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【題目】The moment Jane, just nine months old, saw another baby fall, tears came into her own eyes and she crawled (爬) off to her mother 【1】 (comfort) as though it was she who had been hurt. And 15-month-old Michael went to get his own teddy bear for his crying friend. 【2】 of the above acts of sympathy and caring were observed by scientists. They have found that babies feel sympathy even before they 【3】 (full) realize that they exist apart from other people. Even 【4】 (month) after birth, babies react to a pain in others as if it 【5】 (be) their own, crying when they see another child’s tears. 【6】 about one year old, they start to realize the pain is not their own but someone else’s. In a study, for example, a one-year-old brought his own mother over to comfort a crying friend, 【7】 (ignore) the friend s mother, 【8】 was also in the room. This confusion is seen too when one-year-old babies imitate (模仿) the pain of someone else, possibly to 【9】 (well) understand how they are feeling. For example, if another baby hurts her fingers, a one-year-old might put her fingers in her mouth to see if she hurts, too. On seeing his mother cry, one baby wiped his own eyes, 【10】 there were no tears in his eyes.

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【答案】

【1】to be comforted

【2】Both

【3】fully

【4】months

【5】were

【6】By

【7】ignoring

【8】who

【9】better

【10】though/yet/although/but

【解析】本文講的是任何人的同情和關(guān)懷被科學(xué)家觀察到，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)嬰兒感到同情甚至在他們堅(jiān)定不移完整的意識到他們存在有別于其他的人，嬰兒對別人的痛苦仿佛是自己的。

【1】考察動詞的變換及語境的理解。根據(jù)“she crawled (爬) off to her mother ___1___ (comfort) a”可知，她爬向她的媽媽，想要被安慰。則應(yīng)填不定式的被動形式。故填to be comforted。

【2】考察固定搭配語境的理解。根據(jù)“__2___ of the above acts of sympathy and caring were observed by scientists.”任何人的同情和關(guān)懷的行為被科學(xué)家觀察到。Both...and...和...。故填Both。

【3】考察語境及句子的分析。根據(jù)“They have found that babies feel sympathy even before they ___3___ (full) realize that they exist apart from other people.”此處的full修飾動詞realize，則應(yīng)用副詞形式。故填fully。

【4】考察語境的理解。根據(jù)“Even ___4___ (month) after birth, ”可知，甚至在出生幾個(gè)月后。則應(yīng)用month的復(fù)數(shù)。故填months。

【5】考察系動詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)“babies react to a pain in others as if it ___5___ (be) their own, crying when they see another child’s tears. ”可知，嬰兒對別人的痛苦仿佛是他們自己的。此處為虛擬語氣。故填were。

【6】考察介詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)“___6___ about one year old, they start to realize the pain is not their own but someone else’s. ”可知，當(dāng)大約1 歲時(shí)，他們開始意識到不是自己的，而是別人的疼痛。故填By。

【7】 考察句子成分的理解。根據(jù)“a one-year-old brought his own mother over to comfort a crying friend, ___7___ (ignore) the friend s mother,”可知，ignore在此處做狀語，應(yīng)用分詞形式。故填ignoring。

【8】考察語境的理解。根據(jù)“a one-year-old brought his own mother over to comfort a crying friend, ___7___ (ignore) the friend s mother, ___8___ was also in the room.”此處缺少連詞，前面的先行名詞為人，則應(yīng)為who。故填who。

【9】考察比較級的應(yīng)用。根據(jù)“possibly to ___9___ (well) understand how they are feeling.”可知，更能理解他們的感覺。此處應(yīng)為比較級。故填better。

【10】考察語境的理解。根據(jù)“___10___ there were no tears in his eyes.”可知，盡管沒有眼淚在他的眼睛里。故填though/yet/although/but。