Part III Banked ClozeDirections: In this part, there is one 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. (1×10=10 points)Who is an “adult”? Many would 1) ______ having completed schooling, working steadily, living 2) ______ of one’s parents, marrying, and having children as the markers of adulthood, traditionally achieved between the late teens and the early thirties. However, compared with their parents’ generation, young people today are taking longer to complete their schooling, to settle into steady employment, to establish their own households, to get married, and to fulfil the 3) ______ to raise children. The psychologist Jeffrey Arnett describes the phase of life for those now between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five as a period of relative independence from social roles and expectations. As such, 4) ______ adulthood provides some younger people, especially those who have access to parental resources and supports into their twenties, with new opportunities for exploring their 5) _______, particularly in the areas of work, love, and worldviews. Those who do not have resources, however, 6) ______ problems.Many observers have thought about the factors that have made the transition from 7) ______ to adulthood more complex and variable. Some believe that industrialization, improved health, and increased life expectancies have changed the 8) ______ life sequences of the early twentieth century. Others think that the rising cost of housing in some parts of the country explains why young people are increasingly likely to live with their parents. Still others suggest that because this generation’s parents have fewer children, they are able to provide support that 9) ______ the needs of each child, allowing their children to prolong their dependence and lengthening the time it takes them to complete their education and find 10) ______ employment and independent living arrangements.A. obligation B. optimistic C. positive D. stable E. typicalF. fascinating G. financially H. identity I. identify J. independentlyK. adolescence L. anticipate M. eases N. emerging O. exceeds
Part III Banked Cloze
Directions: In this part, there is one 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. (1×10=10 points)
Who is an “adult”? Many would 1) ______ having completed schooling, working steadily, living 2) ______ of one’s parents, marrying, and having children as the markers of adulthood, traditionally achieved between the late teens and the early thirties. However, compared with their parents’ generation, young people today are taking longer to complete their schooling, to settle into steady employment, to establish their own households, to get married, and to fulfil the 3) ______ to raise children. The psychologist Jeffrey Arnett describes the phase of life for those now between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five as a period of relative independence from social roles and expectations. As such, 4) ______ adulthood provides some younger people, especially those who have access to parental resources and supports into their twenties, with new opportunities for exploring their 5) _______, particularly in the areas of work, love, and worldviews. Those who do not have resources, however, 6) ______ problems.
Many observers have thought about the factors that have made the transition from 7) ______ to adulthood more complex and variable. Some believe that industrialization, improved health, and increased life expectancies have changed the 8) ______ life sequences of the early twentieth century. Others think that the rising cost of housing in some parts of the country explains why young people are increasingly likely to live with their parents. Still others suggest that because this generation’s parents have fewer children, they are able to provide support that 9) ______ the needs of each child, allowing their children to prolong their dependence and lengthening the time it takes them to complete their education and find 10) ______ employment and independent living arrangements.
A. obligation B. optimistic C. positive D. stable E. typical
F. fascinating G. financially H. identity I. identify J. independently
K. adolescence L. anticipate M. eases N. emerging O. exceeds