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1 What is the main topic of the passage?

✔ The placebo effect
Testing a new medicine
Suffering from insomnia
The importance of vitamins

2 Which of the underlined words refers to something different?

(a) (b) ✔ (c) (d)

3 Which of the following best fits in the blank of the passage?

✔ strong belief
lifestyle changes
patients’ well being
support from drug companies

4 What can be inferred from the passage?

Vitamin pills are usually for treating insomnia.
The second group lied about their illnesses.
✔ The doctor expected that the second group would not sleep well.
Half of the second group knew that they took a fake drug.

Summarize the Text

Complete the summary with the words in the box.

treat their illness to my surprise strong belief can help
a new medicine suffer from insomnia a fake drug

There has been a test about for treating insomnia. Fifty people took

the new drug and the other fifty people were given . After three

months, 45 people in the first group could sleep well. Even 25 people in the second group also

d i d n’t . They strongly believed that the medicine would

. So, I am sure that patients recover from

illness.

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