Hypnotized patients are reported to ______.

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 ______.

It may be concluded from the passage that ______.

A．dying patients are afraid of being told of the approach of death

B．most doctors and nurses understand what dying patients need

C．dying patients should be truthfully informed of their condition

D．most patients are unable to accept death until it is obviously inevitable

A．The patients cannot have a good-quality sleep.

B．The patients cannot have a well-balanced diet.

C．The patients are putting on weight.

D．The patients' habits annoy their families.

"their loved ones" in the last sentence refers to ______.

A. dying patients

B. patients and doctors

C. those whom patients love

D. human persons

Which is NOT true about the study？

A．There are 20 patients involved in the study.

B．The patients have used several anti-HIV drugs.

C．The patients have been treated for up to 18 months.

D．16 patients did not go through the whole study.

It may be concluded from the passage that ______.

A．most patients are unable to accept death until it is obviously inevitable

B．dying patients are afraid of being told of the approach of death

C．dying patients should be truthfully informed of their condition

D．most doctors and nurses understand what dying patients need

The investigators say that

A．67 patients out of 100 in every American hospital die from ADRs each year

B．67 patients out of 100 in every American hospital experience from ADRs each year

C．6.7% of all hospitalized patients in America experience ADRs each year on average

D．6.7% of all hospitalized patients in Canada experience ADRs each year on average

A.researchers

B.patients

C.members

D.smokers

It may be concluded from the passage that ________.

A．dying patients should be truthfully informed of their condition

B．most doctors and nurses understand what dying patients need

C．dying patients are afraid of being told of tile approach of death

D．most patients are unable to accept death until it is obviously inevitable