1 . Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) has been greatly contributing to the treatment of the COVID-19, which changed the altitude of the western world to it to some extent. However, in the past, foreigners knew little about it. According to a government report, although TCM has been introduced into 183 countries and regions around the world, their understanding of TCM may be limited to acupuncture(针灸), cupping and massage(按摩) .For instance, the purple, injury-like marks left on a U. S. famous swimmers back from cupping to relax his muscles and reduce pain became the center of attention during the Rio Olympics in 2016.

In fact, Chinese herbs(药草) play a more important role in curing diseases and keeping the body in good condition in the TCM treatment system than physical treatment. Therefore, it is disappointing to know that although 103 world Health Organization member countries have given approval to the practice of acupuncture, not many recognize Chinese herbal medicine. TCM is much less popular than Western medicine partly due to the slow development of Chinese herbs.

Herbs can be made into pills, powder and soup. The kind of herbs used, their quality, quantity and the processing together determine the effectiveness of the prescription (处方). Compared with Western medicine, which has standardized drug production processes and treatment methods, TCM lacks standardization. The chemical composition and functions of its medicine are still unclear and their effects are unstable. Fortunately, standardization has improved in recent decades and a number of factories are increasingly producing patented TCM drugs.

Another reason why TCM prescription drugs have developed slowly is that it lacks creativity. While Western medicine-making companies come up with new products every year, TCM drug producers tend to make medicine according to prescriptions handed down from the past. That Chinese chemist Tu Yoyo won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her research into malaria(痢疾) treatment may drive creativity to some extent in China's TCM industry.

However, Rome was not built in a day. The current situation cannot be changed within a short time.

1. Why did the US swimmer attract the audience's attention in the 2016 Rio Olympics?

A．The injury on his back.	B．The golden cup he won in the games.
C．His relaxed muscles and reduced pain.	D．The purple, injury-like marks left on his back.

2. What should we do to make TCM be recognized by more countries?

A．Set standards and improve creativity.

B．Increase functions and decrease production.

C．Increase functions and improve creativity.

D．Set standards and create more prescriptions.

3. How does the writer feel about the future of TCM?

A．Anxious.	B．Negative.
C．Disappointed.	D．Positive.

4. Westerners DON'T think              .

A．acupuncture treatment is effective	B．cupping can cure some diseases
C．massage can relax body muscles	D．herbs can keep the body in good condition

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“A heavy ion (离子) cancer treatment system developed by Chinese researchers will soon be put into     1     (operate) in northwest China’s Gansu Province,” researchers said.

The system will be used in a hospital in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu,     2     is mainly devoted to treating cancer patients with the technology of heavy-ion accelerators.

Cancer radiation treatments     3     (employ) heavy-ion accelerators can attack     4     target with high-energy electrons (电子) to kill cancer cells.

Compared to traditional therapy (治疗) such as radiation, heavy ion treatment     5     (consider) to have more balanced properties with     6     (little) radiation on healthy cells. The treatment period is shorter,     7     the therapy could more     8     (effect) control cancer cells, according to Wang Xiaohu, deputy director of the Gansu Provincial Cancer Hospital.

Researchers with the Institute of Modern Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences started basic research     9     the technology in 1993 and developed the accelerators in 2015.

A report published by the National Cancer Center in 2017 showed that China has nearly 25 percent of the world’s new cancer cases, with 10,000 cancer patients     10     (add) per day. Every year, there are two million cancer-induced deaths. Lung, breast and stomach cancers are the most common types.