下面的短文后有2项测试任务：(1) 第23～26题要求从所给的6个选项中第2、4、5、6每段选择1个最佳标题；(2)
第27～30题要求从所给的6个选项中每个句子确定一个最佳选项。 Hypnosis(催眠) 1
Increasing numbers of American doctors are using a technique known as
hypnosis. They say hypnosis often can help persons suffering pain and stress. It
also can help speed the healing of bums, and treats some forms of asthma and
some skin diseases. Hypnosis is not new. It has been used for many years both in
scientific research and to please crowds at public gatherings,
2 Hypnosis is commonly described as a condition similar to sleep.
But, experts say it is more a form of deep thought. The thought becomes so
intense that it is longer just a thought. To the per son, it becomes reality.
3 Hypnotized patients are reported to have increased
self-control and a reduced sense of pain. Some doctors use hypnosis to limit
pain during a medical operation. Hypnosis is used mainly when the patient may
have problems with usual anesthetic or pain-killing drugs. 4
Experts say there is little chance that a patient will awaken during such
an operation. But, if this happens, the operation is temporarily halted, and the
patient hypnotized again. Doctors may advise hypnosis for women who are giving
birth. Dentists may use it in place of traditional pain-killing drugs, such as
novocaine (麻醉药). 5 Hypnosis also has been used to treat
burn victims. Researchers have found that bum victims who are hypnotized improve
faster that those who are not. But, they are not sure why this happens.
6 Hypnosis can reduce or end a patient’s pain. But
experts say this does not mean the patient is cured. The problem that caused the
pain still must be treated. 7 Experts also say persons
cannot be forced to do something they would normally oppose. That is why
hypnosis often is not effective in treating cigarette smokers and persons who
eat or drink too much. The success of the technique depends on how much someone
wants it to succeed.
A. Hypnosis Can Reduce or End a Patient’s Pain
B. Why Hypnosis Is Not Effective in Treating Cigarette Smokers and Some
Other Illness C. Hypnosis Can Treat Bum Victims
D. The Definition of Hypnosis E. The Function of Hypnosis
F. The Importance of Hypnosis Paragraph 2 ______.