(Textbook 11 - GS) U01 - Reading Practice In Class

In acupuncture, the insertion of the very thin needles involve with______

• A. the thinness of needles and skin

• C. therapeutic benefits of pain relief

• B. agreement from scientists

• D. the locations, and the depths

2. It is thought that acupuncture is effective in treating all of the following symptoms EXCEPT ______.

• A. headaches

• B. cancer

• C. migraines

• D. nervousness

3. With the practice of acupuncture, it is believed that _______ .

• A. the energy flow can be brought back to patients

• B. energy can go through acupuncture points in the body

• C. patients can get proper balance between yin and yang

• D. illness causes the imbalance of qi throughout the body

4. According to Western medicine, the insertion of needles through acupuncture points in the body may ____.

• A. increase blood flow and stimulate our instinct of pain relief

• B. stimulate the effect of painkillers in our bodies for treatment

• C. be used only in China and the Far East not the Western countries

• D. help to explain where nerves and muscles can be stimulated

5. The word “triggering” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.

• A. causing a device to start operating

• C. causing something to explode

• B. making something happen suddenly

• D. making something develop very quickly

Number 1

• down

• out

• in

• up

Number 2

• who

• whose

• which

• what

Number 3

• therefore

• thus

• however

• while

Number 4

• winners

• winning

• win

• won

Number 5

• challenge

• victory

• defeat

• Score