[填空题]Years ago, doctors often said that pain was a normal part of life. In particular, when older patients (36) of pain, they were told it was a natural part of aging and they would have to learn to live with it.
Times have changed. Today, we take pain (37) . Indeed, pain is now considered the fifth vital, as important as blood pressure, temperature, breathing rate and pulse in (38) a person’s well-being. We know that chronic(慢性的) pain can disrupt (扰乱的) a person’s life, causing problems that (39) from missed work to depression.
That’s why a growing number of hospitals now depend upon physicians who (40) in pain medicine. Not only do we evaluate the cause of the pain, which can help us treat the pain better, but we also help provide comprehensive therapy for depression and other psychological and social (41) related to chronic pain. Such comprehensive therapy often (42) the work of social workers, psyc

[填空题]Years ago, doctors often said that pain was a normal part of life. In particular, when older patients (36) of pain, they were told it was a natural part of aging and they would have to learn to live with it.
Times have changed. Today, we take pain (37) . Indeed, pain is now considered the fifth vital, as important as blood pressure, temperature, breathing rate and pulse in (38) a person’s well-being. We know that chronic(慢性的) pain can disrupt (扰乱的) a person’s life, causing problems that (39) from missed work to depression.
That’s why a growing number of hospitals now depend upon physicians who (40) in pain medicine. Not only do we evaluate the cause of the pain, which can help us treat the pain better, but we also help provide comprehensive therapy for depression and other psychological and social (41) related to chronic pain. Such comprehensive therapy often (42) the work of social workers, psyc

[单项选择] Modern Drugs Doctors, sixty years ago, could do little to help victims of polio. Serious cases usually ended in death. In 1955, a vaccine was developed that prevented the disease. Today, polio is no longer a major health problem. Many of the most important drugs that doctors prescribe today have been developed in the last 30 years. Modern drugs are complex, specific and powerful. People need to know more about drugs in order to use them safely. Early people discovered by accident that some of the plants growing around them seemed useful to heal sores, relieve pain, or even cure diseases. These plants were the first drugs. Now plants are still the source of some drugs. Quinine, for example, is a bitter-tasting drug used to treat the chills and fever of malaria and to reduce attacks of the disease. It is made from the bark of the cinchona tree, which grows in the Andes Mountains. The Indians of that region were the first to use the bark as
A. The development of modern drugs.
B. How to make drugs.
C. How to use drugs safely.
D. The development of drugs.