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Directions: Read the following excerpt adapted from the health textbook An Invitation to Health: Choosing to Change (p. 400) by Dianne Hales. Apply the knowledge you have gained about verbs from Chapter 19 to select the best answer for the following questions.
        1 An estimated 8 million adults in the United States have alcohol dependence.2Only a minority are undergoing treatment for alcohol-related problems.3Until recent years, the only options for professional alcohol treatment were, as one expert puts it, "intensive, extensive, and expensive," such as residential programs at hospitals or specialized treatment centers.4Today individuals with alcohol problems have chosen from a variety of approaches, including medication, behavioral therapy, or both.5Patients are treated with several kinds of programs.6Treating with one kind of therapy may work well for one person but may not work for another.7As research into the outcomes of alcohol treatment has grown, more attempts are made to match individuals to approaches tailored to their needs and more likely to help them overcome their alcohol problems.8A wide variety of treatments may offer help and hope to those with alcohol-related problems.
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Cathode

An electrode through which electrons move outward from the source in an electrical device; in a battery, it's the negative electrode.

Voltaic

Pertaining to electricity or electrical phenomena, especially those produced chemically, e.g., in voltaic cells where chemical energy is converted into electrical energy.

Anode

An electrode through which conventional current flows into a polarized electrical device; in electrolysis, it is the positively charged electrode.

Battery

A device used to convert chemical energy into electric energy. A group of voltaic cells connected together in a series or parallel connection.

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