A year ago, Laura reached her lowest point. (1.utterly exhaust)_________ after a short walk, she was picked up off the pavement and driven home by the police. “My feet felt (2. nail)______ to the ground,” she recalls. With permanent flu symptoms panic stricken and confined to a wheelchair, she was eventually diagnosed as (3. have)___________ chronic fatigue syndrome, the term doctors now use for her illness. Laura, a 30-year-old marketing manager, (4. since make)__________ a remarkable recovery in her health. She is now able to walk for an hour, swims twenty lengths three times a week and (5. contemplate)_______ going back to work. She puts her new-found sense of well-being down to a technique called cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). CBT (6. aim)_______ to help people understand how the beliefs they hold about themselves and others influence mood and behaviour – and how re-evaluating negative beliefs can help them to feel and behave differently. It (7. be)_______successful in dealing with problems ranging from depression to chronic, unexplained pain. Research shows that CBT can also help people like Laura. Yet many sufferers are bitterly opposed to the treatment, (8. argue) that their condition is physical not psychological. Psychological therapy, they believe, implies that they are to blame and their disorder is not genuine. Laura says CBT (9. help)______ her change the way she thought about her problems without implying that they were her fault “I was an “all-or-nothing” thinker and felt I had to be perfect in everything. The therapy (10. encourage)________ a less perfectionist approach to life and helped me gradually to build up more physical activity.”
A year ago, Laura reached her lowest point. (1.utterly exhaust)_________ after a short walk, she was picked up off the pavement and driven home by the
By Gabriella
1. Utterly exhausted.
2. nailed.
3. having.
4. has since made.
5. is contemplating.
6. aims.
7. has been.
8. arguing.
9. helped.
10. encouraged
A year ago, Laura reached her lowest point. Utterly exhausted after a short walk, she was picked up off the pavement and driven home by the police. “My feet felt nailed to the ground,” she recalls. With permanent flu symptoms panic stricken and confined to a wheelchair, she was eventually diagnosed as having chronic fatigue syndrome, the term doctors now use for her illness. Laura, a 30-year-old marketing manager, has since made a remarkable recovery in her health. She is now able to walk for an hour, swims twenty lengths three times a week and is comtemplating going back to work. She puts her new-found sense of well-being down to a technique called cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). CBT aim to help people understand how the beliefs they hold about themselves and others influence mood and behaviour – and how re-evaluating negative beliefs can help them to feel and behave differently. It has been successful in dealing with problems ranging from depression to chronic, unexplained pain. Research shows that CBT can also help people like Laura. Yet many sufferers are bitterly opposed to the treatment, arguing that their condition is physical not psychological. Psychological therapy, they believe, implies that they are to blame and their disorder is not genuine. Laura says CBT helped her change the way she thought about her problems without implying that they were her fault “I was an “all-or-nothing” thinker and felt I had to be perfect in everything. The therapy encouraged a less perfectionist approach to life and helped me gradually to build up more physical activity.”