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A．used massage therapy in 2002
B．used massage therapy in 2004
C．had used massage therapy at least once
D．used massage therapy in 2001
Which one of the following statements is true about the history of massage？
A．It has a history of about several hundred years.
B．It is only found in ancient Asia countries like China and Japan.
C．It lost its popularity after 1970s because of medical advances.
D．It had twists and turns in its development in U.S.
Paragraph 4 is mainly concerned about ______.
A．side effects and risks of massage therapy
B．safety of massage therapy
C．cautions that the therapists need to follow
D．the training processes of a qualified therapists
The term massage therapy (also called massage, for short; massage also refers to an individual treatment session) covers a group of practices and techniques. There are over 80 types of massage therapy. In all of them, therapists press, rub, and otherwise manipulate the muscles and other soft tissues of the body, often varying pressure and movement. They most often use their hands and fingers, but may use their forearms, elbows, or feet. Typically, the intent is to relax the soft tissues, increase delivery of blood and oxygen to the massaged areas, warm them, and decrease pain.
Massage therapy dates back thousands of years. References to massage have been found in ancient writings from many cultures, including those of Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Japan, China, Egypt, and the Indian subcontinent. In the United States, massage therapy first became popular and was promoted for a variety of health purposes starting in the mid-1800s. In the 1930s and 1940s, however, massage fell out of favor, mostly because of scientific and technological advances in medical treatments. Interest in massage revived in the 1970s, especially among athletes.
More recently, a 2002 national survey on Americans' use of CAM (published in 2004) found that 5 percent of the 31,000 participants had used massage therapy in the preceding 12 months, and 9.3 percent had ever used it. According to recent reviews, people use massage for a wide variety of health-related intents: for example, to relieve pain (often from musculoskeletal conditions, but from other conditions as well); rehabilitate sports injuries; reduce stress; increase relaxation; address feelings of anxiety and depression; and aid general wellness.
Massage therapy appears to have few serious risks if appropriate cautions are followed. A very small number of serious injuries have been reported, and they appear to have occurred mostly because cautions were not followed or a massage was given by a person who was not properly trained. Health care providers recommend that patients not have massage therapy before they consult their doctors about their own health conditions.
Scientists are studying massage to understand what effects massage therapy has on patients, how it has those effects, and why. Some aspects of this are better understood than others. There are many more aspects that are not yet known or well understood scientifically. More well-designed studies are needed to understand and confirm these theories and other scientific aspects of massage.
Which one of the following statements about massage is NOT correct according to the passage？
A．Many different practices and techniques can all be called massage.
B．Soft tissues of the body are usually the target of massage.
C．Hands and fingers aide the only body parts that therapists use when practicing massage.
D．Massage can do much more than just providing relaxation.
From the passage, we know that the study of massage ______.
A．have not got started yet
B．needs more research on therapy practice
C．can not explain therapy practice at all
D．can provide full explanations for therapy practice
The Teclrnology Buyer's Guide
Home Control Center
Rex-l0 is a computer controlled mini speaker that acts like a "watchdog" barking when
it detects motion. It' s the perfect protection when you' re out of town. (800-843-532;$ 200)
IBM's Home Director is a multitasking PC that lets homeowners create and run daily routines around
the house. Preset tasks each day or on a weekly basis. Come home to freshly baked apple
pie, a vacuumed house, nearly any wish come true. (800-4267235; $99 and up)
Inteiectron's Lanterns are attractive outdoor lights that turn on at dusk,then switch to full brightness whenever they detect movement. (510-732-6790; $35 to $55)
Park's Temperature Control makes for even daily temperature control and saves up to
20% off a homeowner's energy bill. (800-725-9162; $250 to $375)
Home Entertainment
Via TV Videophone:is just what you need to show the grandparents how the kids are
growing up while talking with them over the phone. The machine works via regular phone
lines (888-843-9898; $550)
Zenith Z32 Color TV is a wide-screen TV that will be the centerpiece of your home
theater. It has just about the sharpest picture at 32 inches (847-39-8100; $ 1,650)
Sennheiser 11D580 Precision Headphones are just what you need to experience crisp
solitary listening. An experience you'll want after a hard day at the office (860-434-9190,
$ 349)
Nintendo 64 is a video-game box guaranteed to give you more thrill than any
action-packed movie (800-255-3700; $ 149)
Kitchen Helpers
Krups Espresso Novo 4000 Programatic coffee maker makes coffee from mild to very
strong. It has a microchip-monitored steam pump. (800-526-5377; $349. 99)
Capresso is the bean grinder-digital coffee maker that should be in everyone's house
You can programme it up to 10 hours so you can depend on fresh coffee anytime
(201-767-3999; $230)
Sharp Multiple Choice Microwave tells you what to put on the plate and how long to cook
it. The digital screen can tell you how to bake apples, cut down on your salt intake, and
much more. (800-be-sharp; $189 to $199)
Panasonic Electronic Rice Cooker not only cooks rice but steams vegetables and has a
fuzzy-logic chip that makes many cooking decisions for you. It can be set 13 hours in advance
to whip up your dinner. (800-366-4308; $ 160 to $170)
Office
Pro-26 Document Shredder, destroys top-secret memos in the comfort of your home.
Two pages can be shredded like spaghetti in seconds. (800-351-7222; $50)
Qulckcam YC 's Videoconterencing via the Net allows you to work at home and let the
office interact with you face-to-face. (800-950-5880; $129)
Brother's MFC Multipurpose Color Printer combines a scanner, copier, fax and digital
answering machine all in one. (800-284-4329; $799)
Kensington Smartsockets' with its co[or-coding system and spaced-out sockets will keep
your plugs untangled. (800-535-4242; $19 to $49)
PanasonIc 6. 6-oz. Combo Cellular allows you to travel far from home and stay in touch
Analog cellular charges kick in when you are 1,000 feet from home. (800-441-7262; $199)
Relaxation
La-z-boy Maxim is a high tech way to recline that lets you catch up on all the sleep
you,ye missed while you are treated to heat and a back massage, all run off a central
computer system. If you can,t take your mind off business, just plug in your laptop to the
armrest phone jack. Better still sit back and enjoy your favorite music with the built-in sound
system, it's got everything you'll need, (800-625-3246; $760 to $850)
Sony Web TV is designed for laid-back Net surfing. Grab hold of Web TV's wireless
keyboard,then you can casually cruise the information highway on the TV, resting the body
without resting the mind (800-772-sony; $200 to $300)
Panasonic Great Escape lets you sit back, relax, and enjoy a shiatsu massage. Great for
relieving stress. (201-348-9090; $2,500 to $3,400)
Transportation
Sandia National Bus Pothole Fixer comes complete with scanners that spot holes cleaners
to clear away debris, and nozzles to shoot filler material in the hole as it drives over, taking
its passengers to their destination. To be commercialized soon
Hypercar is designed to improve car efficiency. It has a scooter sized engine with a gas
turbine cell that provides a constant source of electricity. It is quiet, safe, nearly 95% less
polluting than a conventional car, and gets between 100 and 200 miles per gallon. It is being
tested at the Hypercar Center at the Rocky Mountain Institute
Miscellaneous
Motorola Cow Alert works off a computer chip and a battery. A sensor sits in one of a
cow,5four stomachs ready to alert the farmer within half an hour if a cow falls ill
(Motorola U. S. based)
Heartthrob Brooch not only has 6 rubies and 78 diamonds but carries a chip-controlled
light-emitting device that flashes with each beat of the wearer's heart. (M. I T. Media Lab
designer Harry Winston; $400,000)
Sole Attraction is a new sneaker that takes vital information from potential mates. All
you do is shake hands and exchange the necessary information, then let the sneakers do the
rest. Provided both of you are wearing them, a low-level electric current races along your
skin's surface and onto your partner,s, coding details on a computer chip on the soles of the
sneakers. (designed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology(M. I . T), U. S)
Questions 11-20 are based on Passage 2
11. The IBM Home Director's unit uses a ___________ to run the home
A. dog's bark B. multitasking PC
C. video phone
12. Park, s Temperature Control is reported to save up to ______________ percent of energy bills
A.50 B.1O
C. 20
13. The Zenith Z32 comes with a ______________.
A. wide screen TV ？ B. phone
C. home theater
14. Krups Espresso makes different types of coffee but the Capresso has a _________.
A. timer B. steam pump
C. storage filter
15. Kensington Smartsockets lets you ________.
A. interact with your boss B. organize your plugs
C. shred documents
16. The Panasonic Great Escape machine lets you enjoy a _________________.
A. phone jack B. music system
C. shiatsu massage
17. The Hypercar is designed to be _____________.
A. safe and efficient B. Powerful and noisy
C. cheap and easy to repair
18. Farmers can find out when a cow _________ with the Motorola Cow Alert
A. needs milking B. is sick
C. is missing
19. The Heartthrob Brooch flashes when _____________.
A. the heart beats B. love stimulates the jewels
C. the light is dim
20. The sole Attraction sneakers work off _____________.
A. heart beats B. an electric current
C. a timed response
Words are tools for communicating with other people, especially information about people. They are mainly social tools. Visual and spatial abilities are good for imagining and manipulating objects and for communicating information about them. Are these talents programmed into the brain？ In some of the newest and most controversial research in neurophysiology(神经生理学), it has been suggested that when it comes to the brain, males are specialists while women are generalists.
But one knows that, if anything, this means in terms of the abilities of the two sexes. Engineering is both Visual and spatial, and it's true that there are relatively few women engineers. But women become just as skilled as men at shooting a rifle or driving a car, task that involve visual-spatial skills. They also do equally well at programming a computer, which is neither visual nor spatial. Women do, however, seem less likely to fall in love with the objects themselves. We all know men for whom machines seem to be extensions of their identity. A woman is more likely to see her car, rifle, or computer as a useful tool but not in itself fascinating.
According to the massage, women are usually good at______.
A．body language
B．logical reasoning
C．tasks demanding for the use of words
D．both A and B
