produce similar results .those studies must be accurate. (B) North American children have been progressively less physically active over the past 15 years. (C) The number of North American children who are not obese increased over the past 15 years. (D) Over the past 15 years ,the number of North American children who are underweight has declined. (E) The incidence of obesity in North American children tends to increase as the children grow older. ![](/static/legacy-emoticon/101.gif) ![](/static/legacy-emoticon/101.gif) -- by 会员 棒棒dudu (2010/8/17 6:27:00)
觉得选C。因为对于obese的定义是和同年龄人比较后按百分比算的,就是说obese的孩子永远只占全部孩子的15%,所以,当obese的孩子数量增加时,即孩子总数增加,所以not obese的孩子(总数的85%部分)的数量也增加了。 |