41、How Does Acupuncture Work? Acupuncture has been practised in China for more than 2,000 years, but I ts (41)____in the Western world is still very(42)____. Several hospitals in the United States are now experimenting(43)____acupuncture (44)____a way of treating pain. An American journalist who stood beside a patient during an operation in Shanghai recently described the45and its effects. To(46)____the patient from feeling pain during the operation, four(47)____were used, each about an inch and a half long. Two needles were inserted under the skin on each side of the patient’s neck. The top of the needles were attached(48)____wires which(49)____a small electrical device. Throughout the operation the patient talked50to those(51)____around him. Insisting that he felt perfectly normal. How does acupuncture work?(52)____s it able to keep a patient from feeling pain? No very(53)____ nswer has been given. But there are(54)____three theories. Some doctors believe that acupuncture(55)_____produces an effect upon the central nervous system. Others believe that acupuncture(56)____a chemical change in the body’s fluids. Still(57)____theory is that the needles make(58)____ an unknown system of energy in the body which travels along certain(59)____under the skin. The true explanation may be one of these or a combination of more than one. Or it may be something entirely(60)____.
A.use
B.definition
C.explanation
D. Execution
42、 A.another B.the other C.next D./
43、 A.joint B.contact C.Connection D./
44、 A.routes B.lines C.ways D./
45、 A.easy B.similar C.same D.different
46、 A.young B.new C.old D.younger
47、 A.at B.on C.with D.To
48、 A.like B.by C.for D.as
49、 A.process B.Situation C.Symptom D.aspect
50、 A.keep B.leave C.put D./
51、 A.noodles B.needles C.spites D.pins
52、 A.for B.with C.by D.to
53、 A.caused B.resulted in C.led to D./
54、 A.calmful B.calmly C.calm D. Calmness
55、 A.standing B.stood C.stand D./
56、 A.where B.what C.whether D.how
57、 A.satisfied B.satisfactory C.satisfying D.satisfy
58、 A.at least B.at best C.at most D.at any rate
59、 A.somewhat B.anyhow C.somehow D.someway
60、 A.exposes B.produces C.makes D.takes
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