首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
On the north bank of the Ohio River sits Evansville, Ind. , home of David Williams, 52, and of a riverboat casino (a place where
On the north bank of the Ohio River sits Evansville, Ind. , home of David Williams, 52, and of a riverboat casino (a place where
admin
2019-10-21
34
问题
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. "
【R1】______. 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.
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.
【R2】______.
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.
【R3】______.
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 the thrill of taking risks in quest of a windfall.
【R4】______. 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.
【R5】______.
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 the government.
[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 conductive to compulsive behavior. But even if the government knew how to move against Internet gambling, what would be its grounds for doing so?
【R1】
选项
答案
C
解析
本题是顺接关系题。该空格位于第三段的开头,因此要结合上下文,注意其叙述或衔接关系。空格前后都是在讲述威廉姆斯赌博的具体事例,且出现了大量的数字,由前文的$20和$800再到空格后的$21,000和$72,186,数字越来越大,这表明他越赌输掉的钱就越多。由此可推断,空白处也应与他的输赢或输赢的数目有关。浏览各选项,只有C出现了数字$5,000和$5,500,与前后文的数字形成照应。另外,从逻辑关系上看,空格前一句提到,威廉姆斯称这些赌博活动为“电子吗啡”,接下来的内容该是具体说明他是如何逐步赌博成瘾的,这由输钱金额的渐增体现出来。C选项的事实数据与上下文在逻辑表达方向上一致。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/JUCd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语四级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语四级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Inrecentyearsanewfarmingrevolutionhasbegun,onethatinvolvesthe【21】______oflifeatafundamentallevel—thegene.
Manypeoplecanrememberfeelingverylonelywhenwewere______.
Duringtheadolescence,thedevelopmentofpoliticalideologybecomesapparentintheindividual:ideologyhereisdefinedasth
Morethan30,000driversandpassengerswhositinthefrontofthevehiclesarekilledorseriouslyinjuredeachyear.Atasp
Manydoctorssuspectthattheremaybesomerelationshipbetweenemotionsandillness.However,theycannotfindaproof.Iti
Itisanastonishingfactthattherearelawsofnature,rulesthatsummarizeconveniently-【21】qualitativelybutquantitatively
Manydoctorssuspectthattheremaybesomerelationshipbetweenemotionsandillness.However,theycannotfindaproof.Iti
Whatistheoccasionfortheman’sspeech?
随机试题
按照公文的内容性质与作用划分机关公文的类别,公文可分为()
违法违规储存危险化学品,极可能发生生产安全事故,威胁人民群众的生命财产安全。下列对危险化学品储存的要求中,错误的是()。
道路交通违法行为人应当在()内到公安机关交通管理部门接受处理。无正当理由逾期未接受处理的,吊销机动车驾驶证。
转托管可以是一只证券或多只证券,也可以是一只证券的部分或全部。()
利率作为货币资金价格的表现形式,在市场机制的作用下,不同市场的利率水平将趋于一致。()
从词性上说,幼儿对()掌握得最早。
事实一:甲(17岁)整天游手好闲,无所事事,却又好吃懒做,花钱大手大脚。为了满足日常花销,甲利用虚假的身份证明骗开了多张信用卡,每张信用卡都进行透支,但是从不还款。银行催收多次,甲都不予理睬。事实二:一日,甲实在没钱花了,于是偷偷进入奶奶家,将奶
甲、乙、丙、丁四公司之间形成了三角债。甲建材公司拖欠丙钢铁公司货款170万元。乙建筑工程公司欠甲建材公司材料款180万元。乙建筑工程公司在给丁科研所建好一幢大楼后,因资金尚未到位,丁科研所尚欠乙建筑工程公司工程款180万元。为了尽早了结债务,2008年8月
已知方程x3+2x2-3x-4=0的根为x1=-1,x2,x3,则1/x2+1/x3=()。
Maplesarealwaysusedtosymbolize______.
最新回复
(
0
)