Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question.

Acupuncture

Acupuncture involves the insertion of very thin needles through the patient's skin at specific points on the body, and the needles are inserted to various depths. The medical community is not in conclusive agreement about how acupuncture works scientifically. However, we know that it does have some therapeutic benefits, including pain relief. According to WHO, acupuncture is effective for treating 28 conditions, while evidence indicates it may have an effective therapeutic value for many more. People with tension, headaches or migraines may find acupuncture to be very effective in alleviating their symptoms. Another study found that twice weekly acupuncture treatments relieve debilitating symptoms of zerostomia - severe dry mouth - among patients treated with head and neck cancer. Traditional Chinese medicine explains that health is the result of a harmonious balance of the complementary extremes of yin and yang of the life force known as chi or qi. Qi is said to flow through pathways in the human body. Through 350 acupuncture points in the body, these pathways and energy flows may be accessed.  Illness is said to be the consequence of an imbalance of the forces. If needles are inserted into these points with appropriate combinations, it is said that the energy flow can be brought back into proper balance. In Western societies and several other parts of the world, acupuncture is explained, including concepts of neuroscience. Acupuncture points are seen by Western practitioners as places where nerves, muscles and connective tissue can be stimulated.  Acupuncture practitioners say that the stimulation increases blood flow while at the same time triggering the activity of our own body's natural painkillers.

Question: According to Western medicine, the insertion of needles through acupuncture points in the body may ____.

A. increase blood flow and stimulate our instinct of pain relief

B. stimulate the effect of painkillers in our bodies for treatment

C. be used only in China and the Far East not the Western countries

D. help to explain where nerves and muscles can be stimulated

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp án:

Theo y học phương Tây, việc chèn kim qua các điểm châm cứu trong cơ thể có thể ____.

A. tăng lưu lượng máu và kích thích bản năng giảm đau của chúng ta

B. kích thích tác dụng của thuốc giảm đau trong cơ thể chúng ta để điều trị

C. chỉ được sử dụng ở Trung Quốc và Viễn Đông chứ không phải ở các nước phương Tây

D. giúp giải thích nơi kích thích thần kinh và cơ bắp

Thông tin: Acupuncture practitioners say that the stimulation increases blood flow while at the same time triggering the activity of our own body's natural painkillers.

Tạm dịch: Các học viên châm cứu nói rằng sự kích thích làm tăng lưu lượng máu trong khi đồng thời kích hoạt hoạt động của thuốc giảm đau tự nhiên của cơ thể chúng ta.

=> According to Western medicine, the insertion of needles through acupuncture points in the body may increase blood flow and stimulate our instinct of pain relief.

Đáp án cần chọn là: A