1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The theory of Yin and Yang is famous worldwide. In Chinese medicine, the views of the human body     1     (base) on observations of nature are fully expanded in the theory of Yin and Yang. Chinese medicine     2     (believe) that the human body’s life is the result of the balance of Yin and Yang. Chinese philosophy uses Yin and Yang     3    (represent) a wider range of opposite     4     (property) in the universe: cold and hot, slow and fast, still and moving, lower and upper, and so on.

Anything moving, hot and bright is Yang, and anything motionless, cold and dim is Yin. The relationship between Yin and Yang is often described as the sun     5    (shine) over a mountain. Yin is the dark area shaded by the mountain’s bulk, while Yang is the brightly lit portion. As the sun moves across the sky, Yin and Yang     6    (gradual) trade places with each other. It shows us that the nature of Yin and Yang is not absolute     7     relative.

    8     the light of the theory of Chinese medicine, each organ has an element of Yin and Yang within it. The organizational structures and nutrients are Yin, and the functional activities are Yang. Even though one organ may be essentially Yin or Yang in nature, the balance of the both     9     (maintain) in a healthy body because     10     whole of Yin and Yang will be in a rolling balance.

2 . Do patients of female doctors seem to live longer? Study after study has shown that it may be true. A recent study looked at the outcomes of male and female heart patients. It found that death rates for both women and men were lower when the doctor was female. Women treated by male doctors had the highest death rate.

The reason is that women doctors are more likely to listen to their patients. They are more likely to take their patients seriously than male doctors do.

Another study focused on listening. It found female doctors spent more time listening to patients than their male colleagues did. But taking time to listen comes with a cost. By the end of the day, the women doctors fell an hour behind in their schedules.

Does this make women “better” doctors? Well, yes and no. Listening skills are the key. It follows that listening leads to taking patients seriously. Listening is particularly important for the well-being of heart patients. Heart attack symptoms can be different in men and women. Chest pains, for instance, are less common in women who are having a heart attack. If there is no chest pain, doctors often leave out a heart attack. Male doctors are less likely to listen to female patients. They may be more likely to miss other heart attack symptoms.

Why do female patients do better when treated by female doctors? It may be that women patients feel more comfortable talking to female physicians. Or it may be that women doctors are more focused on the unique heart disease symptoms that can occur in women. It could be that women doctors are better communicators. Or women doctors may be better at picking up clues from female patients.

1. What can be inferred from paragraph 1?

A．Men treated by male doctors had the highest death rate.

B．Women treated by male doctors had lower death rate.

C．Men treated by female doctors had the highest death rate.

D．Women treated by female doctors had lower death rate.

2. Why patients of female doctors seem to live longer?

A．Because female doctors are more skilled.

B．Because female doctors are more charming.

C．Because female doctors know more about patients.

D．Because female doctors are unwilling to give up.

3. What is the cost of taking time to listen to patients for women doctors?

A．Their health will be badly damaged.

B．They won’t make as much money as men do.

C．They will miss the time spent with their families.

D．They have to spend more time finishing their work.

4. The reason for female patients doing better when treated by female doctors is ________.

A．uncertain

B．unexpected

C．objective

D．obvious