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单选题 "This is no longer the case." The word "this" refers to

A． that men used to suffer the ill-effects
B． that there were alarming statistics
C． that the scale of threat become larger
D． that women suffered from smoking as greatly as men

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【答案】A。解析：此句也出现在第一段，是前一句话的过渡和引申，指的是“men were the first to suffer the i11．effects．"正是A选项所说的内容。

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