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】 B
【答案解析】空格位于不定冠词之后,应填入名词。空格后出现了negative pastimes“消极的消遣方式”,而空格所在从句中的引导词which代指的是前面主句的内容,即“治疗师可能鼓励病人安排每天都和孙儿一起去公园散散步”,这是一种积极的消遣方式,由此可知,前后是两种完全不同的选择,故填入B)alternative,它可以搭配介词to,表示“可供选择的事物”。A) access“进入权,使用权”虽然也能和介词to搭配使用,但放在这里意思就变成了“接触更消极的消遣方式”,不符合语境,故排除。