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中国考博辅导首选学校 中国传媒大学考博英语真题摘录 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 intoeachofthenumberedgaps.Therearetwoextrachoices,which youdonotneedtouse inanyoftheblanks.MarkyouranswersonANSWER SHEET 1. (10points) On the north bank of the Ohio river sits Evansville, Ind., home of David Williams, 52, and of a riverboat casino (aplace where gambling games are played). During severalyears of gambling inthat 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. PS:The waytocontactyumingkaoboTEL:silingling-liuliuba-liujiu qiba QQ:772678537) （ He visited the casino, lostthe $20and left.On his secondvisit he lost $800. The casino issued to him, as a good customer, a Fun Card,whichwhenused inthecasinoearnspointsformealsanddrinks, and enables the casino to track theuser’s gambling activities. For Williams, thoseactivitiesbecomewhat he calls electronicheroin. (41)________. In 1997he lost$21,000 toone slotmachine intwo 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 aboardwhen 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. 中国考博辅导首选学校 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 natureofproblemgamblingbehavior,thelettersaid