Years ago, doctors often said that pain was a normal part of life. In particular, when older patients (41) _____ 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 (42) _____. Indeed, pain is now considered the fifth vital sign, as important as blood pressure, temperature, breathing rate and pulse in (43) _____ a person’s well-being. We know that chronic(慢性的) pain can disrupt(扰乱) a person’s life, causing problems that (44) _____ from missed work to depression.
That’s why a growing number of hospitals now depend upon physicians who (45) _____ 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 (46) _____ related to chronic pain. Such comprehensive therapy often (47) _____ the work of social workers, psychiatrists(心理医生) and psychologists, as well as specialists in pain medicine.
This modern (48) _____ 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 (49) _____ number of drugs available, and many of them caused (50) _____ 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
B. involves
C. significant
D. range
E. relieved
F. issues
G. seriously
H. magnificent
I. determining
J. limited
K. gravely
L. complained
M. respect
N. prompting
O. specialize
L
（此空前面是patients为复数名词， 后面是介词of， 确定应填入一个动词， 后半句为they were told告诉我们填入过去时动词， 满足此题的单词分别是J. limited L. complained E. relieved。 据本句中的pain痛苦， 确定complained抱怨与pain痛苦的感情方向一致。 因此， 本题正确答案为L。 ）
G
首先， 此空应填入副词来修饰take， 满足的单词有G. seriously严肃地， K. gravely庄重地。 Take something seriously固定搭配， 把……看的很重要/严肃地对待某事。 因此， 本题正确答案为G。 ）
I
（介词in后面跟两种词性： 名词或动名词。 所以满足的单词有I. determining决定， 确定、 N. prompting提升。 根据句意可知选determining。 ）
D
（此空后有from ... to ...， 所以填入动词搭配这两个介词， range from ... to ...表示范围从……到……。 因此， 本题正确答案为D。 ）
O
（该空后面是介词in， 确定填动词搭配in， 前面是physicians作主语且是复数， 所以必须填入动词原形specialize in pain medicine是指在疼痛医学方面是专家。 因此， 选择specialize。 ）
F
（前面是psychological and social这两个形容词， 因此， 空内应该填入名词， 由于是前面是other修饰， 因此要求填入一个名词复数， 句意为： 我们还帮助为抑郁症和其他与慢性疼痛相关的心理和社会问题提供综合治疗。 ）
B
（此空前是often， 因此空内填入实义动词， therapy明显是单数， 因此空内填入第三人称单数的动词， B. involves包括。 句意为： 这种综合治疗通常涉及社会工作者， 心理医生和心理学家以及止痛药专家的工作。 ）
M
（此空前面是形容词modern， 要求填入名词被它修饰， 满足的是A. result结果； M. respect尊重， 空后是介词for， respect最搭配for。 ）
J
（此空应填入一个形容词来修饰number， 满足条件的有C. significant H. magnificent J. limited有限的。 根据上下文语境可知填入limited： 几十年前， 可用药物的数量很少。 ）
C
（此空后面是名词side effects， 所以应填入形容词来修饰。 现在满足条件的只有C. significant、 H. magnificent。magnificent侧重指环境、 建筑物等本身的壮丽、 堂皇、 庄严、 崇高或出色等。 significant重大的； 重要的。 ）