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DAY58

Readingcomprehension

Direction：

Inthispart，therearefourpassagesfollowedbyquestionsorunfinishedstatements，eachwithfoursuggestedanswersmarkedA，B，CandD.Choosetheonethatyouthinkisthecorrectanswer.

Passage1

Gambling，despitebeingawellknownhighlyriskypursuitthathascausedmanytragediesdoesnotscaregamblersaway；

instead，manyconsciouslyjointhelegionofgamblers，inspiteofpossiblefailureinstoreforthem.

Howdoesagamblergetboggeddowninsuchariskyoccupation？

Mostnovicesdonotembraceanambitiontogetrichthroughgambling.Instead，theymightthinkgamblingismerelyanexcitinggamethroughwhichtheycantrytheirluckandbringexcitementtotheirdulllives.Often，theywinasmallsumatthefirstseveraltries，andthenbecamebold，daringtoplayforlargerstakes.Withcertainencouraging“achievements”，theyarenowconfidentoftheirgoodluckandgamblingskill.Atthispoint，theyareatacrossroads：

astepforwardtobecomeaprofessionalgambler，orastepbackwardtoreturntonormallife.

Unfortunately，mostofthemgetboggeddowningambling，becausethegreedynotionofgettingsomethingfornothingistheirunderlyingmotive.Openly，theydenythattheyhavesuchashamefulmotive，butintherecessesoftheirsoul，thereisanundeniableambitiontogetgreatsumsofmoneythroughgambling.However，I�饁eneverheardofanymythaboutapersonwhogotwealthandprestigethroughgambling.Instead，I�饁eheardmanytruestoriesaboutgamblerswhoendedtheirlivesinmisery.Onceapersongetsboggeddowningambling，itisratherhardforhimtotearhimselfawayfromthatevil.Throughouthistory，fewgamblershaveeverrepentedaboutgambling，whichledthemtotragedy—failureinbusiness，destitution，familydisintegration，divorce，suicide，crime，etc.

Whatshouldapersondotogetridofsuchanightmare？

Itisveryeasy.Topreventgettinginvolvedingambling，themosteffectivemeansistostopatthefirsttry.Itiseasyforanyintelligentpersontostopatthefirsttrybutitisalsoeasyforapersonofweakwilltoreceivean“invitation”tohaveatry.Thenoviceoftenfindsanexcuseforthefirsttry，thinkingormurmuring，“thisistheonlyandthelasttry.”Inmostcases，thenovicewillnotstopatthefirsttry—hewilltryagain，andfinallyhewillbecomeanaddict.

A“vindictive”psychologydrivesthesenewgamblerstobeentrappedingamblinghouses.Astheylosesomemoney，theygetangryandtryto“avenge”themselves，sothattheyplayforhigherstakesandlosemore，untiltheysellalltheyhavetogetmoneyandgobacktothegamblinghouse.Finally，theyhavedebtsbeyondtheircapacitytopay.Tododgetheirdebtors，theyhavetohideorescape，ortakeriskyandcriminalactions，forexample，killingorthreateningthedebtors.Manygamblersendtheirlivesinjail.

1.What'

sthemeaningof“instoreforthem”inparagraphone？

A.Something（especiallydangerous）isimpendingandwouldoccuratanymoment.

B.Somethingisaccumulatedorstoredforfutureuse.

C.Somethingiswaitingforthem.

D.Somethingwouldarisegraduallyandunnoticeably.

2.Accordingtotheauthor，gamblingknownasahighlyriskyfieldstillattractssomanycrazygamblersisNOTbecause.

A.somepeoplefirsttreatitasanentertainmentbutgraduallybecomeanaddict

B.theyareattemptedbysurroundings

C.manyhaveamotivetoberichthroughgambling

D.Gamblersfinditdifficulttoconstrainorwipeoutgamblingdesire

3Fromhistory，thepsychologicalreasonforagambler�餾failureineverythingis.

A.theirrefusaltofeelregretforgamblingB.theirweakwill

C.theirgreedynotionD.theiraddictivedesire

4.Inthelastparagraph，avindictivepsychologyactuallyrefersto.

A.senseofunfairfortheirfateB.senseofangerfortheirlucklessness

C.enviousfeelingaboutluckygamblersD.desireoftakingrevengeforthemselves

5.Theauthorwrotethisessayto.

A.analyzegamblers��psychologicalreasonofgambling

B.criticizegamblersandgambling

C.warngamblerstostayawayfromgambling

D.introducethehistoryofgambling

Passage2

Stressexperiencedbyamotherduringpregnancyappearstoinfluencehowherbaby�餾brainandnervoussystemwillreacttostressfulevents，accordingtoresearchers��report.Theybelievethisconditioningmayincreaseachild�餾vulnerabilitytovariousphysicalandmentalillnessesinlaterlife.

“Factorsrelatedtomedical，endocrineandpsychosocialstressduringhumanpregnancymaynegativelyimpactfetalbraindevelopmentandfunction，”reportDr.PathikWadhwaandcolleaguesfromtheUniversityofKentuckyinLexington.Theirfindingswerepresentedatthe20thannualScientificSessionsoft