問題詳情
IV. Reading Comprehension: Select the best answer to each question. ( 1 ) Until a century ago, bloodletting was used to treat many ailments. Dating back to before the time ofChrist, the treatment involved letting a type of worm, called a leech, such blood from the patient.People believed that there were liquids called humors in the body and that these determined a person’spersonality and health. Bloodletting, they thought, restored a balance to these humors.At the time, little was known of the workings of the human body, but people did know that thesame liquid, blood, flowed throughout everyone’s body. They knew it was a vital substance, for loss ofany great amount of it meant certain death. Thus, they concluded that all diseases were carried in thebloodstream, and that if the body was relieved of bad blood, health would return. Bloodletting, however,came to be used as a cure-all. Women were bled to keep them from blushing, while members of theclergy were bled to prevent them from thinking sinful and worldly thoughts.From the eleventh to the eighteenth centuries, barbers were the people to go to if you needed to bebled. This custom explains the significance of the traditional barber’s pole: the white stripes stand forbandages and the red stripes for blood.
【題組】25. This passage is concerned with
(A) healthy people and doctors.
(B) bleeding as a cure-all.
(C) barbers of long ago.
(D) leeches with special jobs to do.。
參考答案
答案：B
難度：簡單0.75
統計：A(0),B(27),C(5),D(2),E(0)