A few months ago, I was down with a terrible cold which ended in a persistent bad cough. No matter how many different (26)_____ I tried, I still couldn’t get rid of the cough. Not only did it (27)_____ my teaching but also my life as a whole. Then one day after class, a student came up to me and (28)_____ traditional Chinese medicine. From her description, Chinese medicine sounded as if it had magic power that worked wonders. I was (29)_____ because I knew so little about it and have never tried it before. Eventually, my cough got so much (30)_____ that I couldn’t sleep at night, so I decided to give it a try. The Chinese doctor took my pulse and asked to see my tongue, both of which were new (31)_____ to me because they are both non-existent in Western medicine. Then the doctor gave me a scraping (刮) treatment known as “Gua Sha”. I was a little (32)_____ at first because he used a smooth edged tool to scrape the skin on my neck and shoulders. A few minutes later, the (33)_____ strokes started to produce a relieving effect and my body and mind began to (34)_____ deeper into relaxation. I didn’t feel any improvement in my condition in the first couple of days, but after a few more regular visits to the doctor, my cough started to (35)_____. Then, within a matter of weeks, it was completely gone!

名词：

experiences 经历；体验；inconvenience 不便；licenses 许可证；许可；remedies 疗法；sink 水槽；

动词：

deepen 加深；加剧；experiences 经历；体验；inconvenience 给……带来不便；lessen 减轻；pressured 施压；recommended 推荐；remedies 补救；改正；scared 惊吓；sink 下沉；tremble 颤抖；

形容词：

hesitant 犹豫的；pressured 受压的；产生压力的；scared 害怕的；sensitive 敏感的；temporary 暂时的；worse 更糟的

副词：

worse 更严重地

26. remedies

解析：名词辨析题。空格前为形容词，空格处应填入名词，作后面定语从句I tried的宾语，根据前面的how many，可知此处应该填入名词复数。结合后半句“咳嗽始终不好”可知，此处应该是说“尝试了多种治疗方式”，故选remedies。

27. inconvenience

解析：动词辨析题。空格前为倒装结构，使用了助动词did，故空格处应该填入动词原形作谓语。前文指出感冒引发的咳嗽一直不见好转，此处指出，这对我的教学和整个生活______。根据常识可知，生病会给生活“带来不便”，故选inconvenience。

28. recommended

解析：动词辨析题。空格前为并列连词and，空格后核心词为名词，故空处应该填入动词过去式与came up to并列。显然scared不能和“中医”搭配，且结合上下文可推断，学生找作者是为了推荐治疗咳嗽的方式，故选recommended。

29. hesitant

解析：形容词辨析题。空格前为系动词was，故空格处应该填入形容词，作表语。空后的句子表示“我对中医知之甚少且从未尝试过”，由此可推断作者对中医的态度应该是不确定、犹豫的，故选hesitant。

30. worse

解析：形容词辨析题。空前为副词much，故空处应该填入形容词，so much通常修饰比较级，故选worse。疾病+get worse表示“病情加重”。

31. experiences

解析：名词辨析题。空格前为形容词new，空格后为介词to，空处应该填入名词。本句中both指前面的“把脉”和“看舌头”两件事，故空处应该填入名词复数，指代这两种体验，故选experiences。

32. scared

解析：形容词辨析题。空格前为a little，表示程度，主系结构为I was，空处为句子表语，故此处应填入形容词。结合后文“因为他使用一种边缘光滑的工具刮我脖子和肩膀上的皮肤”，从未体验过刮痧的人，对这种经历应该是感到害怕的，故选scared。

33. pressured

解析：形容词辨析题。空格前为定冠词the，空格后为名词strokes，故空处应该填入形容词作定语，修饰strokes。从前文的scraping（刮），可知动作是有压力的，故选pressured。

34. sink

解析：动词辨析题。空格前为不定式标志词to，故空处应该填入动词原形。而后面宾语前有介词into，可知此处应该填入不及物动词，只有sink和tremble两个备选项满足条件。tremble不和into搭配，且与relaxation（放松）意义相悖，故选sink。sink into表示“陷入”。

35. lessen

解析：动词辨析题。空格前为不定式标志词to，故空处应该填入动词原形。本句中有转折词but，故前后语义相反。前半句指出作者没有感到好转，后半句则应该是表示好转，且最后一句指出，几周内咳嗽完全好了，可见空处应该是表示病情减轻，故选lessen。