ACUPUNCTUREAcupuncture is a Chinese method of treating illnesses by inserting needles into certainpoints of the body. The idea is that this restores the natural (1) _______ of energy, whichis disturbed when a person is ill. The origins of this therapy have been traced (2) _______over five thousand years, but it only began to be (3) _______ in the West in the 1970s.In 1971, James Reston, a well-(4) _______ journalist from the New York Times, was visiting China when- he developed appendicitis. He was operated (5) _______ a hospitalin Peking, where the doctors used acupuncture to (6) _______ his pain. Reston wassurprised at how (7) _______ it was, and wrote about it in an article for the newspaper.Soon afterwards, Chairman Mao Tse-tung invited a group of (8) _______ Westerndoctors over to China to witness for themselves that acupuncture (9) _______. They wereaccompanied (10) _______ television crews, and soon viewers in the West werewatching operations being (11) _______ out on patients with acupuncture needle stickingout of them. The patients felt (12) _______ pain.The Western experts were a (13) _______ embarrassed at what they saw/because theyhad (14) _______ ridiculed idea that patients could be treated with needles. But now theywere (15) _______ to admit that it actually worked, and acupuncture became a popularform of therapy.
1. A. scale B. balance C. mirror D. weight
2. A. back B. forward C. up D. towards
3. A. admitted B. accepted C. taken D. held
4. A. famous B. heard C. celebrated D. known
5. A. at B. over C. in D. on
6. A. release B. repair C. relieve D. retain
7. A. influential B. effective C. practical D. used
8. A. distinguished B. impressive C. distinct D. related
9. A. did B. worked C. won D. made
10. A. to B. with C. by D. of
11. A. acted B. brought C. performed D. carried
12. A. not B. any C. no D. none
13. A. little B. tiny C. quite D. rather
14. A. early B. before C. previously D. anciently
15. A. had B. forced C. pushed D. insisted
ACUPUNCTUREAcupuncture is a Chinese method of treating illnesses by inserting needles into certainpoints of the body. The idea is that this restores the natural (1) _______ of energy, whichis disturbed when a person is ill. The origins of this therapy have been traced (2) _______over five thousand years, but it only began to be (3) _______ in the West in the 1970s.In 1971, James Reston, a well-(4) _______ journalist from the New York Times, was visiting China when- he developed appendicitis. He was operated (5) _______ a hospitalin Peking, where the doctors used acupuncture to (6) _______ his pain. Reston wassurprised at how (7) _______ it was, and wrote about it in an article for the newspaper.Soon afterwards, Chairman Mao Tse-tung invited a group of (8) _______ Westerndoctors over to China to witness for themselves that acupuncture (9) _______. They wereaccompanied (10) _______ television crews, and soon viewers in the West werewatching operations being (11) _______ out on patients with acupuncture needle stickingout of them. The patients felt (12) _______ pain.The Western experts were a (13) _______ embarrassed at what they saw/because theyhad (14) _______ ridiculed idea that patients could be treated with needles. But now theywere (15) _______ to admit that it actually worked, and acupuncture became a popularform of therapy.
1. A. scale B. balance C. mirror D. weight
2. A. back B. forward C. up D. towards
3. A. admitted B. accepted C. taken D. held
4. A. famous B. heard C. celebrated D. known
5. A. at B. over C. in D. on
6. A. release B. repair C. relieve D. retain
7. A. influential B. effective C. practical D. used
8. A. distinguished B. impressive C. distinct D. related
9. A. did B. worked C. won D. made
10. A. to B. with C. by D. of
11. A. acted B. brought C. performed D. carried
12. A. not B. any C. no D. none
13. A. little B. tiny C. quite D. rather
14. A. early B. before C. previously D. anciently
15. A. had B. forced C. pushed D. insisted
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