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共用题干 Relieving the Pain"Exercise may be the best treatment of chronic pain,...E

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Relieving the Pain

"Exercise may be the best treatment of chronic pain,"say doctors at a new clinic for dealing with pain.
"People with chronic pain need to stop lying around,go out more,and start exercising."The instinctive reac-
tion to acute pain is to stop moving and to try to protect the source of pain.But it seems that this is often not
productive,especially in the case of back pain.Back pain,after headaches and tiredness,has become the
third most common reason for people to visit their doctors.Painful backs now account for millions of days off
work.
Lumbar（腰部的）pains are partly the price humans pay for taking their forelimbs off the ground , but
they are made worse by a sedentary（久坐不动的）lifestyle. Lack of exercise slowly decreases the flexibility
and strength of muscles,so that it is more difficult to take pressure off the site of pain.Exercise is essential.
It releases endorphins（内啡肤）,the body's " feel-good " chemicals , which are natural painkillers. In fact,
these are so important that researchers are now looking for drugs that can maintain a comfortable level of en-
dorphins in the body.
Most people who go to a family doctor complaining of pain are prescribed pain-killing drugs rather than
exercise.Since finding the cause of backache is not so easy,doctors frequently do not know the precise cause
of the discomfort,and as the pain continues,sufferers end up taking stronger doses or a series of different
drugs."It's crazy,"says Dr. Brasseur,a therapist at the International Association for the Study of Pain.
"Some of them are taking different drugs prescribed by different doctors.I've just seen a patient who was tak-
ing two drugs which turned out to be the same thing under different names."
A generation of new pain clinics now operates on the basis that drugs are best avoided.Once patients
have undergone the initial physical and psychological check up,their medication is cut down as much as pos-
sible.Taking patients off drugs also prepares them for physical activity.
In some pain-relief clinics,patients begin the day with muscle contraction and relaxation exercises,fol-
lowed by an hour on exercise bikes. Later in the day , they practice tai chi（太极）,self-defense , and deep
thought. This compares with an average of two-and-a-half hours' physiotherapy（理疗）a week in a traditional
hospital program."The idea is to strengthen and to increase long-lasting energy,flexibility,and confidence,"
explains Bill Wiles,a consultant pain doctor in Liverpool."Patients undergoing this therapy get back to work
and resume healthy active lifestyles much sooner than those subjected to more conservative treatment."
选项 Exercise helps to take the pressure off the site of pain.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned
答案A
解析短文第一段第二句说到有慢性病的人不应总躺着，要多出去走走，要开始运动。因此 该判断错误。
短文第一段倒数第二句只说了人们经常因头痛去医院，但没有提到引起头痛的原因。
短文第二段第二句说到缺乏锻炼使人们有疼痛的压力，相反，锻炼能减轻人们的疼痛。
短文第二段最后一句提到医生正在寻找一种含有咖啡肤的药，而不是给病人们用这 种药。
短文第三段第二句中的“taking stronger doses or a series of different drugs"，与“taking more than one drug”相对应。
短文中并没有提到传统的治疗（traditional treatment)，故选C。
短文第四段提到新的诊所提议尽量避免用药或尽量少用药而没有要求病人完全不 用药。
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