英语四级考试阅读15选10深度解题方案

这篇选词填空是2007年6月的四级考试真题，学生普遍反映很难，因为绝大多数的备选单词都不认识，这也是这种题型成为中国学生最崩溃的题型的最本质的和最无奈的原因，好废话不多说，上题！

Years ago, doctors often said that pain was a normal part of life. In particular, when older patients __47__ of pain, they were told it was a natural part of aging and they would have to learn to live with it.

Times have changed. Today, we take pain __48__. Indeed, pain is now considered the fifth vital sign, as important as blood pressure, temperature, breathing rate and pulse in __49__ a person’s well-being. We know that chronic (慢性的) pain can disrupt (扰乱) a person’s life, causing problems that __50__ from missed work to depression.

That’s why a growing number of hospitals now depend upon physicians who __51__ in pain medicine. Not only do we evaluate the cause of the pain, which can help us treat the pain better, but we also help provide comprehensive therapy for depression and other psychological and social __52__ related to chronic pain. Such comprehensive therapy often __53__ the work of social workers, psychiatrists (心理医生) and psychologists, as well as specialists in pain medicine.

This modern __54__ for pain management has led to a wealth of innovative treatments which are more effective and with fewer side effects than ever before. Decades ago, there were only a __55__ number of drugs available, and many of them caused __56__ side effects in older people, including dizziness and fatigue. This created a double-edged sword: the medications helped relieve the pain but caused other problems that could be worse than the pain itself.

A)  result
 I)    determining
 
B)  involves
 J)   limited
 
C)  significant
 K)  gravely
 
D)  range
 L)   complained
 
E)   relieved
 M) respect
 
F)   issues
 N)  prompting
 
G)  seriously
 O)  specialize
 
H)  magnificent