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【題目】

Five Element Constitutional Acupuncture（針灸）
Author: Angela Hicks, John Hicks, Peter Mole
Item	Regular Price	AAMA Practice Member Price
95—53	$69．95	$59．45
Description: This exciting textbook gives a clear, detailed, and presentation of the main features of constitutional five element acupuncture treatment. It covers the context and history of this form of acupuncture, as well as the relevant Chinese medicine theory. After examining the elements themselves, and the functions of the organs, the book explores the basis of diagnosis in five element acupuncture, possible blocks to treatment, and the treatment itself. It puts this style of treatment into the context of other styles of acupuncture treatment especially Traditional Chinese Medicine （TCM） as it is used in the West today. ★A clear and trustworthy exploration of five element constitutional acupuncture． ★A description of the major aspects of diagnosis within this system, solving inconsistencies(前后矛盾) often present in discussions of these aspects． ★An encouragement of a particular style and approach in acupuncture, of interest to all schools of thought in Chinese medicine． ★Overall revisions keep the material in this book up-to-date． ★New information on calculation of sample size and effect size features material of increasing importance in the field． ★Updating of all references keep the reader current with the latest real-work in the field． ★Additional student activities within the text offer the reader even more help in learning new material or brushing up on the latest． ★New appendix features an exceptional critique(書評(píng)) of a published research paper． ★Two-color format makes the text visually appealing．

【1】The above table and passage is mainly_______．

A. an advertisement to persuade people to buy the book

B. a comparison between the five elements and TCM

C. an introduction to the author writing this book

D. an introduction to the book on five elements

【2】People who read the book may find it visually appealing in that_______．

A. it is published in traditional Chinese

B. the book has the advantage of two colors in printing

C. overall revisions keep the material in this book up-to-date

D. Practice Member Price is lower than Regular Price

【3】Supposing Jack is an AAMA Practice Member and he has bought ten books, how much has he saved compared with Regular Price?

A. 215 dollars B. 105 dollars

C. 195 dollars D. 150 dollars

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 A

【2】 B

【3】 B

【解析】

這是一篇廣告。介紹了“Five Element Constitutional Acupuncture（針灸）”這本書的具體信息和亮點(diǎn)。

【1】推理判斷題。本文為廣告，有這本書的總體介紹和亮點(diǎn)說明，目的是說服人們?nèi)ベ?gòu)買此書籍。故A選項(xiàng)正確。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后“Two-color format makes the text visually appealing”可知，讀了這本書的人會(huì)覺得它在視覺上很吸引人，因?yàn)檫@本書在印刷方面有兩種顏色。故B選項(xiàng)正確。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“Regular Price：$69．95 AAMA Practice Member Price：$59．45”可知，Jack以會(huì)員價(jià)買了10本書的價(jià)格為：$59．45×10=$594.5。如果以正常價(jià)買了10本書的價(jià)格為：$69．95×10=$699.5。價(jià)格差為：$699.5-$594.5=$105。故B選項(xiàng)正確。

根據(jù)短文的體裁是推理判斷題的重要解題方法之一。通讀短文可知，短文為廣告，廣告的目的就是激發(fā)需求，增加銷售。所以我們判斷出短文主要的目的就是為了說服人們?nèi)ベ?gòu)買書籍。故A選項(xiàng)為小題1的正確選項(xiàng)。