8. In ways large and small, millions of people are taking active steps to ______ the medical mainstream, whether by taking herbal remedies for disease or by placing their hopes for a cure in alternative treatment.

　　A. augment

　　B. sidestep

　　C. support

　　D. vilify

　　E. circumvent

　　F. endorse

　　【分析】

　　①空格表示的是很多人积极的去怎么医学主流，通过后半句话可以获得一个明确的线索，后面说要么是采用草药治疗或者是寄希望于替代医学。所以空格一定要体现出他们不喜欢主流医学。

　　②所以选择BE。

　　③补充一个常识，什么是alternative treatment：就是主流西医之外的所有医学都被称为替代医学。

　　【解释】

　　或多或少，很多人总是积极地避开主流医学，要么是通过采用草药治疗疾病，要么是寄希望于替代治疗。

　　【题源】

　　Inways large and small, millions of people are taking active steps to ventureoutside the mainstream, whether by taking the herbal remedyechinacea for a cold or by placing their last hopes for cancer cure inalternative treatment, as did Coretta Scott King, who died this week at analternative hospice clinic in Mexico.

　　——When Trust in Doctors Erodes, Other Treatments Fill the Void, BenedictCarey, NYT, 2006-02-03

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