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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（疗法）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（脊柱推拿术），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 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了大约百分之三十的英国人患有背痛，有证据表明针灸可能比昂贵的X 射线和注射疗法更有效，但专家们对针灸的效用有不同的看法．

解答 32．B 细节理解题．由文章第一段的第三句话中"Back pain affects one in three British adults，costs the country over 5 billion pounds every year and is very difficult to treat．"可知大约百分之三十的英国人患有背痛；故选B．
33．C 细节理解题．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可知英国治疗背痛的传统方法包括接受X射线治疗；故选C．
34．A 细节理解题．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"有证据表明针灸可能比昂贵的X 射线和注射疗法更有效；故选A．
35．D 推理判断题．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，专家们对针灸的效用有不同的看法；故选D．

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．