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  3. In the following text, some sentences have been removed. Choose the most suitable one from the list A—G to fit into each of the

In the following text, some sentences have been removed. Choose the most suitable one from the list A—G to fit into each of the

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问题     In the following text, some sentences have been removed. Choose the most suitable one from the list A—G to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps.

    On the north bank of the Ohio River sits Evansville, Ind., home of David Williams, 52, and of a riverboat casino where gambling games are played. During several years of gambling in that casino, Williams, a state auditor earning $35,000 a year, lost approximately $175,000. He had never gambled before the casino sent him a coupon for 820 worth of gambling.
    He visited the casino, lost the $20 and left. On his second visit he lost $800. The casino issued to him, as a good customer, a Fun Card, which when used in the casino earns points for meals and drinks, and enables the casino to track the user’s gambling activities. For Williams, these activities become what he calls electronic morphine. (41)______. In 1997 he lost $21,000 to one slot machine in two days. In March 1997 he lost $72,186, He sometimes played two slot machines at a time, all night, until the boat locked at 5 a.m., then went back aboard when the casino opened at 9 a.m. Now he is suing the casino, charging that it should have refused his patronage because it knew he was addicted. It did know he had a problem.
    In March 1998, a friend of Williams’ got him involuntarily confined to a treatment center for addictions, and wrote to inform the casino of Williams’ gamblers. The casino included a photo of Williams among those of banned gamblers, and wrote to him a" cease admissions" letter noting the "medical/psychological" nature of problem gambling behaviors, the letter said that before being readmitted to the patronizing the casino would pose no threat to his safety have to his safety or well-being. (42)______.
    The Wall Street Journal reports that the casino has 20 signs warning: "Enjoy the fun and always bet with your head, not over it". Every entrance ticket lists a toll-free number for counseling from the Indiana Department of Mental Health. Nevertheless, Williams’ suit charged that the casino, knowing he was "helplessly addicted to gambling", intentionally worked to "love" him to "engage in conduct against his will" well.
    (43)______.
    The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) says "pathological gambling" involves persistent, recurring and uncontrollable pursuit loss of money than the thrill of taking risks in quest of a windfall. (44)______. Pushed by science, or what claims to be science, society is reclassifying what once were considered character flaws or moral failings as personality disorders akin to physical disabilities. (45)______.
    Forty-four states have lotteries, 29 have casinos, and most of these states are to varying degrees dependent on—you might say—addicted to revenues from wagering, And since the first Internet gambling site was created in 1995, competition for gamblers’ dollars has become intense. The Oct. 28 issue of Newsweek reported that 2 million gamblers patronize 1,800 virtual casinos every week. With $3.5 billion being lost on Internet wagers this year, gambling has passed pornography as the Web’s most profitable business.

A. Although no such evidence was presented, the casino’s marketing department continued to pepper him with mailings. And he entered the casino and used his Fun Card without being detected.
B. It is unclear what luring was required, given his compulsive behavior. And in what sense was his will operative?
C. By the time he had lost $5,000 he said to himself that if he could get back to even, he would quit. One night he won $5,500, but he did not quit.
D. Gambling has been a common feature of American life forever, but for a long time it was broadly considered a sin, or a social disease. Now it is a social policy, the most important and aggressive promoter of gambling in America is government.
E. David Williams’ suit should trouble this gambling nation. But don’t bet on it.
F. It is worrisome that society is medicalizing more and more behavioral problems, often defining as addictions what earlier, sterner generations explained as weakness of will.
G. The anonymous, lonely, undistracted nature of online gambling is especially conductive to compulsive behavior. But even if the government knew how to move against Internet gambling, what would be its grounds for doing so?

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答案D
解析 本题属同义复现题，考查的是段尾句。本段首先介绍了"病理赌博"的定义。接着进一步指出从前人们认为的"意志薄弱行为"就是今天我们常说的"沉溺症"。在所谓"科学"的推动下，社会将从前我们认为的性格缺陷、道德过失重新归类到类似于生理障碍的"病态人格"。空白处是段尾，既要对本段进行总结，还要引出下一段内容，起到承上启下的作用。空后文字提到，美国有44个州售卖彩票，29个州没有赌场，而且大多数州在不同程度上依靠这些赌博活动获得税收。继而引入了网上赌博的概念，第一个赌博网的创立时间，网上赌博的发展等等。D直接提到了美国政府在美国人赌博习惯中所扮演的角色。而本空空后文字提到了政府之所以这样做主要是因为要从赌博活动中取得税收，所以D选项承上启下，本空应该选D。
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