[填空题]
{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} In this section, you will hear a passage
three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen
carefully, for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time,
you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact
words you have just heard~ For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to
fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact
words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words.
Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you
have written.
Drugs have been a part of the American story since the very
first day Columbus landed in the New World. The Taino Indians {{U}} (36)
{{/U}} Columbus with a gift of tobacco, which would go on to become one of
the most important drugs in our history. And if drugs have existed since the
beginning, so have drug problems. And so