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  3. Macau, the world’ s biggest casino hub, has【C1】______Switzerland in the weal

Macau, the world’ s biggest casino hub, has【C1】______Switzerland in the weal

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问题     Macau, the world’ s biggest casino hub, has【C1】______Switzerland in the wealth stakes, being named the world’ s fourth richest【C2】______by the World Bank.
    The data【C3】______by the World Bank showed the former Portuguese colony’s GDP per person grew to $91,376 in 2013,【C4】______$77,196 in 2012. Only Luxembourg, Norway and Qatar are wealthier, according to the World Bank.
    Meanwhile, Swiss’ GDP per person stayed nearly flat at $80,528 in 2013 compared to $78,929 the year before.
    That’ s the good business news from Macau.
    The bad news is that its casino industry’ s【C5】______have declined for the first time in nearly five years, as gamblers turn their attention to the World Cup. The former Portuguese colony made $3.4 billion from gambling in June, 3.7% less than in June last year and down 18% month-on-month.
    Macau is the world’ s top spot for the gambling industry, reporting a(n) 【C6】______$45 billion in gambling revenues last year—nearly seven times the $6.5 billion that【C7】______in Las Vegas made during the same period.
    According to analysts, the sudden decline can be【C8】______to the month-long football World Cup prompting customers to change casinos for online sports betting.
    The casino hub has been further hit by a large anti-corruption police【C9】______last month, which led to a【C10】______on an international gambling ring that was operating an illegal $600 million World Cup betting operation out of a hotel in Macau.
A)lag behind B)overtaken C)investigation D)astonishing
E)attributed F)owing to G)territory H)casinos
I)reveal J)released K)compared to L)compensate
M)suppression N)advocate O)revenues [br] 【C9】
选项
答案 C
解析 根据前面的冠词a可以推测这里要填一个名词的单数形式。分析句意可知这里讲的是这个赌博中心又受到大规模的反腐败调查的打击。在剩下的名词中investigation有“调查”的意思，符合句意。suppression的意思是“抑制，镇压”在这里意思上说不通。因此．选investigation。
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