“We have long suspected that stress can _2_ our ability to control our emotions, but this isthe first study to document how even mild stress can undercut therapies designed to keepour emotions in _3_ said senior author and psychology professor Elizabeth Phelps. “In otherwords, what you learn in the clinic may not be as _4_ in the real world when you’re stressed.”

　　To help patients learn to _5_ their emotional impairment, therapists sometimes usecognitive restructuring techniques encouraging patients to alter their thoughts or approachto a situation to change their emotional response. These might include focusing on thepositive or non-threatening aspects of an event or _6_ that might normally produce fear.

　　To test how these techniques hold up in real-life situations, the team _7_ a group of 78volunteers, who viewed pictures of snakes and spiders. Some of the pictures were paired withan electric shock, and participants _8_ developed a fear of these pictures. The subjects“reported more _9_ feelings of fear when viewing the pictures, compared with when they viewedimages not paired with a shock.

　　Next the participants were taught cognitive strategies, similar to those _10_ bytherapists andknown as cognitive-behavioral therapy, to learn to diminish the fears brought on by theexperiment.

　　A) check B) regulate C) eventually D) consequences

　　E) impair F) stimulus G) bleak H) enlisted

　　I) relevant J) prescribed K) therapies L) confined

　　M) incidentally N) intense O) breach

　　解題思路

　　1.[K]填入空格的詞在定語從句(that teach people...)充當主語，可知此處應填入名詞復數形式。根據后面的內容“教人們如何控制情緒”、“治療社交焦慮和恐懼”，可以推斷空格所需的名詞應該與“療法”有關，故從名詞庫中選用therapies。

　　2.[E]情態(tài)動詞can提示此處需填入動詞原形。文章首句提到，有新研究發(fā)現甚至連輕微的壓力都可以影響(affect)人們控制情緒的能力。此處表達類似的意義,填入空格的詞應與affect近義，impair符合語義。

　　3.[A]介詞in提示空格處需填入名詞。句中的designed to...為過去分詞短語作后置定語，修飾therapies。而這些療法的目的在于幫助人們控制情緒，因此選check一詞，keep emotions in check意為“控制情緒”。

　　4. [I]空格前的as常用于表示比較，其后通常為形容詞或副詞，根據as前面的系動詞be確定空格應為形容詞，作be的表語。In other words表明本句是對上一句內容的解釋，由此推斷，此處說的是：醫(yī)院教你的方法未必在現實世界中能“起作用”,詞庫中的relevant表達相近的意思。

　　5.[B] learn常用于learn to do sth.，因此空格處應填入動詞原形。emotional impairment“精神障礙”提示填入的動詞應包含“控制”、“調節(jié)”之類的意思，詞庫中regulate符合句意。

　　6.[F]空格后的定語從句表明空格應為名詞,作從句的先行詞。根據從句內容“……通常可引起恐懼”，推斷空格處填入stimulus“刺激物”。

　　7.[H]根據主謂賓結構可知此處應填人謂語動詞。從句中的動詞viewed提示，本題空格應該填入動詞過去式，enlisted符合句意，表示研究人員“招募了”78名志愿者作為受試者。

　　8.[C]空格位于句子的主語和謂語之間，應為副詞。eventually“最終”填入文中能體現前后兩個分句的先后順序，符合語義。詞庫中的incidentally雖可修飾動詞，但不符合文章語境，科學研究不可能用“偶然”事件作為研究結果。

　　9.[N]比較級標記more和名詞feelings提示，此處應為形容詞。本句對比了伴有電擊的圖片和沒有電擊的圖片對受試者的影響，結合上句內容可知，蛇和蜘蛛的圖片會讓人產生恐懼，而伴有電擊的圖片會讓恐懼感更 “強烈”，故此處選用intense。

　　10.[J]由空格后的by therapists可推知，此處需要填入動詞的過去分詞作those的后置定語，those指代下文的cognitive-behavioral therapy,療法得由治療師開出，故prescribed符合語法和語義。

　　Some say it is evident that computers can damage a person’s eyesight. Since the popularity ofcomputers began to skyrocket, there have been questions _1_ with computer screens and eyestrain. There are plenty of symptoms that often show up as a result of eye strain fromcomputer screens. It may first start with a little _2_. Then, it may progress to dry eyes, _3_vision and even headaches. However, the extent to which computer screens damage eyesight is_4_ unclear.

　　Taking a ten to 15 minutes' break every hour while working is a good way to help avoid thisand rest your eyes, though your _5_ may not be as generous with your break periods. Ifpossible, break up computer tasks and non-computer tasks throughout the day as much aspossible.

　　One of the major improvements in computer screens has also helped Still, even an LCD screen,if it is not adjusted _6_ or if it is too bright, can be just as hard on the eyes. This is veryimportant as many people tend to keep their LCD screens too bright, simply because they arenot viewing them from a proper angle and may be trying to _7_ for the “screen door” effect.

　　Fortunately, most of the eye damage, if it is to be called that, resulting from the use ofcomputer

　　screens tends to be a __8__ situation. Once the eyes are rested long enough, the symptomstend to quickly go away. However, if the eyes are not _9_ rested, the symptoms may returnquicker than they appeared at first once computer activities _10_.

　　A) somewhat B) principal C) temporary D) vulnerable

　　E) soreness F) properly G) sufficiently H) whereby

　　I) compensate J) employers K) associated L) prospect

　　M) blurred N) proceeded O) resume

　　解題思路

　　1.[K] ... with computer screens and eye strain作后置定語，修飾名詞questions,因此空格處應填入動詞分詞，且能與with搭配。詞庫中associated符合句意，指這些問題把電腦屏幕和眼睛疲勞“聯(lián)系”起來。

　　2.[E]空格是介詞with的賓語，為名詞。此處指出視覺疲勞最先出現的癥狀，名詞詞庫中soreness符合句意，表明視覺疲勞最先的癥狀是眼睛感到“酸痛”。

　　3.[M]空格后是名詞，且與前面的dry eyes為并列關系，由此可見空格處最有可能是形容詞，說明視覺疲勞對視力的影響，分詞blurred符合句意,blurred vision意為“視覺模糊”。

　　4.[A]空格所在定語從句主語、系動詞、表語都有，可見空格應該是副詞，修飾unclear。此處選用somewhat最為合適，意為“電腦對視力的影響程度還不怎么清楚”。

　　5.[J]空格前的形容詞性物主代詞提示此處應填入名詞，句末提到的“對休息時間沒那么大方”可推知此處說的是

　　上司或老板，故選employer。

　　6.[F]空格所在句子的主句內容是“液晶屏也可能對眼睛造成傷害”，if從句用以說明液晶屏會傷害眼睛的條件，該從句主謂結構完整，由此可見應填人副詞，properly代入文中意為“如果液晶屏調試不得當”，符合句意。

　　7. [I]空格在不定式標記to之后，應為動詞原形，并可與介詞for連用。此句說明為什么許多人喜歡把液晶屏的亮度調高,compensate符合句意,該句的意思是：人們喜歡把液晶屏調得很亮，以抵消因為看液晶屏的角度不正確而造成的“紗門效應”的影響。

　　8.[C]此處應為名詞、形容詞或分詞,作situation的定語。句子開頭的fortunately(慶幸的是)表明此處應該講電腦對眼睛的影響并不是太糟糕，故選temporary “短暫的”。

　　9.[G] however表明此句與上句形成對比，上句講的是得到足夠的休息(rested long enough),由此可知，本句講的是休息不充分。空格處應填入副詞,詞義與long enough接近,詞庫中sufficiently符合語義。

　　10.[O] once引導的條件從句里，缺少謂語，因此空格處應該是動詞。該從句是對現在的假設，謂語動詞應使用一般現在時。the symptoms may return肯定與繼續(xù)使用電腦有關，resume符合此處語義。注意，不要受空格前的they appeared時態(tài)的誤導，錯誤斷定此處要使用過去時。