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In primitive societies, sick people had to rely on medicine men and witch doctors (巫医). It was believed that a person was sick because he had been attacked by spirits. The witch doctor's job was to drive off these spirits.
His technique involved a combination of three methods, the first of which was religious. He chanted (吟诵) magic words and used good luck charms (护身符) which he thought had power over the evil spirits that supposedly had entered the victim's body. Secondly, he deliberately fed the patient mixtures, which were often filthy and disgusting, to make the evil spirits so uncomfortable that they would gladly run away and so enable the patient to get well.
The third method was to give the patient medicines prepared from certain plants and herbs that were similar in shape and texture to the various organs of the body. From our point of view, this was the only method that had any value. Modern scientific study has shown that some of these remedies had real usefulness in curing sickness, or at least in relieving pain, but not for the reasons advanced by the witch doctors.
71. The word "filthy" in paragraph 2mostprobably means "__".
A. delicious
B. effective
C. dirty
 D. unpleasant
72. Disgusting mixtures were fed to the patient __.
A. to make him uncomfortable
B. because they were believed to have medical value
C. because evil spirits liked them
D. to cause the spirits discomfort
73. According to the passage, the witch doctor __.
A. functioned in curing some diseases
B. did nothing but harmed people's health
C. firmly believed in religions
D. were proficient in medicine
74. When primitive people were cured, it was actually the result of __.
A. the witch doctor's prayers
B. the departure of evil spirits from the body
C. reasons unknown to the witch doctor
D. the great skill of the witch doctor
75. Which of the following statements is implied but not stated?
A. Superstition is an ignorant person's explanation of things he cannot understand.
 B. "In primitive societies, sick people had to rely on medicine men.
 C. Modern medicine owes much to the primitive witchdoctor.
D. Superstition often does society much good.
答案:CDACA