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  3. 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

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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."
    【K1】______.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.
    【K2】______.
    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.
    【K3】______.
    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.
    【K4】______.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.
    【K5】______.
    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?
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答案A
解析 本题是转折关系题。该空格出现在第五段，要求填入一个完整的段落。空格前的内容谈到在朋友写信告知那家赌场有关威廉姆斯赌博上瘾的问题后，赌场似乎已经尽到了它的义务：将其列入了禁止进入赌场的名单，并提到他若再次进入此赌场需出示相关医学和心理学信息，以证明光顾赌场不会对他的安全和健康造成任何威胁。但实际上从下一段内容得知，赌场在明知他上瘾的情况下并未采取行动。选项A段落即由“although”引起转折，提到尽管威廉姆斯没有提供相关证据，但还是频频收到赌场市场部的邮件，而且进入赌场使用开心卡也无人察觉，继续说明了赌场的行为：表面上禁止，却仍在暗中鼓励他赌博。如此一来，与之前内容构成了转折关系。另外，该选项中的“Although no such evidence was presented”和上文中的“he would have to present medical／psychological information”语义上衔接紧密，“such evidence”与“medical／psychological information”形成合理的指代关系，构成篇章的一致性。
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