Thinking kind thoughts about yourself and your loved ones can prove beneficial for your overall wellbeing,empirical evidence has shown.Researchers carried out an investigation to explore the 26 between having kind thoughts and a person's psychological state
For the study,five groups of participants were presented with a different set of audio instructions,some of which encouraged the participants to think - 27 about themselves and others which persuaded them to think in a self-critical manner.After listening to the audio instructions,the participants were asked to answer a series of questions.These included whether they felt agitated,how likely they were to show kindness to themselves and how 28 they felt to other individuals.
The participants who were instructed to think kindly about themselves were more likely to exhibit a bodily response associated with being relaxed and feeling safe.Their heart rates also dropped,which is a healthy sign of a heart that can respond flexibly to situations.Yet, 29 ,those who listened to the critical audio clips were noted as having a higher heart rate and sweat response afterwards,both of which 30 .feelings of threat and distress.
Having the ability to switch off the body's natural threat response can 31 a person's immune system.This,in turn,gives them a greater likelihood of recovering quickly from illness.These findings help us to further understand some of our clinical trials research findings,where we show that individuals with 32 depression benefit particularly from self-awareness-based _ 33 therapy.They essentially learn to become more sympathetic to themselves.
The sense is that for people 34 to depression,meeting their negative thoughts and feelings with 35 is a radically different way;that these thoughts are not facts.It introduces a different way of being and knowing that is quite transformative for many people.
A)adversely I)indignantly
B)amiably J)insulation
C)boost K)lavish
D)cognitive L)prone
E)compassion M)recurrent
F)connected N)signify
G)correlation O)surpass
H)fascinated
答案解析：
26. 根据空格前的“explore the”和空格后的“between having kind thoughts and a person's psychological state”(在善意想法和个人心理状态之间的...)可知，此处需要一个名词，空格所在句句意为“研究人员进行了一项调查来探索有善意的想法和一个人的心理状态之间的____”，选项中“correlation”意为“相关性，关联”，符合语境，所以选G。
27. 根据空格前的“think”和空格后的“about themselves”，以及后文“in a self-critical manner”(以自我批评的方式)可知，此处需要一个副词，与“self-critically”形成对比，表示“友善地”。选项中“amiably”意为“友善地，亲切地”，符合语境，所以选B。
28. 根据空格前的“how”和空格后的“they felt to other individuals”(他们感觉与其他个体的...程度)可知，此处需要一个形容词，构成“how connected they felt”的结构，表示“感觉有多大的关联”。选项中“connected”意为“有联系的，连接的”，符合语境，所以选F。
29. 根据前文“那些被指示友好地思考自己的人更有可能表现出与放松和感到安全相关的身体反应”以及“yet”(然而)转折，可知此处是说那些听批评性音频片段的人情况相反，“adversely”(不利地;相反地)符合，所以29题选A。
30. 根据空格前的“both of which”和空格后的“feelings of threat and distress”(威胁和痛苦的感觉)可知，此处需要一个动词，与“both of which”构成主谓关系，表示“这两者都...了威胁和痛苦的感觉”。选项中“signify”意为“意味着，表明”，符合语境，所以选N。
31. 根据空格前的“can”和空格后的“a person's immune system”(一个人的免疫系统)可知，此处需要一个动词原形，表示“增强，提高”。选项中“boost”意为“促进，增强”，符合语境，所以选C。
32. 根据空格后的“depression”(抑郁症)可知，此处需要一个形容词来修饰“depression”，表示“复发的，反复出现的”。选项中“recurrent”意为“复发的，频繁的”，符合语境，所以选M。
33. 根据空格后的“therapy”(疗法)可知，此处需要一个形容词来修饰“therapy”，结合后文提到的“self-awareness”(自我意识)，可知这是一种“认知”疗法。选项中“cognitive”意为“认知的”，符合语境，所以选D。
34. 根据空格前的“for people”和空格后的“to depression”(对于...抑郁症的人)可知，此处需要一个形容词，构成“be prone to”的固定搭配，表示“有...倾向的，易于...的”。选项中“prone”意为“有...倾向的”，符合语境，所以选L。
35. 根据空格前的“meeting their negative thoughts and feelings with”和后文“a radically different way”(一种根本不同的方式)可知，此处需要一个名词，表示用“同情心”来对待负面想法和感受。选项中“compassion”意为“同情，怜悯”，符合语境，所以选E。
