2015年阅读理解职称英语考试综合类精选练习(2)
<p> <span word="Powers">Powers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Self">Self</span>-<span word="suggestion">suggestion</span> <span word="Most">Most</span> <span word="systems">systems</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="medicine">medicine</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="theater">theater</span>. <span word="With">With</span> <span word="leeches">leeches</span>, <span word="acupuncture">acupuncture</span> <span word="needles">needles</span>, <span word="vitamin">vitamin</span> <span word="pills">pills</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="whatever">whatever</span> <span word="stage">stage</span> <span word="prop">prop</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="appropriate">appropriate</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="culture">culture</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="healer">healer</span> <span word="artfully">artfully</span> <span word="evokes">evokes</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="patients">patients</span> <span word="powers">powers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="self">self</span>-<span word="suggestion">suggestion</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="responsible">responsible</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="whatever">whatever</span> <span word="healing">healing</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="occur">occur</span>.</p><p> <span word="Western">Western</span> <span word="medicine">medicine</span> <span word="operates">operates</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="plane">plane</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="thing">thing</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="impressive">impressive</span> <span word="props">props</span> - <span word="expensive">expensive</span> <span word="medicines">medicines</span>, <span word="elaborate">elaborate</span> <span word="rituals">rituals</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="mysterious">mysterious</span> <span word="high">high</span>-<span word="tech">tech</span> <span word="machines">machines</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="white">white</span>-<span word="gowned">gowned</span> <span word="cast">cast</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="operate">operate</span> <span word="them">them</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="another">another</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="evokes">evokes</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="patients">patients</span> <span word="auto">auto</span> <span word="suggestive">suggestive</span> <span word="powers">powers</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="forcefully">forcefully</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="pretending">pretending</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ignore">ignore</span> <span word="them">them</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="mysterious">mysterious</span> <span word="gift">gift</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="self">self</span>-<span word="healing">healing</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="cloaked">cloaked</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="anodyne">anodyne</span> <span word="label">label</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="placebo">placebo</span> <span word="effect">effect</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="recognized">recognized</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="nuisance">nuisance</span> <span word="likely">likely</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="confound">confound</span> <span word="clinical">clinical</span> <span word="trials">trials</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="placebo">placebo</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="shadowy">shadowy</span> <span word="twin">twin</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nocebo">nocebo</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="methodological">methodological</span> <span word="problems">problems</span>: <span word="they">they</span> <span word="lie">lie</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="heart">heart</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="interaction">interaction</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="doctor">doctor</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="patient">patient</span>.</p><p> <span word="How">How</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="knows">knows</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="brain">brain</span> <span word="rules">rules</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="body">body</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="subconscious">subconscious</span> <span word="ways">ways</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bodys">bodys</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="hormones">hormones</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="subtle">subtle</span> <span word="influence">influence</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="immune">immune</span> <span word="system">system</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="ways">ways</span> <span word="yet">yet</span> <span word="unknown">unknown</span>, <span word="expectations">expectations</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="sometimes">sometimes</span> <span word="translated">translated</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bodily">bodily</span> <span word="reaction">reaction</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="fulfills">fulfills</span> <span word="them">them</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="effects">effects</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="overstate">overstate</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="rule">rule</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thumb">thumb</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> 30 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="patients">patients</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="placebo">placebo</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="drug">drug</span> <span word="trial">trial</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="experience">experience</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="improvement">improvement</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="symptoms">symptoms</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="proportion">proportion</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="higher">higher</span>. <span word="Just">Just</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span>, <span word="placebo">placebo</span> <span word="pills">pills</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="produce">produce</span> <span word="stronger">stronger</span> <span word="effects">effects</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="larger">larger</span> <span word="doses">doses</span>. <span word="Patients">Patients</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="greater">greater</span> <span word="relief">relief</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="given">given</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="larger">larger</span> <span word="pill">pill</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="dummy">dummy</span> <span word="capsules">capsules</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="one">one</span>.</p>
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