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10．What is the single largest cause of sick leave in the UK？The answer is not the common cold or flu，but back pain．Back pain affects one in three British adults，costs the country over 5 billion pounds every year and is very difficult to treat．But now Britain's National Health Service（NHS）will be offering a new solution：acupuncture．The ancient Chinese needle therapy（療法）has been around in the UK for many years，but this is the first time it has been officially approved by the NHS's advisory body，the National Institute for Clinical Excellence（NICE）．
Traditionally，doctors in the UK have advised back pain sufferers to stay active，do stretching exercises and take painkillers when necessary and in more serious cases some people are given X-ra y treatment or injections with therapeutic substances．
NICE，however，say there is evidence that acupuncture may be more effective than expensive X-rays or injections，so patients who have been suffering for over six weeks should be given a choice．As an alternative to acupuncture，patients will be able to choose for either a course of spinal manipulation（脊柱推拿術），or a series of special exerci se sessions．In the UK，acupuncture is classed as a complementary therapy，which is the term given to a medical procedure which hasn't received the strict trials by which scientists prove some treatments work．
While many experts have welcomed the move to make acupuncture available on the NHS，some are still doubtful about its effectiveness．Research from the US earlier this month found that using toothpicks could be as good as using real needles．So while some are yet to be convinced，back pain sufferers will be hoping that acupuncture helps get them feeling healthy and mobile again．Employers，on the other hand，will be hoping it gets them back to work．
32．What can we learn from the first paragraph？B
A．The British have come to know acupuncture recently．
B．About thirty percent of the British suffer from back pain．
C．NICE has been arguing against Chinese needle therapy．
D．The British ask for sick leave mostly because of cold or flu．
33．The traditional ways to treat back pain in the UK includeC．
A．staying in bed for rest     
B．Chinese needle therapy
C．receiving X-ray treatment  
D．avoiding physical exercises
34．In treating back pain，acupunctureA．
A．may cost less than X-rays               
B．works surely better than injections
C．has gone through strict scientific tests    
D．will replace the traditional ways in the UK
35．What do experts think of acupuncture？D
A．They think highly of it．               
B．Most of them are against it．
C．Few recognize its usefulness．      
D．They differ on its effectiveness．

Answer 1

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了大約百分之三十的英國人患有背痛，有證據表明針灸可能比昂貴的X 射線和注射療法更有效，但專家們對針灸的效用有不同的看法．

解答 32．B 細節(jié)理解題．由文章第一段的第三句話中"Back pain affects one in three British adults，costs the country over 5 billion pounds every year and is very difficult to treat．"可知大約百分之三十的英國人患有背痛；故選B．
33．C 細節(jié)理解題．由文章第二段do stretching exercises and take painkillers when necessary and in more serious cases some people are given X-ray treatment or injections with therapeutic substancesdo stretching exercises and take painkillers when necessary and in more serious cases some people are given X-ray treatment or injections with therapeutic substances可知英國治療背痛的傳統方法包括接受X射線治療；故選C．
34．A 細節(jié)理解題．由文章第三段可知however，say there is evidence that acupuncture may be more effective than expensive X-rays or injections"有證據表明針灸可能比昂貴的X 射線和注射療法更有效；故選A．
35．D 推理判斷題．由文章最后一段While many experts have welcomed the move to make acupuncture available on the NHS，some are still doubtful about its effectiveness可知，專家們對針灸的效用有不同的看法；故選D．

點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．