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．
Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage．
Pursuing a career is an essential part of adolescent development．“The adolescent becomes an adult when he 【26 】 a real job．”To cognitive researchers like Piaget，adulthood meant the beginning of an 【27 】．
Piaget argued that once adolescents enter the world of work，their newly acquired ability to form hypotheses allows them to create representations that are too ideal．The 【28 】 of such ideals．without thetempering of the reality of a job or profession，rapidly leads adolescents to become【 29 】of the non．idealistic world and to press for reform in a characteristically adolescent way．Piaget said：“True adaptation to society comes【 30 】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 31 out of context，Piaget’s statement seems harsh．What he was 【 32 】，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 to modify idealized views and to mature．
As careers and vocations become less available during times of【 33 】，adolescents may be especially hard hit．Such difficult economic times may leave many adolescents【 34 】about their roles in society．For this reason，community interventions and government job programs that offer summer and vacation work are not only economically【 35 】but also help to stimulate the adolescent’s sense of worth．
A.automatically
B.beneficial
C.capturing
D.confused
E.emphasizing
F.entrance
G.excited
H.existence
I.incidentally
J.intolerant
K.occupation
L.promises
M.recession
N.slightly
O.undertakes
参考答案:
26.O.undertakes
27.K.occupation
28.H.existence
29.J.intolerant
30.A.automatically
31.N.slightly
32.E.emphasizing
33.M.recession
34.D.confused
35.B.beneficial