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】 F
【答案解析】空格位于名词短语health workers之前,应填入形容词。由本段破折号后的内容可知,行为激活疗法比认知行为疗法成本低得多,因为认知行为疗法需要高度专业的治疗师,由此推测行为激活疗法并不需要特别专业的人员。根据空格后面的内容可知,这些医疗工作者还需要接受短期的培训,由此可知他们是资历比较浅的或者没有什么经验的,符合此意思的只有F) junior,表示“(地位、职位、级别)较低的”。