Question

【題目】A lot of people are afraid of spiders(蜘蛛). One would even avoid walking in grass . And if he thought the spider was in the room or house, he would have to leave the house for days. In fact, fear of spiders is a type of disorder called specific phobia(恐懼癥), one of the most common anxiety disorders, which annoys about 7% of the population, a study says. Common specific phobias also include fear of blood, needles, snakes, flying and enclosed spaces.

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine tried the “exposure Therapy(暴露療法)”, which was small, done on 12 adults, but all of them held or petted the spider afterward. One participant celebrated by getting a spider tattoo(紋身) after having been unable to even look at photos of spiders.

This is the first study to document the immediate and long-term brain changes after treatment and to illustrate how the brain recognizes long-term to reduce fear as a result of the therapy. Every one would come in thinking: I am going to be the one who can’t do this . There is no way ,”Haunter ,author of the study ,says “They were impressed by the end.”

In therapy lasting two or three hours, which is different for each person, the participants were taught that troublesome thoughts about spiders were untrue.” “They thought the spiders might be capable of jumping out of the cage and on to them,” Hauner says.

Exposure therapy gets its name from exposing a patient to what he fears, says Todd, research assistant professor: “/span>A lot of it about dispelling people’s beliefs. You can get significant changes in a short period of time”.

【1】Which of the following is true about the people with “specific phobia?”

A. They don’t dare to walk in grass

B. They are afraid of spiders by nature

C. 7% of them need medical treatment.

D. They have a sense of scare about something.

【2】What can we learn about “exposure therapy”

A. It turned out to be quite effective

B. The participants had to take some medicine.

C. It had a better effect on adults than on children.

D. The participants had photos taken with spiders in the end?

【3】According to Hauner ,_______.

A. the therapy was completed ahead of time.

B. the therapy removed the participant’ fear.

C. each participant doubted the therapy at first.

D. spiders sometimes attacked the participants.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【解析】

試題分析：很多人都有可能懼怕某樣東西，其實這是一種恐懼癥。有人也許害怕血液、蛇等等。The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine嘗試了一種暴露療法，取得了很好的療效。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段的one of the most common anxiety disorders, which annoys about 7% of the population, a study says. Common specific phobias also include fear of blood, needles, snakes, flying and enclosed spaces.可知，所謂的恐懼癥就是懼怕某樣東西，故選擇D。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine tried the “exposure Therapy(暴露療法)”, which was small, done on 12 adults, but all of them held or petted the spider afterward.可知，暴露療法中的12名參與者，在治療之后都克服了自己對蜘蛛的恐懼。故選擇A，指該療法很有效。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段的Every one would come in thinking: I am going to be the one who can’t do this . There is no way ,”Haunter ,author of the study ,says “They were impressed by the end.” 可知，參與者最初都認為自己不可能克服這種恐懼，但是最后都印象深刻。故選擇C，指每一個參與者最初都質疑這種療法。