Questions 27-32

Use the information in the passage to match the deed (listed A-H) with people below.

Write the appropriate letters A-H in boxes 27-32 on your answer sheet.

NB you may use any letter more than once

A Should easily be understood

B should improve by itself

C Should not involve any mysticism

D Ought to last a minimum length of time.

E Needs to be treated at the right time.

F Should give more recognition.

G Can earn valuable money.

H Do not rely on any specific treatment

27 Appointments with alternative practitioner

28 An alternative practitioner’s description of treatment

29 An alternative practitioner who has faith in what he does

30 The illness of patients convinced of alternative practice

31 Improvements of patients receiving alternative practice

32 Conventional medical doctors

Questions 33-35

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

Write your answers in boxes 33-35 on your answer sheet.

33 In the fifth paragraph, the writer uses the example of anger and sadness to illustrate that:

A People’s feeling could affect their physical behaviour

B Scientists don’t understand how the mind influences the body.

C Research on the placebo effect is very limited

D How placebo achieves its effect is yet to be understood.

34 Research on pain control attracts most of the attention because

A Scientists have discovered that endorphins can help to reduce pain.

B Only a limited number of researchers gain relevant experience

C Pain reducing agents might also be involved in placebo effect.

D Patients often experience pain and like to complain about it

35 Fabrizio Benedetti’s research on endorphins indicates that

A They are widely used to regulate pain.

B They can be produced by willful thoughts

C They can be neutralized by introducing naloxone.

D Their pain-relieving effects do not last long enough.

Questions 36-40

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 3?

In boxes 36-40 on your answer sheet, write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

36 There is enough information for scientists to fully understand the placebo effect.

37 A London based researcher discovered that red pills should be taken off the market.

38 People’s preference on brands would also have effect on their healing.

39 Medical doctors have a range of views of the newly introduced drug of chlorpromazine.

40 Alternative practitioners are seldom known for applying placebo effect.

参考答案：

27 D

28 A

29 G

30 B

31 H

32 F

33 A

34 D

35 C

36 FALSE

37 NOT GIVEN

38 TRUE

39 TRUE

40 FALSE