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D. Match the sentence halves. Use the text to help you.

1. Patients were divided into two groups, a. to whom no treatment was given.
2. Symptoms fell slightly at first, b. one of which received the new drug.
3. Acupuncture patients had the best results c. both immediately and at follow-up.
4. Acupuncture is an effective therapy d. compared to no treatment.
5. The graph does not mention e. then dropped significantly.
6. Little change was seen among patients f. which symptoms were measured.

E. Look at the graph showing how stressed volunteers responded to acupuncture treatment. Write a
description of the results.
Show general trends in your description:
- Indicate increases and decreases, using maths (half/third) where appropriate.
- Suggest what the graph does and does not conclude.

100

90

80

70
Sum of symptom values 50 beginning of the semester
60

40
before acupuncture

30 after acupuncture

20

10

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Graph 1 - Sum of values of symptoms presented by each stressed volunteer in the analysed periods.

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