“Diets that promote more rapid growth put babies at risk many years later in_________ (54)of raising their blood pressure，raising their cholesterol(胆固醇)and increasing their
tendency to diabetes(糖尿病)and obesity—the_________ (55)main risk factors for stroke and heart attack，”said Professor Alan Lucas of the Institute of Child Health in London．
“Our evidence suggests that the reason why breast-fed babies do better is because they grow more_________ (56)in the early weeks．”
Lucas said the effects of breastfeeding on blood pressure and cholesterol later in life are greater than_________ (57)adults can do to control the risk factors for
cardiovascular disease，other than taking drugs.
An estimated 17 million people die of_________ (58)disease，particularly heart attack and strokes，each year，according to the World Health Organization Lucas and his
colleagues compared the health of 216 teenagers_________ (59)as babies had either been breastfed or given different nutritional baby formulas．They reported their_________ (60)
in The Lancet medical journal.
The teenagers who had been_________ (61)had a 14--percent lower ratio of bad to good cholesterol and lower concentrations of a protein that is a marker for cardiovascular
disease risk．
The researchers also found that，_________ (62)of the child’s right at birth，the faster the infants grew in the early weeks and months of life，the_________ (63)was their
later risk of heart disease and stroke，The effect was the_________ (64)for both boys and girls；
“The more human milk you have in the newborn period．the lower your cholesterol level is，the lower your blood pressure is 16 years _________ (65)，”Lucas said.
51. A thousands B hundreds C millions D numbers
52. A likely B possible C prone D easy
53. A towards B against C onto D for
54. A words B cases C places D terms
55. A four B two C six D five
56. A quickly B slowly C weakly D obviously
57. A this B that C anything D nothing
58. A rare B strange C multiple D cardiovascular
59. A whom B who C what D which
60. A findings
