501 Critical Reading Questions

e.
217.
a.
The statistic illustrates the popularity of alternative therapies
without giving any specific information as to why.
218.
e.
The author states that Americans are not replacing conventional
healthcare but are adding to or supplementing it with alternative
care.
219.
d.
The shortcomings of conventional healthcare mentioned in lines
30–35 are the 
time constraints of managed care
(line 31), 
focus on tech-
nology
(line 32), and inability to 
relieve symptoms associated with
chronic disease
(line 34).
220.
a.
The author states that once 
scientific investigation has confirmed their
safety and efficacy
(lines 37–38), alternative therapies may be
accepted by the medical establishment.
221.
b.
The author gives evidence of observational studies to show that
garlic may be beneficial. Choice 
d
is incorrect, however, because
the author emphasizes that 
these findings have not been confirmed in
clinical studies
(lines 51–52).
222.
d.
The passage does not offer a criticism or argument about alterna-
tive healthcare, but rather reports on the phenomenon with some
playfulness.
223.
a.
The article raises the question, 
Could the dietary recommendations of
the last twenty years be wrong?
(lines 10–11).
224.
d.
The author expresses her objection by depicting the medical
experts as extreme, 
ridicul[ing]
(line 2) one diet while 
extolling
(line
3) another.
225.