Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Pursuing a career is an essential part of adolescent development. "The adolescent becomes an adult when he_____(27)a real job." To cognitive researchers like Piaget, adulthood meant the beginning of an_____(28).
Piaget argued that once adolescents enter the world of work, their newly acquired ability to from hypotheses allows them to create representations that are too ideal. The_____(29)of such ideals, without the tempering of the reality of a job or profession, rapidly leads adolescents to become_____(30)of the non-idealistic world and to press for reform in a characteristically adolescent way. Piaget said: "True adaptation to society comes_____(31)when the adolescent reformer attempts to put his ideas to work."
Of course, youthful idealism is often courageous, and no one likes to give up dreams. Perhaps, taken_____(32)out of context, Piaget's statement seems harsh. What he was_____(33), however, is the way reality can modify idealistic views. Some people refer to such modification as maturity. Piaget argued that attaining and accepting a vocation is one of the best ways modify idealized views and to mature.
As careers and vocations become less available during times of_____(34), adolescents may be especially hard hit. Such difficult economic times may leave many adolescents _____(35)about their roles in society. For this reason, community interventions and government job programs that offer summer and vacation work are not only economically____(36)but also help to stimulate the adolescent's sense of worth.
【選項(xiàng)】
A.automatically 自動(dòng)地;機(jī)械地;無意識(shí)地
B.beneficial 有益的
C.capturing 捕捉
D.confused 困惑的
E.emphasizing 強(qiáng)調(diào)
F.entrance 入口
G.excited 激動(dòng)的
H.existence 存在
I.incidentally 順便;偶然地
J.intolerant 無法忍受的
K.occupation 職業(yè);占有
L.promises 承諾
M.recession 衰退;不景氣
N.slightly 輕微的
O.undertakes 承擔(dān);從事
26. 正確選項(xiàng) O undertakesUndertake是指“承擔(dān),著手,開始進(jìn)行”的意思;Undertakes a real job是指承擔(dān)一份真正的工作,考察的是對(duì)詞匯的理解和固定搭配的使用;
27. 正確選項(xiàng) K occupation
Occupation是指“職業(yè),占用”的意思;adulthood meant the beginning of an occupation意思為“成年就意味著開始一份工作”;
28. 正確選項(xiàng) H existence
Existence是指“存在,實(shí)在,生存的”意思;the existence of such ideals意思是“這種理想的存在”,是對(duì)詞匯意思的考察;
29. 正確選項(xiàng) J intolerant
Intolerant指的是“無法忍受的,狹隘的意思”;rapidly leads adolescents to become intolerant of the non-idealistic world 的意思是指“前面的那種理想似的想法會(huì)迅速導(dǎo)致青年人無法忍受這非理想化的世界”;
30. 正確選項(xiàng) A automatically
Automatically是指“不經(jīng)思索地,自然地”,true adaptation to society comes automatically是“自動(dòng)地去適應(yīng)社會(huì)”;
31. 正確選項(xiàng) N slightly
Slightly是“些微地,輕微地,纖細(xì)地”的意思;taken slightly out of context是“有些斷章取義的意思”;
32. 正確選項(xiàng) E emphasizing
Emphasizing是emphasize的ing形式,是“強(qiáng)調(diào)”的意思;在這里指的是“他所強(qiáng)調(diào)的是...”;
33. 正確選項(xiàng) M recession
Recession是“衰退,不景氣”的意思;during the time of recession也就是指“在蕭條時(shí)間”;
34. 正確選項(xiàng) D confused
Confused的意思是“迷茫的,困惑的”;confused about...是指“對(duì)...感到困惑,迷茫”;
35. 正確選項(xiàng) Bbeneficial
Beneficial是“有益的,有利的”的意思;economically beneficial指的是“在經(jīng)濟(jì)上有利的”。
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