Mark Twain once observed that giving up
smoking is easy. He knew, because he’ d done it hundreds of times himself.
Giving up for ever is a trifle more difficult, apparently, and it is well known
that it is much more difficult for some people than for others. Why is this
so Few doctors believe any longer that it is simply a question of will power. And for those people that continue to view addicts as merely "weak", recent genetic research may force a rethink. A study conducted by Jacqueline Vink, of the Free University of Amsterdam, used a database called the Netherlands Twin Register to analyze the smoking habits of twins. Her results, published in the Pharmacogenomics Journal, suggest that an individual’ s degree of nicotine dependence, and even the number of cigarettes he smokes per day, are strongly genetically influenced. The A. he is a man with very Strong will power. B. it is easy to give up smoking temporarily. C. famous writers are often heavy smokers. D. only few people have his determination. [单项选择]While Mark Twain and William Dean Howells satirized European manners at times, ______ was an admirer of ancient European civilization.
A. Washington Irving B. Henry James C. Walt Whitman D. Jack London [单项选择]Mark Twain once observed that giving up smoking is easy. He knew, because he’d done it hundreds of times himself. Giving up for ever is a trifle more difficult, apparently, and it is well known that it is much more difficult for some people than for others. Why is this so
Few doctors believe any longer that it is simply a question of will power. And for those people that continue to view addicts as merely "weak", recent genetic research may force a rethink. A study conducted by Jacqueline Vink, of the Free University of Amsterdam, used a database called the Netherlands Twin Register to analyze the smoking habits of twins. Her results, published in the Pharmacogenomics Journal, suggest that an individual’s degree of nicotine dependence, and even the number of cigarettes he smokes per day, are strongly genetically influenced. The Netherlands Twin Register is a voluntary database that contains details of some 7,000 pairs of adult twins (aged between 15 and 70 ) and 28,000 pairs A. he is a man with very strong will power. B. it is easy to give up smoking temporarily. C. famous writers are often heavy smokers. D. only few people have his determination. [填空题]Mark Twain became the most outstanding writer of his time because he knew his people and the Missis sippi River very well, and he inherited from his mother ______.
[填空题]Mark Twain seemed unhappy in his later years because his wife and ______ had died.
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