Young girls at high risk for depression appear to have a malfunctioning reward system in their brains, a new study suggests. The

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问题     Young girls at high risk for depression appear to have a malfunctioning reward system in their brains, a new study suggests. The finding comes from research that【1】a high-risk group of 13 girls, aged 10 to 14, who were not depressed but had mothers who【2】recurrent depression and a low-risk group of 13 girls with no【3】or family history of depression. Both groups were given MRI brain【4】while completing a task that could【5】either reward or punishment.
【6】with girls in the low-risk group, those in the high-risk group had【7】neural responses during both anticipation and receipt of the reward.【8】, the high-risk girls showed no【9】in an area of the brain called the dorsal anterior cingulated cortex (背侧前扣带皮质), believed to play a role in【10】past experiences to assist learning.
    The high-risk girls did have greater activation of this brain area【11】receiving punishment, compared with the other girls. The researchers said that this suggests that high-risk girls have easier time【12】information about loss and punishment than information about reward and pleasure.
    "Considered together with reduced activation in the striatal (纹状体的) areas commonly observed【13】reward, it seems that the reward-processing system is critically【14】in daughters who are at elevated risk for depression,【15】they have not yet experienced a depressive【16】," wrote Ian H. Gotlib, of Stanford University, and his colleagues. "【17】, longitudinal studies are needed to determine whether the anomalous activations【18】in this study during the processing of【19】and losses are associated with the【20】onset of depression," they concluded. The study was published in the April of the Archives of General Psychiatry.

选项 A、processing
B、counting
C、employing
D、implying

答案A

解析 本句是一个比较句,在______information about loss and punishment和information about reward and pleasure之间进行比较。空格填入的词应当与information搭配,[A] processing符合题意。[B]counting用法举例:Let me count the number of characters.我来数一数一共有多少字。[C] employing一般指雇佣工人,用法举例:She was employed as a programmer.她受雇为程序员。[D] implying用法举例:His words implied great displeasure.他的话暗示出他很不高兴。  
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