"Much of thesickness and death attributed_________(51)the major communicable diseases is infact caused by malnutrition which makes the body less able to withstand

infections when theystrike",said Dr. Hiroshi Nakajima,Director-General of WHO,in his statementon the first day of the World Food Summit.

"At the sametime,"he added,"in developing countries today,malnutrition is thecause of 174 million children under five years of age being________(52),and 230million

being stunted intheir growth.Such_________(53)represent deprivation,suffering and wasted humanpotential __________(54)a scale that is unacceptable from every point of

view. Whether wethink in __________(55)of humanitarian concern,common justice or developmentneeds,they demand a ___________(56),both from national governments

and frominternational community."At the end of January 1996,98__________(57)hadnational plans of action for nutrition and 41 countries had one underpreparation,in

keeping withtheir___________(58)made at the International Conference on Nutrition in Rome in December 1992.

The globalsituation,__________(59),remains grim. It is now __________(60)that 6.6 millionout of the estimated 12.2 million deaths_________(61)are among children

under five.Insome__________(62),such as sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia,stagnation（停滞）of nutritionalimprovement_________(63)with a rapid rise in population

has result in an________(64)increase in total number of malnourished children.Over 800 millionpeople around the world still cannot_________(65)basic needs for energy

and protein,morethan two thousand million people lack essential micronutrients,and hundreds ofmillions suffer from diseases caused by unsafe food and unbalanced diets._________(64)

A.expected

B.actual

C.available

D. average