Use the information in the passage to match the deed (listed A-H) with people below.

Write the appropriate letters A-H in boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet.

NB You may use any letter more than once

1 ABCDEFGH Appointments with an alternative practitioner

2 ABCDEFGH An alternative practitioner’s description of the treatment

3 ABCDEFGH An alternative practitioner who has faith in what he does

4 ABCDEFGH The illness of patients convinced of alternative practice

5 ABCDEFGH Improvements of patients receiving alternative practice

6 ABCDEFGH Conventional medical doctors (who is aware of placebo)

• 1 Answer: D
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  Q1:  Appointments with an alternative practitioner	Want to devise a new form of alternative medicine? No problem. Here is the recipe. Be warm, sympathetic, reassuring and enthusiastic. Your treatment should involve physical contact, and each session with your patients should last at least half an hour.
  Note:  When skimming the passage, we should mainly focus on searching for the paraphrased words related to the keyword of the question: ‘appointments’, ‘alternative practitioner’. In paragraph A, from the very first sentence we already see the phrase ‘alternative medicine’ which is synonymous with ‘alternative practitioner’. Reading a few more sentences, we notice that the phrase 'each session with your patients' means a healing meeting between a doctor and a patient, which is equivalent to the word ‘appointments’. Since both keywords of the question are mentioned, I believe paragraph A would give us the correct answer. Next, in paragraph A, there is a detail that is the minimum time for a therapy session, which is completely consistent with one of the deeds of the question, which is ‘Ought to last a minimum length of time’. Answer: D

• 2 Answer: A
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  Q2:  An alternative practitioner’s description of the treatment	Encourage your patients to take an active part in their treatment and understand how their disorders relate to the rest of their lives…. Describe your treatment in familiar words, but embroidered with a hint of mysticism: energy fields, energy flows, energy blocks, meridians, forces, auras, rhythms and the like.
  Note:  From the data in question 1, we can understand that the phrase 'alternative practitioner' refers to a therapist, so from here we don't need to find out what it means anymore. Focusing on the question's main keyword as 'description', we will quickly realize that this word appears in paragraph A as a verb as 'describe’, while in others it does not. Therefore, we have reason to believe that reading paragraph A carefully would give us the correct answer. From the sentence ‘Encourage your patients', we understand that it means therapists must explain to patients how their anxieties would affect them, and to do so effectively, they would use simple and familiar words to describe their treatment. Compared with the deed of the question, we quickly realize that the correct answer of this question is  ‘Should easily be understood’. Answer: A

• 3 Answer: G
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  Q3:  An alternative practitioner who has faith in what he does	Well yes, it could – and often well enough to earn you a living. A good living if you are sufficiently convincing, or better still, really believe in your therapy.
  Note:  We should focus on the prominent keywords in the question to make it easier to find synonyms. In this question, the most prominent keyword is 'faith'. On the other hand, when we skim the passage, in the topic sentence of paragraph B, we realize that there is a synonym for it, which is 'believe',both mean to believe in something. (In paragraph C there is also the word 'faith', but it is not the therapist's faith but the patient's faith. Therefore we should read carefully to avoid confusion). Combined with the context of the sentence, the phrase 'really believe in your therapy' perfectly corresponds to the key phrase 'has faith in what he does’. Once we identify the passage the question refers to, we will quickly find out the answer when we read it carefully. There is a data in the topic sentence of paragraph B that is 'well enough to earn you a living’, which is perfectly matched with one of the deeds: ‘Can earn valuable money’. Answer: G

• 4 Answer: B
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  Q4:  the illness of patients convinced of alternative practice	A good living if you are sufficiently convincing, or better still, really believe in your therapy. Many illnesses get better on their own, so if you are lucky and administer your treatment at just the right time you will get the credit.
  Note:  We quickly determine that the answer to this question is also in paragraph B thanks to similar keyword pairs such as ‘convinced of alternative practice’ - ‘you are sufficiently convincing-administer your treatment’ (the author of this article is writing about you as a therapist, and these data show that therapist applies convincing treatments to the patient.Hence both these phrases have the same meaning), ‘the illness of patients’ - ‘Many illnesses’. There is a data in paragraph B that is 'get better on their own’, which is perfectly matched with one of the deeds: ‘Should improve by itself’. Answer: B

• 5 Answer: H
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  Q5:  Improvements of patients receiving alternative practice	Placebos are treatments that have no direct effect on the body, yet still, work because the patient has faith in their power to heal.
  Note:  In the topic sentence of paragraph C, we notice that the phrase ‘placebos are treatments’ synonymous with the key phrase ‘alternative practice’.Moreover, there is also a phrase which completely corresponds to the keyword ‘improvement’ of the question, that is ‘yet still, work’. In the passage, both of these key phrases are related to an information as ‘have no direct effect on the body’, and when we put all the information together, we would infer that the most appropriate deed for this question is ‘Do not rely on any specific treatment’. Answer: H

• 6 Answer: F
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  Q6:  Conventional medical doctors (who is aware of placebo)	The existence of the placebo effect implies that even quackery may confer real benefits, which is why any mention of placebo is a touchy subject for many practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine, who are likely to regard it as tantamount to a charge of charlatanism. In fact, the placebo effect is a powerful part of all medical care, orthodox or otherwise, though its role is often neglected or misunderstood.
  Note:  Information about 'Conventional medical doctors' is only mentioned in paragraph C, so it is not difficult for us to find out its answer. From the information that the passage refers to, we understand that in fact, placebo plays an important role in health care services (In fact, the placebo effect is a powerful part of all medical care, orthodox or otherwise), but many medical practitioners rate it as quack remedies (many practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine, who are likely to regard it as tantamount to a charge of charlatanism), hence its role is often overlooked or misunderstood (its role is often neglected or misunderstood). Through the above information, we realize that the correct answer to this question would be ‘Should give more recognition’. Answer: F

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage?

In boxes 10-14 on your answer sheet, write

10 TRUEFALSENOT GIVEN There is enough information for scientists to fully understand the placebo effect.

11 TRUEFALSENOT GIVEN London based researcher discovered that red pills should be taken off the market.

12 TRUEFALSENOT GIVEN People’s preference for brands would also have an effect on their healing.

13 TRUEFALSENOT GIVEN Medical doctors have a range of views of the newly introduced drug of chlorpromazine.

14 TRUEFALSENOT GIVEN Alternative practitioners are seldom known for applying the placebo effect.

• 10 Answer: FALSE
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  Q10:  There is enough information for scientists to fully understand the placebo effect.	But exactly how placebos work their medical magic is still largely unknown
  Note:  The passage describes ‘how placebos work their medical magic is still largely unknown’ while the information of the question is ‘There is enough information for scientists to fully understand the placebo effect’, hence this question is not true. Answer: FALSE

• 11 Answer: NOT GIVENA
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  Q11:  A London based researcher discovered that red pills should be taken off the market.	A London rheumatologist found, for example, that red dummy capsules made more effective painkillers than blue, green or yellow ones.
  Note:  The passage only mentions that the red pills are more effective at reducing pain than the blue, green or yellow ones. There is no information on whether the red pill should be removed from the market. Therefore, this sentence is not given. Answer: NOT GIVEN

• 12 Answer: TRUE
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  Q12:  People’s preference for brands would also have an effect on their healing.	Even branding can make a difference: if Aspro or Tylenol is what you like to take for a headache, their chemically identical generic equivalents may be less effective.
  Note:  In the passage there is information that, if you prefer a headache reliever, other pain relievers may be less effective even though they are chemically equivalent.This is fully matched with the question’s data. Hence the answer is True. Answer: TRUE

• 13 Answer: TRUE
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  Q13:  Medical doctors have a range of views of the newly introduced drug of chlorpromazine.	Decades ago, when the major tranquilliser chlorpromazine was being introduced, a doctor in Kansas categorised his colleagues according to whether they were keen on it, openly skeptical of its benefits, or took a “let’s try and see” attitude.
  Note:  The information in paragraph I tells us that, when chlorpromazine was introduced, a doctor classified his colleagues into different groups based on their opinion: concern, doubt, or ‘just take a try’ attitude. This information is completely consistent with the content of the question which is ‘Medical doctors have a range of views of the newly introduced drug of chlorpromazine’ , hence the answer is True. Answer: TRUE

• 14 Answer: FALSE
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  Q14:  Alternative practitioners are seldom known for applying the placebo effect.	One of the great strengths of CAM may be its practitioners’ skill in deploying the placebo effect to accomplish real healing.
  Note:  Information from the passage tells us that practitioners’ skill in deploying the placebo effect to accomplish real healing is one of the great strengths of CAM while the question talks about alternative practitioners who rarely know how to apply the placebo effect. Therefore, the answer to this question is False. Answer: FALSE