考研英语阅读之新题型-多项对应（上）
2006 Reading comprehension Part B
Part B
Directions:
In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered gaps. There are two extra choices, which you do not need to use in any of the blanks. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. （10 points）
[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 the government.
pepper him with mailings
n. 胡椒；辣椒；胡椒粉
vt. 加胡椒粉于；使布满
接二连三地给他发邮件
[E] David Williams’s 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 conducive to compulsive behavior. But even if the government knew how to move against Internet gambling, what would be its grounds for doing so?
stern
adj. 严厉的；坚定的；严峻的；认真的
n. 船尾；末端；
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.
令人担忧的是，现代社会越来越多地用医学方法来处理行为问题，过去被苛责的前辈们称为意志薄弱的行为，我们则将其定义为上瘾。
On the north bank of the Ohio river sits Evansville, Ind., home of David Williams, 52, and of a riverboat casino （a place 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 $20 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, those activities become what he calls “electronic heroin”.
（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 docked 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.
patronage[ˈpætrənɪdʒ]
n. 赞助；光顾；任免权
Patronage of the arts comes from businesses and private individuals.
对艺术的资助来自企业和个人。
In March 1998 a friend of Williams’s got him involuntarily confined to a treatment center for addictions, and wrote to inform the casino of Williams’s gambling problem. 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 behavior, the letter said that before being readmitted to the casino he would have to present medical/psychological information demonstrating that patronizing the casino would pose no threat to his safety or well-being.
Nothing the medical/psychological nature of problem gambling behaviors, the letter said that before being readmitted to the casino he would have to present medical/psychological information demonstrating that patronizing the casino would pose no threat to his safety or well-being.
多重复合句。句子主干为the letter said that
that…引导宾语从句
Noting…为现在分词作伴随状语
宾语从句主干为he would have to present medical/ psychological information,其中 before being readmitted to the casino作时间状语，
现在分词结构demonstrating that …作 information 的后置定语
其中包括that引导的宾语从句作demonstrating的宾语。
Nothing the medical/psychological nature of problem gambling behaviors, the letter said that before being readmitted to the casino he would have to present medical/psychological information demonstrating that patronizing the casino would pose no threat to his safety or well-being.
在说明不良赌博行为对人生理或心理上的危害的同时,信中还指出：在他被重新允许光顾赌场之前，他（威廉姆斯）
必须出示生理或心理状况的相关信息，以证明光顾赌场不会对他的人身安全和健康造成任何威胁。
（42） ________.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the casino has 24 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’s suit charges that the casino, knowing he was “helplessly addicted to gambling,” intentionally worked to “lure” him to “engage in conduct against his will.” Well.
参考答案：A
Nevertheless, Williams’s suit charges that the casino, knowing he was “helplessly addicted to gambling,” intentionally worked to “lure” him to “engage in conduct against his will.”
然而，威廉姆斯控告赌场，明知他已经“无药可救地沉溺于赌博”却仍然故意地“引诱”他“违背自己的意愿行事”。
（43） ________.
The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders says “pathological gambling” involves persistent, recurring and uncontrollable pursuit less of money than of thrill of taking risks in quest of a windfall.
参考答案：B
pathological [ˌpæθəˈlɒdʒɪkl]
adj. 病理学的；病态的；由疾病引起的（等于pathologic）
“pathological gambling” involves persistent, recurring and uncontrollable pursuit less of money than of thrill of taking risks in quest of a windfall.
“病态赌博”是一种持续不断且无法控制的行为，它追求的是冒险博取意外横财所带来的刺激，而不是金钱。
（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.
参考答案：F
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.
character flaw “性格缺陷”
akin“相似的，类似的；同族的”，常与to连用
复合句。句子主干为society is reclassifying ..as
过去分词短语pushed by science作状语,
or后由what引导的名词性从句与science并列
第二个what引导的名词性从句作reclassify的宾语
akin to physical disabilities作personality disorders的后置定语
在科学或所谓科学的推动下，社会将从前我们认为的性格缺陷或者道徳缺失重新划分为类似于生理障碍的人格障碍。
（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.
参考答案：D
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