The Chinese have used a method called acupuncture ( 针灸) to help perform operations for about 4000 years without making the patient sleep. This involves inserting flexible needles into certain parts of the body.
To learn how to use needles takes about one month of training. But to be skilful requires more time. The person who performs acupuncture knows how to insert the needles so they are not painful. This person also knows where to place the needles so the patient feels no pain in the area where the operation is to be performed. The needles are not necessarily inserted near the place where the pain is to be prevented. In the past, a particular operation might require 25 or more needles placed in various parts of the body. But now this operation requires only 3 or 4 needles.
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Today the Chinese doctors are trying to learn more about acupuncture. They are trying to develop a convincing theory to explain how the needles work in preventing pain, or, why a needle in the wrist, for example, would prevent the pain in the area of the mouth.
A patient who needs an operation is given a choice between having acupuncture or having one of the chemicals used for making him sleep. It has been estimated that over half of the patients choose acupuncture because there is no discomfort after the operation whereas the chemical may make the patient unwell for a few hours or a day.
问题：
1.Acupuncture is a kind of ________.
A.medical operation
B.medical needle
C.medical technique
D.medical machine
【精析】C 根据第一段第一句“The Chinese have used a method called acupuncture to help perform operations for about 4000 years without making the patient sleep. ”可知,中国人在不用让病人睡着的情况 下用一种叫作针灸的方法帮助进行手术已经有大约 4000 年的历史了。由此可推知,针灸是一种医 疗技术。故选C。
2.Which statement is not true of the performer of acupuncture?
A.He knows where to place the needles without pain.
B.He knows where the operation is to be performed.
C.He knows how to perform the operation to cure the patient.
D.He knows how to use the needles in an operation.
【精析】C 根据第二段第三、四句“ The person who performs acupuncture knows how to insert the needles so they are not painful. This person also knows where to place the needles so the patient feels no pain in the area where the operation is to be performed. ”可知,实施针灸的人知道如何插针,这样它们就 不会让人感到疼痛;这个人也知道该把针放在哪里,这样病人在要做手术的地方就不会感到疼痛,所 以 A、B、D 三项均正确;E 项(他知道如何实施手术来治愈病人)在文中并未提及。故选 C。
3.According to the third paragraph, we can infer_________ .
A.people must insert a needle in the wrist to prevent the pain in the mouth
B.people come to realize the shortcomings of acupuncture
C.people are convinced to use acupuncture to cure diseases
D.people need to make deeper research into acupuncture
【精析】 D 根据第三段内容可知,今天,中国的医生正在努力学习更多有关针灸的知识,他们正试 图建立一个令人信服的理论来解释这些针是如何在止疼方面起作用的,或者为什么在手腕上插一根 针会防止嘴部的疼痛。由此可推知,人们需要对针灸做进一步的研究。A 项说法太过绝对;B、C 两 项在第三段中并未提及。故选 D。
4.Nowadays, more and more people prefer having acupuncture because________ .
A.acupuncture has no side effects after the operation
B.acupuncture costs them less than having chemicals
C.chemicals usually cause many more deaths
D.they want to protect the traditional Chinese medicine
【精析】A 根据最后一段最后一句“ It has been estimated that over half of the patients choose acupuncture because there is no discomfort after the operation whereas the chemical may make the patient unwell for a few hours or a day. ”可知,据估计,超过一半的病人选择针灸,因为使用针灸的话手术后没 有不适,而化学药品可能会让病人难受几个小时或一天。由此可推知,针灸在手术后没有副作用。B、C、D 三项在文中均未提及。故选 A。
5.The author of the passage tends to be_____ acupuncture.
A.strongly against B.in favor of C.doubtful about D.uninterested in
【精析】B 通读文章内容可知,第一段介绍了针灸这种疗法的悠久历史;第二段详细介绍了施针 者所具备的高超技能以及如今针灸的改进;第三段介绍了中国医生努力去进一步学习针灸;最后一 段通过列举在做手术时更多的病人选择用针灸而不是化学药品的事例分析了针灸的好处。由此可 推知,本文中的作者倾向于支持针灸。strongly against:强烈反对; in favor of:赞同,支持; doubtful about:对……持怀疑态度;uninterested in:对……不感兴趣。故选 B。
