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Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) 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. Psychologists have long been interested in how we construct our identities and the sorts of strategies that we use to present ourselves in society. New findings suggest that the kinds of 26 and strategic self- presentation behaviour we see in adults appear at a much younger age than 27 known. Research shows that a child's awareness of social standing comes from adults. Like grown-ups, kids want to be _28_ by those they admire. Interactive experiences may provide opportunities for children to learn about what _29a desirable reputation and the kinds of strategies that are effective for _30a good reputation in their social environment. Five-year-olds aren't just aware of their reputations, they also behave strategically to alter their outward image. They will _31_ their behaviour in order to appear moral or socially good in the eyes of key observers. While we know that adults use a large variety of attributes to manage and create impressions, we don't yet know whether children _32 and use the fact that different attributes are valuable at different times to different _33. It's important for us to further consider where in this process children succeed in controlling their reputation and where they _34_. A question to think about is,"What happens even earlier than age five?"Children don't just show up to the first day of kindergarten and have the idea of reputation pop _35_ into existence. The logical question to ask is,“What happens even earlier?” A) accepted I) samples B) audiences J) selected C) building K) solemn D) complex L) struggle E) constitutes M) suddenly F) deputies N) understand G) previously O) vary H) revolving

Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) 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. Psychologists have long been interested in how we construct our identities and the sorts of strategies that we use to present ourselves in society. New findings suggest that the kinds of 26 and strategic self- presentation behaviour we see in adults appear at a much younger age than 27 known. Research shows that a child's awareness of social standing comes from adults. Like grown-ups, kids want to be _28_ by those they admire. Interactive experiences may provide opportunities for children to learn about what _29a desirable reputation and the kinds of strategies that are effective for _30a good reputation in their social environment. Five-year-olds aren't just aware of their reputations, they also behave strategically to alter their outward image. They will _31_ their behaviour in order to appear moral or socially good in the eyes of key observers. While we know that adults use a large variety of attributes to manage and create impressions, we don't yet know whether children _32 and use the fact that different attributes are valuable at different times to different _33. It's important for us to further consider where in this process children succeed in controlling their reputation and where they _34_. A question to think about is,"What happens even earlier than age five?"Children don't just show up to the first day of kindergarten and have the idea of reputation pop _35_ into existence. The logical question to ask is,“What happens even earlier?” A) accepted I) samples B) audiences J) selected C) building K) solemn D) complex L) struggle E) constitutes M) suddenly F) deputies N) understand G) previously O) vary H) revolving

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答案

26. 根据上下文，这里需要一个词与“strategic self-presentation behaviour”并列，表示“复杂的自我呈现行为”。结合选项，“complex”最符合。 27. 句子表示“这些行为出现在比之前已知更早的年龄”，应填“previously”。 28. 孩子们希望被他们钦佩的人“接受”，应填“accepted”。 29. 这里需要一个词表示“构成”或“构成”，“constitutes”更贴切。 30. 建立良好声誉的行为，应填“building”。 31. 孩子会“调整”行为以显得道德，应填“vary”。 32. 研究是否儿童“理解”不同属性的价值，应填“understand”。 33. 不同“观众”对不同属性的重视，应填“audiences”。 34. 儿童在控制声誉时“挣扎”，应填“struggle”。 35. 声誉“突然”出现，应填“suddenly”。 最终答案： 26. complex 27. previously 28. accepted 29. constitutes 30. building 31. vary 32. understand 33. audiences 34. struggle 35. suddenly

解析

本节为选词填空题，要求从词库中为文章空白处选择合适的单词，每个单词只能用一次。。解题关键是结合上下文语义、语法和固定搭配，判断空白处所需单词的词性、词义及逻辑关系。

26. 【complex】

分析句子主干为“the kinds of 26 and strategic self-presentation behaviour”，空白处需形容词与“strategic”并列，修饰“self-presentation behaviour”。根据上下文，心理学家关注成年人的“自我呈现策略”，此处强调此类行为的复杂性，“complex（复杂的）”符合语义。

27. 【previously】

句子“appear at a much younger age than 27 known”中，“than后接比较对象，需副词修饰“known”。“previously（以前）”表示“比之前已知的年龄更早”，符合逻辑。

28. 【accepted】

“want to to be 28 by those they admire”中，“be+过去分词”表被动，空白处需过去分词。“accepted（被接受）”符合“孩子希望被钦佩的人接受”的语境。

29. 【constitutes】

“what 29 a desirable reputation”为宾语从句，空白处需谓语动词，且主语“what为单数，谓语用单数形式。“constitutes（构成）”表示“构成理想声誉的要素”，符合语义。

30. 【building】

“strategies that are effective for 330 a good reputation”中，“for为介词，后接动名词或动名词。“building（建立）”与“a good reputation”搭配，表“建立良好声誉的策略”，符合文意。

31. 【vary】

“They will 31 their behaviour”中，“will后接动词原形，空白处需动词。“改变行为”。“vary（改变；调整）”符合“调整行为以显得道德”的语境。

32. 【understand

“whether children 32 and use the fact”中，“and连接并列谓语，“use为原形，故空白处需动词原形原形。“understand（理解）”表示“儿童是否理解不同属性的价值”，符合逻辑。

33. 【audiudiences】

“different attributes are valuable at different times to different 33”中，“to different后接名词，表“对不同的对象有价值”。“audiences（受众；观众）”指不同的人，符合语义。

34. 【strustruggle】

“where they 34”与“where children succeed”并列，需动词原形。“struggle（挣扎；努力）”表示“在控制声誉方面挣扎”，符合上下文对比。

35. 【suddenly】

“have the idea of reputation poppop 35 into existence”中，“pop into existence为固定短语，“突然出现”，需副词修饰。“suddenly（突然）”符合语境。