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毛骨悚然的) help．
41 The problem facing British surgeons in the early 19thcenturywasthat
    A some illnesses remained incurable．
    B few people were willing to work as surgeons．
    C medical expenses were too high．
    D dead bodies were not easily available．
42 The body snatchers used wooden shovels because
A they did not wish to spoil the dead bodies．
B they wanted to keep the bodies to themselves
C they were afraid of being caught．
D they were careful not to disturb anyone．
43 Burk and Hare differed from other body snatchers in that
A they got other people to dig up bodies for them．
B they sold the bodies only to one surgeon．
C they dug up bodies not just from graveyards．
D they resorted to murder to get bodies．
44 The bodies of Burke’s and Hare’s victims couldn’t be found by the police because
A they had been stolen．
B they had been strangled．
C they had been dissected．
D they had been buried．
45 The body thieves contributed in their gruesome way to
   A medical advancement．
B，legal progress．
C social stability．
D material wealth．
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The Dangers of Secondhand Smoke
Most people know that cigarette smoking is harmful to their health．Scientific research
shows that it causes many kinds of diseases．In fact，many people who smoke get lung cancel
However, Edward Gilson has lung cancer, and he has never smoked cigarettes．He lives with his
wife，Evelyn，who has smoked about a pack of cigarettes a day throughout their marriage．
             (46)
No one knows for sure why Mr.Gilson has lung cancer．Nevertheless，doctors believe that
secondhand smoke may cause lung cancer in people who do not smoke because nonsmokers
often breathe in the smoke. from other people’s cigarettes．          (47)The US
Environmental Protection Agency reports that about 53，000 people die in the United States each
year as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke．
The smoke that comes from a lit cigarette contains many different poisonous chemicals．In
the past．scientists did not也ink that these chemicals could harm a nonsmoker’s health．
             (48)They discovered that even nonsmokers had unhealthy amounts of these toxic
(有毒的)chemicals in their bodies．As a matter of fact，almost all of US breathe tobacco smoke at
     times，whether we realize it or not．For example，we cannot avoid secondhand smoke in
restaurants，hotels and other public places．Even though many public places have nonsmoking
areas，smoke flows in from the areas where smoking is permitted．
It iS even harder for children to avoid secondhand smoke．             (49)Research shows
that children who are exposed to secondhand smoke are sick more often than children who live
in homes where no one smokes and that the children of smokers are more than twice as likely to