Traditional Chinese medicine has been practiced for around 3，000 years，but it 【小题1】 (be) relatively recent in the West，and acupuncture(针灸)only really became well known in the West in the 1970s as people began to travel 【小题2】 (much)frequently between the two areas of the world.

A significant event in the history of acupuncture 【小题3】 (come)in 1971，when a journalist from the New York Times had his appendix(阑尾) 【小题4】 (remove)in China，when on a trip to the country with Henry Kissinger，the Secretary of State for the USA. Surgeons used acupuncture to deaden the pain of the operation，【小题5】greatly impressed Kissinger.

Although at first doctors in the West were often skeptical of the 【小题6】 (medicine)value of acupuncture，in the last few years it has become more established 【小题7】 an alternative to Western medical treatments，since clinical tests have shown that acupuncture is effective for   【小题8】 number of conditions.

In the West，the treatment is often used 【小题9】 (relieve)headaches，dental pain，back pain and arthritis，and to treat depression，asthma，stress，high blood pressure and anxiety. Cherie Blair，a well-known human rights lawyer and the wife of the British Prime Minister，was recently spotted 【小题10】 (wear)an acupuncture needle in her ear，suggesting that she uses the treatment to dea1 with stress

My mother’s job is 【小题1】 (look) after patients in the hospital. Shortly after the outbreak of COVID-19, she was sent to Wuhan. My mother always enjoys 【小题2】 (help) others, so she accepted the dangerous task without 【小题3】 (complain). What worried me most was her 【小题4】 (work) in the ICU. I gave my mother a video call when she was free. On 【小题5】 (see) her face in the video, I couldn’t help 【小题6】 (cry). Mother comforted me and asked me to study hard and practise 【小题7】 (play) the piano every day. I looked forward to 【小题8】 (meet) my mother and hoped all doctors and nurses would get back home safely.

When people 【小题1】(face) with health or nutrition questions, it is 【小题2】(increase) common to go online and diagnose themselves. But the Internet is full of conflicting health warnings with no regulation to get rid of the wrong advice, some of which【小题3】 (be) extremely dangerous! Also, search engines rank results by 【小题4】(popular) rather than accuracy, so solid facts can be quite tricky to find. It is worth 【小题5】(check) if the writer of an online piece is properly qualified as an expert. Anyone can call【小题6】 (he) a “diet expert”, “nutritionist” and even a “doctor” — given it could refer to qualifications like a PhD. But remember, only officially【小题7】 (recognize) doctors as well as dietitians have degrees【小题8】 giving practical medical     suggestions. So if you are unsure and still wondering 【小题9】 the chocolate diet really does work or not, then it pays to make 【小题10】   appointment with your dietician or doctor. The truth is out there, and you just need to look in the right place!