Instructions For
questions 1-12, read the text and then select the correct answer, A, B, C or D. There
is an example below: (0) A reason
B point C fact
D logic
Phobias
The
(0) ... of Phobia Awareness Week is to highlight the difficulties that
many people (1) ... in everyday situations. It is important to (2)
... between a fear and a phobia. It's (3) ... usual for all of us to have
our own peculiar fears, for example being anxious around snakes or nervous about
flying. However, only a very small proportion of us actually have a phobia of
these things. When these fears begin to (4) ... you embarrassment or you
feel that your life is being disrupted then you would be wise to (5) ...
treatment for what could potentially be a phobia. By far the most (6) ...
phobia and potentially the most disruptive is agoraphobia. The word derives from
Greek and (7) ... means 'fear of the marketplace' but we apply it today
to describe a distressing (8) ... in which people (9) ... going
outside because of the awful feelings of anxiety that arise. Treatment of phobias
usually consists of the patient (10) ... behavioural therapy during which
they gradually get used to being near the object or the situation that causes
them fear. Drugs may be (11) ... to treat anxiety and many people opt for
alternative therapy such as acupuncture or hypnosis to help them come to (12)
... with their fear and conquer it.