Discussion
Smokers run double the risk of contracting heart disease.
The word 'contracting' here means
Answer: C
'Contracting' here means catching.
To contract a disease is to catch it or become ill with it. 'The risk of contracting heart disease' is the risk of developing or getting the disease.
Receiving is too general and is not used with diseases in this way. Removing and avoiding are opposite in sense. 'Contract' also means to shrink or to make an agreement, but in the context of disease it means to catch.
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