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。

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) originated in ancient China. It     1    (include) acupuncture (针灸), Chinese herbal medicine, tai chi, qigong, tuina, guasha, cupping and so on.

Acupuncture was one of the first TCM       2    (method) that were accepted by the healthcare system in the USA. It was first introduced to the USA in 1971 by a New York Times reporter, James Reston, in an article     3    (title) “Now, about my operation in Peking”.

In 1997. acupuncture was     4    (official) accepted by the National Institutes of Health of the US, and in a statement in 2002, the World Health Organization recognized acupuncture as an     5    (effect) treatment for more than 43 common ailments (小病). TCM focuses     6     not only the disease treatment, but also the disease prevention and     7    (improve) of overall health.

Today, TCM is primarily used as an alternative for people     8    (maintain) a healthy state in the US. It is widely practiced in more than 180 countries and regions around the globe; among them, 103 countries have approved     9     use of acupuncture, 29 have established some forms of laws and regulations for TCM, 18 have included acupuncture into their national health insurance systems,     10     more than 30 have colleges and universities that teach students in TCM.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Who is the woman?

A．A doctor.

B．A receptionist.

C．A nurse.

2. Where are the speakers?

A．In the consulting room.

B．In the X-ray department.

C．In the examination room.

3. How many departments are being modernized according to the woman?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

3 . Kenyan mother Beth Mwende heard her sleeping child cry out, but did not worry after the three-year-old quickly quietened down. The next morning, however, she found her daughter, Mercy, nearly unconscious with two bite marks in the neck. “I didn’t know that it was a snake,” Mwende said.

Although snakebites are common in her hometown, antivenom medication is difficult to get. Mwende lives about 160 kilometers east of Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. So she took her daughter to a traditional healer. He placed stones over the bites. Mercy died within hours. She was one of about 700 Kenyans killed by snakebites each year, notes a report in the scientific publication Toxicon.

The Kenya Snakebite Research and Intervention Center (KSRIC) is working to change that. The KSRIC hopes to have East Africa’s first antivenom medication on the market within five years. It estimates the cost will be about 30 percent of an imported product, which often sells for about US $ 30.

More than 70, 000 people are bitten in East Africa each year. Climate change and deforestation are worsening the problem as snakes get pushed out of natural surroundings into populated areas.

Nearly 100 snakes live at the research center in a forest near Nairobi. Researchers take venom from snakes and study it before injecting small amounts into other animals, such as sheep. The animals then create antibodies that can be made into antivenom.

“Up to now, no one has made any kind of antivenom in Kenya,’’ said Geoffrey Maranga Kepha, a senior snake handler.

Two effective antivenoms are available in Kenya, from India and Mexico, the center says.

The center is teaching communities that using antivenom immediately after receiving a snakebite can save lives, said head researcher George Adinoh.

“After seeing how people died in Kenya from snakebites I decided to devote my life to coming up with a rescue measure that will help or prevent people from dying from snakebites,” snake handler Kepha added.

1. How does the author introduce the topic of the text?

A．By telling a story.	B．By listing figures.
C．By referririg to documents.	D．By making a comparison.

2. Why did Mwende take her daughter to a traditional healer?

A．She couldn’t afford any modern treatment.

B．She lived where antivenom medication is not available.

C．The traditional way is very effective to treat snakebites.

D．She believed a traditional healer could cure her daughter.

3. What is causing more snakebites to happen in East Africa?

A．Lack of antivenom medication.

B．Environmental damage and climate change.

C．People’s low awareness of the danger of snakes.

D．People’s pursuit of traditional cures for snakebites.

4. What do we know about antivenom in Kenya from the text?

A．It is taken from antibodies of sheep.

B．There is only one effective antivenom available.

C．KSRIC is trying to develop a local antivenom now.

D．People refuse to use antivenom after being bitten by snakes.