Most of us think we know the kind of kid who becomes a killer, and most of the time we"re right. Boys (1)_____ about 85% of all youth homicides, and in those cases about 90% (2)_____ a pattern in which the line from bad parenting and bad (3)_____ to murder is usually clear. Their lives start with abuse, neglect and (4)_____ deprivation at home. Add the effects of racism, poverty, the drug and gang cultures, and it is not (5)_____ that in a violent society like ours, (6)_____ children become deadly teens. (7)_____ what about the other 10% of kids who kill: the boys who have (8)_____ parents and are not poor? Are their parents to blame when these kids become (9)_____? Most children do fine while young enough to be (10)_____ by loving parents, but change as adolescents subjected to peer competition, bullying and rejection, (11)_____ in big high schools. The "normal" culture of adolescence today contains elements that are so nasty that it becomes hard for parents to (12)_____ between what in a teenager"s talk, dress and taste in music, films and video games indicates (13)_____ trouble and what is simply a (14)_____ of the times. Most kids who have multiple body piercing, or listen to Marilyn Manson, or play the video games are normal kids caught in a toxic (15)_____ Intelligent kids with good social skills can be quite skillful at hiding who they really are from their parents. They may do this to (16)_____ punishment, to escape being identified as "crazy", or to protect the parents they love from being (17)_____ or worried. Anyway, how many parents are (18)_____ of thinking the worst of their son—(19)_____, that he harbors murders fantasies, or that he could (20)_____ so far as acting them out.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析:词汇辨析题。文章开篇首句提到:Most of us think we know the kind of kid who becomes a killer,and most of the time we"re right.(我们中的大多数人认为自己了解那些犯了杀人罪的孩子,而且大多数的时候我们是对的)。从下一句给出的部分可以看出,这里是在谈论男孩子犯杀人罪的比例。commit意为"犯(错误),干(坏事)",将该词放回句中,符合上下文语境,表示"男孩子在所有少年杀人犯中所占的比例大约为85%"。complete意为"完成,结束",complete是指一件工作或事情进行到最后阶段,马上就可见成果,此词用在句中,语义关系不正确;submit意为"呈交,提交",perform意为"表演,举行",这两个词与句中各部分没有语义关系,故排除。
【答案解析】解析:词汇辨析题。显然,这里是对上句进一步解释。上句中说the line from bad parenting and bad environment to murder is usually clear(很清楚,该模式始于不良的家教和恶劣的环境,最后促使孩子成了杀人犯),紧接着本句就提到Their lives start with abuse,neglect..,从句中的start with可知,这里是说上句中提到的bad parenting。父母的错误行为包括虐待、忽视以及在家里被剥夺了某种东西。emotional意为"情感的,情绪的",句中的emotional deprivation表示"情感剥夺",指对一些情感的需求得不到满足,如关注、理解、支持等,这与虐待和忽视一起都是父母在养育孩子的过程中所犯的错误。logical意为"逻辑的,合乎情理的",sensational意为"耸人听闻的,壮观的",rational意为"合理的",强调"有理性和思考、推理能力的",这三个词放在句中均不符合上下文语义关系。
【答案解析】解析:词汇辨析题。本段对第二段提出的问题进行了解答:大多数孩子在很小的时候由关爱他们的父母养育时表现很好。nurture意为"养育,教养",如:She nurtured the child as if he had been her own.(她把那孩子当作自己的孩子来养育)。arouse意为"激起,唤起",flourish意为"繁荣,兴隆",这两个词与本句没有语义联系;whip意为"鞭打,抽打",whip与后面的loving parents语义上不吻合。
【答案解析】解析:词汇辨析题。本句指出:如今青少年的"标准"文化包含那些非常肮脏的内容,以至于父母很难区别孩子究竟是心理问题还是只为追赶潮流。distinguish意为"区别,辨别",可与between搭配使用,表示区分事物的差别之意。recognize意为"认出,承认",没有辨别两者之间的区别之意,可以说recognize the differences between sth.and sth.,但后面不能直接跟between搭配使用;detect意为"察觉,发觉",discover意为"发现",与recognize类似,detect和discover均为及物动词,后面也不能直接和between搭配使用。
【答案解析】解析:词汇辨析题。sign意为"标志",是常用词,指"具有一定含义的任何有形或无形的符号或标志",它可以是实物、表情、动作、文字、语言及任何痕迹或征兆,句中的a sign of the times意为"时代的标志"。symptom意为"症状",表示一个过程或状态的外在显示,尤指不利的状态;mark意为"痕迹",指"为某一目的有意做的标记",也指"无意留下或自然形成的痕迹";token意为"标记,符号",系较为庄重的用语,指"把某物当作某种性质、意义、感情或事件等的象征"。
【答案解析】解析:语义衔接题。前一句意为:有社交技能的聪明孩子很善于对父母隐藏他们的真实行为。他们这样做是为了逃避惩罚,或逃避被认为是"疯子"。从句中的escape being identified as crazy可以很容易推出前面是"逃避惩罚"之意。accept意为"接受,认可",显然孩子是不想受到惩罚,因此隐藏自己的真实行为,而不可能是为了接受惩罚;eliminate意为"消除,淘汰",根据常识可知,有权取消惩罚措施的是父母,不是孩子,因此孩子这样做的目的不是为了取消惩罚;create意为"创造,创建",根据常理,孩子会躲避惩罚,而不是自己要求受罚,故create不当。
【答案解析】解析:惯用搭配题。本句中作者指出:无论如何,有多少父母能够把自己的儿子往最坏处想。capable意为"有能力的",指人或物均可,表示有"潜在的或能达到一般要求的能力",后跟of构成搭配,表示具有某种能力。competent和able都表示"有能力的"之意。competent指具有"胜任某一工作的条件",强调对某项工作有足够的技能及其他所需条件,没有be competent of这种搭配;able一般指人,表示"现在有做某事的能力",有时意味着"高超的能力或技艺",用于be able to do sth.这一句型中,不能与of搭配使用;efficient意为"效率高的",不符合句子语境。
【答案解析】解析:惯用搭配题。本题考查对句意的分析和理解。文章末句:不管怎么说,有多少父母能够把自己的儿子往最坏处想呢?例如,自己的孩子或者幻想杀人,或者走得如此远以至于真的这样去做了。这里的go so far as意为"走得如此之远以至于…"。run、come和arrive不用在此结构中,故这几个词均不符合句子语境。