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】
A.automatically 自動地;機械地;無意識地
B.beneficial 有益的
C.capturing 捕捉
D.confused 困惑的
E.emphasizing 強調(diào)
F.entrance 入口
G.excited 激動的
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;從事
26. 正確選項 O undertakesUndertake是指“承擔,著手,開始進行”的意思;Undertakes a real job是指承擔一份真正的工作,考察的是對詞匯的理解和固定搭配的使用;
27. 正確選項 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 H existence
Existence是指“存在,實在,生存的”意思;the existence of such ideals意思是“這種理想的存在”,是對詞匯意思的考察;
29. 正確選項 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迅速導致青年人無法忍受這非理想化的世界”;
30. 正確選項 A automatically
Automatically是指“不經(jīng)思索地,自然地”,true adaptation to society comes automatically是“自動地去適應社會”;
31. 正確選項 N slightly
Slightly是“些微地,輕微地,纖細地”的意思;taken slightly out of context是“有些斷章取義的意思”;
32. 正確選項 E emphasizing
Emphasizing是emphasize的ing形式,是“強調(diào)”的意思;在這里指的是“他所強調(diào)的是...”;
33. 正確選項 M recession
Recession是“衰退,不景氣”的意思;during the time of recession也就是指“在蕭條時間”;
34. 正確選項 D confused
Confused的意思是“迷茫的,困惑的”;confused about...是指“對...感到困惑,迷茫”;
35. 正確選項 Bbeneficial
Beneficial是“有益的,有利的”的意思;economically beneficial指的是“在經(jīng)濟上有利的”。