Question

Honey to treat a wound. Eat cherries（樱桃）if someone has a pain in his knee. Your grandmother is probably satisfied with her old-time treatments and now science is catching up with them. Researchers have produced hundreds of studies in the past five years about these grandmothers’ old-time home treatments. They are often natural, different from the medicine from the hospitals. Here are some old-time treatments which have been prove（证明）to be useful by the scientists.

Burns Try Aloe “Aloe is a useful treatment for burns,” says a doctor. One study showed it was very useful or second-degree burns, If you have an aloe plant, simply cut pen a leaf and use the liquid （汁液） directly to the burnt area. For serious burns , you should still see a doctor.

Eye Pains Try Cucumber If you use your eyes for a long time, lie on your back place one piece of cucumber over each closes eye. Cucumber helps reduce the pain. Replace the pieces with a cooler pair every two or three minutes, for up to 15 minutes total.

Wounds Try Honey Since ancient Egyptian times, people have used honey to treat the wounds. For best results, scientists advised manuka honey, from New Zealand, Brush some honey directly to a wound every 12 to 24 hours an cover it with a piece of clean cloth.

1.If Lingling burnt her finger when cooking, she would need ________ according to the passage.

A.an aloe leaf B.fresh cherries C.cucumber pieces D.manuka hones

2.The writer wrote this passage to ________.

A.show her pride in those grandmothers' treatments

B.introduce some methods of old-time home treatments

C.show old-time home treatments are better than medicine

D.advise scientists to make research into ancient treatment

3.The passage is probably in the part of ________ in a newspaper.

A.new B.life C.sports D.education

Answer 1