Question

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

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About 350 million people around the world suffer from depression. Therapists can use many different techniques to help, but none has more accurate scientific evidence behind it than cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). This “inside-out” technique focuses mainly on thought patterns, training patients to recognize and reframe their thinking. __1.__

BA is an outside-in technique in which therapists focus on adjusting actions rather than thoughts. “The idea is that what you do and how you feel are linked,” says David Richards, a health services researcher at the University of Exeter in England. If a patient values nature and family, for example, a therapist may encourage him to schedule a daily walk in the park with his family members. __2.__This could create an alternative to more negative pastimes such as thinking on loss. BA has existed for decades, yet until now it has never been tested with the scale and exactness needed to assess its relative strength as a stand-alone approach.

In one of the largest studies of its kind, Richards led a group of 18 researchers working at three mental health centers in the U.K. who put BA and CBT head-to-head. They assigned 440 people with depression to about 16 weeks of one of the two approaches, then followed the patients’ progress at six, twelve and eighteen months after treatment began. __3.__ A year on, about two thirds of the patients in both groups reported at least a 50 percent reduction in their symptoms.

_4.__ For instance, patients with depression could begin with simpler therapies such as BA, and then seek out more specialized care if they do not respond to that treatment. “We believe that BA is a good first step in treatment, and the report addresses that point,” says George Alexopoulos at Weill Cornell Medical College, a key member of the team.

In addition, Richards and his colleagues found that junior health workers could provide BA after a brief training period, which makes it significantly cheaper compared with CBT, for it requires highly specialized therapists. __5._

A. These findings could change treatment guidelines.

B. As shown in a report, the team found the treatments equally effective.

C. In doing so, it helps increase the rewards of engaging more with the outside world.

D. The disorder of depression is characterized by continuous sadness and also interference with day-to-day work.

E. Trained medical professionals should diagnose depression not only by a physical examination, but by asking the right questions.

F. This distinction could make the former a blessing to developing countries, where resources for mental health are especially in need.

G. Now, however, mental health professionals have another option: a technique called behavioral-activation (BA) therapy is just as effective.

Answer

1.G

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.F

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了一种新的治疗抑郁症的方法，并与传统的治疗方法进行了比较研究，说明这种新的治疗方法的优越之处。

1. 根据第二段开头一句BA is an outside-in technique in which therapists focus on adjusting actions rather than thoughts.（BA是一项外部的技术，在该技术中，治疗是专注于调整行为，而不是思想。）此句承接第一段最后一句，故G项Now, however, mental health professionals have another option: a technique called behavioral-activation (BA) therapy is just as effective.（心理健康专家有另一种选择：一种被称为行为激活（BA）疗法的技术同样有效。）符合语境，引出下一段，故选G。

2. 根据上句：a daily walk in the park with his family members.（每天和家人在公园散步。）再根据空格下句：This could create an alternative（这可以创造一种选择。）可知，此空要表达的意思是：它有助于增加与外界更多接触的回报。故选C。

3. 根据上文中的：put BA and CBT head-to-head.可知，分成两组患者用行为治疗和认知行为疗法分别为病人治疗。再根据空格下句：A year on, about two thirds of the patients in both groups reported at least a 50 percent reduction in their symptoms.一年后，两组患者中约有三分之二患者的症状至少减少了百分之五十。可知此空的意思是：正如报告所示，两种疗法有相同的效果。故选B。

4. 根据下句：抑郁患者可以进行简单的治疗，如BA，如果这种治疗不起作用的话，他们可以寻求更专业的护理。故上句的意思应该是：这些发现可以改变治疗学的治疗方针。故选A。

5. 根据上句：初级卫生人员可以在经过短期培训后提供BA治疗——这使BA相比CBT疗法明显便宜，因为CBT疗法需要更高度专业的治疗师。该空出现在段尾，前文通过cheaper一词在适用性方面比较了CBT和BA两种治疗方法的差别，从而与F选项中的“this distinction”形成逻辑链的呼应，并用former一词指代“BA”这种治疗方法。故F项This distinction could make the former a blessing to developing countries, where resources for mental health are especially in need.（这种区别可以使前者成为发展中国家的福音，尤其是在需要心理健康的资源方面。）符合语境，故选F。

【名师点睛】

七选五阅读题，有部分题出现在每一段的开始位置，若问题在段首 1.通常是段落主题句。认真阅读该段落，根据段落一致性原则，查找相关词或者同义词，从而推测出主题句，找到答案。 2.与后文是并列、转折、因果关系等。着重阅读后文第一两句，锁定线索信号词，然后在选项中查找 相关特征词。一般来说正确答案与它后面的一句话的在意思上是衔接的，所以通常情况下，这两句话中会 有某种的衔接手段。3.段落间的过渡句。这时要前瞻后望找到启示，即阅读上一段结尾部分，通常正确答案与上一段结尾有机地衔接起来，并结合下一段内容，看所选的答案是否将两段内容连贯起来。6. 根据下句：抑郁患者可以进行简单的治疗，如BA，如果这种治疗不起作用的话，他们可以寻求更专业的护理。故上句的意思应该是：这些发现可以改变治疗学的治疗方针。故选A。

考点：考查对文章的整体内容和结构以及上下文逻辑意义的理解和掌握