单选题 Mounting evidence shows that behavioral-activation ( BA) therapy is just as effective as cognitive-behavioral therapy ( CBT) in treating depression.Unlike CBT,BA is an outside-in 26_____ in which therapists focus on modifying actions rather than thoughts."

The idea is that what you do and how you feel are 27_____ ,"says David Richards,a health services researcher at the University of Exeter.If a patient values nature and family,for example,a therapist might encourage him to 28_____ a daily walk in the park with his grandchildren,which could create a(n) 29_____ to more negative pastimes such as pondering on loss. BA has existed for decades,and some of its elements are used in CBT,yet more 30_____ scientific evidence is needed to assess its relative strength as a stand-alone approach.In a recent study,a 31_____ of 18 researchers led by Richards put BA and CBT head-to-head.

They 32_____ 440 people with depression to about 16 weeks of one of the two approaches,then followed the patients' progress at 6,12 and 18 months after treatment began.As 33_____ in a paper published in the Lancet,the team found the treatments to be equally effective. 

 In addition,Richards and his colleagues found that 34_____ health workers could provide BA after a brief training period—making it 35_____ cheaper to implement than CBT,which requires highly specialized therapists.That distinction could make the former a boon to developing countries,where resources for mental health are especially scarce.

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【正确答案】 O
【答案解析】空格前出现了不定冠词和形容词,故应填入名词。由上文可知,行为激活疗法是针对抑郁症的一种治疗方法,且第二段也出现了approach“方法”,故填入O) technique“方法,技巧”。