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Cigarette smoking causes two 1 million deaths annually in the industrial states

  • A.Cigarette smoking has been causing two million deaths annually in the industrial states.
  • B.Two million deaths arc caused annually by cigarette smoking in the industrial states
  • C.Two million deaths are being caused by cigarette smoking annually in the industrial states.
  • D.Two million deaths have been caused annually by cigarette smoking in the industrial states

Answer: B

The sentence is neither the case of present perfect or present continuous. So, the options containing ‘been’ and ‘being’ are rejected. The case of simple present applies

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