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A nine year old schoolgirl single handedly cooks up a science fair experiment that ends up debunking(揭穿……的真相)a widely practiced medical treatment．Emily Rosa's target was a practice known as therapeutic(治療的)touch(TT for short), whose advocates manipulate patients'“energy field”to make them feel better and even, say some, to cure them of various ills．Yet Emily's test shows that these energy fields can't be detected, even by trained TT practitioners(行醫(yī)者)．Obviously mindful of the publicity value of the situation, Journal editor George Lundberg appeared on TV to declare,“Age doesn't matter．It's good science that matters, and this is good science．” 　　Emily's mother Linda Rosa, a registered nurse, has been campaigning against TT for nearly a decade．Linda first thought about TT in the late '80s, when she learned it was on the approved list for continuing nursing education in Colorado．Its 100,000 trained practitioners(48,000 in the U．S．)don't even touch their patients．Instead, they waved their hands a few inches from the patient's body, pushing energy fields around until they’re in“balance．”TT advocates say these manipulations can help heal wounds, relieve Pain and reduce fever．The claims are taken seriously enough that TT therapists are frequently hired by leading hospitals, at up to ＄ 70 an hour, to smooth patients' energy, sometimes during surgery．Yet Rosa could not find any evidence that it works．To provide such proof, TT therapists would have to sit down for independent testing-something they haven't been eager to do, even though James Randi has offered more than ＄1 million to anyone who can demonstrate the existence of a human energy field．(He's had one taker so far．She failed．)A skeptic might conclude that TT practitioners are afraid to lay their beliefs on the line．But who could turn down an innocent fourth grader?Says Emily：“I think they didn't take me very seriously because I'm a kid．” 　　The experiment was straight forward：21 TT therapists stuck their hands, palms up, through a screen．Emily held her own hand over one of theirs left or right and the practitioners had to say which hand it was．When the results were recorded, they'd done no better than they would have by simply guessing．If there was an energy field, they couldn't feel it． (1) Which of the following is evidence that TT is widely practiced? [　　] A． TT has been in existence for decades． B． Many patients were cured by therapeutic touch． C． TT therapists are often employed by leading hospitals． D． More than 100,000 people are undergoing TT treatment． (2) Very few TT practitioners responded to the ＄1 million offer because ________． [　　] A． they didn't take the offer seriously B． they didn't want to risk their career C． they were unwilling to reveal their secret D． they thought it was not in line with their practice (3) The purpose of Emily Rosa's experiment was ________． [　　] A． to see why TT could work the way it did B． to find out how TT cured patients' illnesses C． to test whether she could sense the human energy field D． to test whether a human energy field really existed (4) Why did some TT practitioners agree to be the subjects of Emil's experiment? [　　] A． It involved nothing more than mere guessing． B． They thought it was going to be a lot of fun． C． It was more straightforward than other experiments． D． They sensed no harm in a little girl's experiment．

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．C;3．D;4．D;
解析：

(1)	根據第2段The claims are taken seriously enough that TT therapists are frequently hired by leading hospitals．(這種宣揚很受重視，以致TT行醫(yī)者經常受雇于大的醫(yī)院……)選項A)文章中沒有提及，選項B)敘述不準確，文中只是說，據稱這種方法能使人病情好轉，甚至說有的能治療各種疾病“。選項D)與文章內容不符，文章說，川萬受過培訓的TT行醫(yī)者甚至不接觸病人身體……。故A)，B)，D)均不是答案。
(2)	根據文章第3段第2句：為了提供這樣一個證明(證明人有“能場”')，TT行醫(yī)者不得不坐下接受獨立的測試-這是他們一直都不愿意做的事情，即使詹姆斯·蘭迪為能演示人存在“能場”的人提供一百多萬美元的獎金。(To provide such proof, TT therapists would have to sit down for independent testing something they haven'tbeen eager to do, even though James Landi has offered more than ＄ 1 million to anyone who can demonstrate the existence of a human energy field．)
(3)	根據文章第1段我們知道，TT行醫(yī)者所宣揚的就是通過調節(jié)病人的“能場”來治病(whose advocates manipulate patient's“energy field”to make them feel better and even, say some, to cure them of various ills)。在第2段中，又提到“運用這種手法可以推動能場轉動直到平衡(…pushing energy fieds around until they're in“balance”)“而愛米麗·瑞莎的實驗就是證明是否能場真的存在。特別文章最后一句If there was an energy field, they couldn't feel it．(如果有一個能場的話，他們也感覺不到。)選項C)說是測試她能否感覺到能場，如果是這樣的話，前提是存在一個能場，這當然是錯誤的。A)，B)兩個選項也是錯誤的。
(4)	根據文章第3段從第2句到段末這部分：A skeptic might conclude that TT practitioners are afraid to lay their beliefs on the line．But who would turn down an innocent, fourth grader?Says Emily：“I think they didn't take me very seriously because I'm a kid”．(懷疑的人或許會因為TT行醫(yī)者害怕使他們自己處于被揭露的危險中，但誰能拒絕一個天真的四年級的小學生呢?愛米麗說，“我想他們不會太把我當回事，因為我是個小孩子。)