Excerpt from Acupuncture: Help or Hype? Tracy Wilson
4 The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved acupuncture needles for use by licensed practitioners in 1996. The FDA
requires that sterile, nontoxic needles be used and that they be labeled for single use by qualified practitioners only.
Relatively few complications from the use of acupuncture have been reported to the FDA in light of the millions of people
treated each year and the number of acupuncture needles used.
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Why does the author refer to the FDA's approval of acupuncture needles?
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A)
to clarify the methods used by acupuncturists.
B)
to demonstrate that acupuncture is regulated and safe.
to ensure that the reader chooses the correct needles.
D)
to show the superiority of traditional Chinese medicine

What is the effect of narrator's word choice on the tone of this passage? the words "my heart shrank within itself" create a fearful tone. the words "wounded his fellow" develop a remorseful tone. the words "struck harsh upon my ears" suggest an irritated tone. the words "better-omened" set a hopeful tone. excerpt from "the cabuliwallah" by rabindranath tagore i was sitting in my study, looking through the accounts, when some one entered, saluting respectfully, and stood before me. it was rahmun the cabuliwallah. at first i did not recognise him. he had no bag, nor the long hair, nor the same vigour that he used to have. but he smiled, and i knew him again. "when did you come, rahmun? " i asked him. "last evening," he said, "i was released from jail." the words struck harsh upon my ears. i had never before talked with one who had wounded his fellow, and my heart shrank within itself when i realised this; for i felt that the day would have been better-omened had he not turned up.