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Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage. Fear responses can only be erased when people learn something new while retrieving the fear memory. This is the conclusion of a study 1 by scientists from the Universityof Amsterdam and published in the journal Science.
Three researchers have developed a method to determine whether an acquired fearresponse is susceptible to modification. By doing so, they have revealed the 2 underwhich an acquired fear response can be eradicated.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is currently the most common and effective typeof treatment for people 3 from anxiety disorders. However, the effects are oftenshort-lived and the fear returns in many patients. One major finding of the study is thatwhen participants were given propranolol ( 心得安,一种药物 ) , a beta blocker, whileretrieving a4fear memory, the acquired fear response was shown to be totally eraseda day or a month later. The researchers 5 found that the fear did not come back,despite the use of techniques specifically aimed to make it return. This indicates that thefear memory was either fully eradicated, or could no longer be6For their study the researchers used a fear conditioning procedure in which a specificpicture was followed by a painful 7. While the participants viewed the pictures,the researchers measured the anticipation of the painful stimulus as well as the moreautonomous fear response on the basis of the startle reflex ( 惊跳反射) .
The current findings will contribute to the further development of more effectiveand8 therapies for patients suffering from excessive anxiety disorders, such astrauma 9. There was no independent measure to indicate whether the memoryis susceptible to modification up until now. The researchers have shown that the fear response can be eradicated 10., provided that the person concerned actually learnssomething new while retrieving the fear memory.
A.accessed
B.circumstances
C.completely
D.conducted
E.decent
F.efficient
G.essential
H.exceedingly
I.infecting
J.repeatedly
K.specific
L.stimulus
M.suffering
N.verdicts
O.victims
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