单选题 The term massage therapy (also called massage, for short; massage also refers to an individual treatment session) covers a group of practices and techniques. There are over 80 types of massage therapy. In all of them, therapists press, rub, and otherwise manipulate the muscles and other soft tissues of the body, often varying pressure and movement. They most often use their hands and fingers, but may use their forearms, elbows, or feet. Typically, the intent is to relax the soft tissues, increase delivery of blood and oxygen to the massaged areas, warm them, and decrease pain.
Massage therapy dates back thousands of years. References to massage have been found in ancient writings from many cultures, including those of Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Japan, China, Egypt, and the Indian subcontinent. In the United States, massage therapy first became popular and was promoted for a variety of health purposes starting in the mid-1800s. In the 1930s and 1940s, however, massage fell out of favor, mostly because of scientific and technological advances in medical treatments. Interest in massage revived in the 1970s, especially among athletes.
More recently, a 2002 national survey on Americans' use of CAM (published in 2004) found that 5 percent of the 31,000 participants had used massage therapy in the preceding 12 months, and 9.3 percent had ever used it. According to recent reviews, people use massage for a wide variety of health-related intents: for example, to relieve pain ( often from musculoskeletal conditions, but from other conditions as well); rehabilitate sports injuries; reduce stress; increase relaxation; address feelings of anxiety and depression; and aid general wellness.
Massage therapy appears to have few serious risks if appropriate cautions are followed. A very small number of serious injuries have been reported, and they appear to have occurred mostly because cautions were not followed or a massage was given by a person who was not properly trained. Health care providers recommend that patients not have massage therapy before they consult their doctors about their own health conditions.
Scientists are studying massage to understand what effects massage therapy has on patients, how it has those effects, and why. Some aspects of this are better understood than others. There are many more aspects that are not yet known or well understood scientifically. More well-designed studies are needed to understand and confirm these theories and other scientific aspects of massage.

单选题 Which one of the following statements about massage is NOT correct according to the passage?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题；需要我们进行反向选择，A选项的意思在原文中有“…covers a group of practices and techniques”作为支持。B选项和原文的“…manipulate the muscles and other soft tissues of the body”所表达的意思一致。C选项和原文中“…but may use their forearms， elbows，or feet”有冲突，所以C选项是我们需要选择的。D选项中的“much more”有原文的“…increase delively of blood and oxygen to the massaged areas，warm them，and decrease pain”作为佐证。

单选题 Which one of the following statements is true about the history of massage?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题；题目中的定位词history告诉我们解答这个题目需要的信息出现在原文的第二段。A选项和原文的“Massage therapy dates back thousands of years”有冲突。B选项和原文的“including those of Ancient Greece，Ancient Rome”表达的意思不一致。C选项的“lost its popularity”和原文的“fell out of favor”为同义表达，而其中的“1970s”却和原文的“In the 1930s and 1940s”不一致。D选项对于按摩疗法在美国发展给出的总结是正确的，为正确答案。

单选题 In the survey mentioned in paragraph 3, we know that 9.3 percent of the participants ______.

单选题 Paragraph 4 is mainly concerned about ______.

单选题 From the passage, we know that the study of massage ______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题；结合前面4个题目对原文的分析，我们可以看到，这个题目很有可能对应着原文的最后一段，我们在最后一段中寻找关于对按摩疗法进行研究的相关信息。我们可以找到“There are many more aspects that are not yet known or well understood scientifically”这样的表达，也就是说尽管按摩疗法本身是很古老的，但是对它所进行的研究却是刚开始，还有很多不能解释的地方。所以比较4个选项，A、C和D选项的表述都过于绝对，不符合原文所表达的意思。B选项则符合原文的说法，是正确选项。