单选题 The major task facing adolescents is to create a stable identity. There are some developmental tasks that enable them to create an identity.
It's important to accept one's physique. The beginning of puberty and the rate of body changes for adolescent varies tremendously. How easily adolescents deal with those changes will (1) reflect how closely their bodies match the well-defined (2) of the "perfect" body for young women and young men. Adolescents who do not match it may need (3) support from adults to improve their feelings of comfort and self-worth regarding their physique.
Try to achieve emotional independence from parents. Children derive strength from (4) their parents' values and attitudes. Adolescents, (5) , must redefine their (6) of personal strength and move toward self-reliance. This change is (7) if the adolescent and parents can agree on some level of (8) that increases over time. (9) , parents and adolescents should set a time by which children must be back home. That time should be increased (10) the adolescent matures.
Prepare for an economic career. In our society, an adolescent (11) adult status when he or she is able to (12) support himself or herself. This task has become more (13) than in the past because the job market demands increased education and skills. Today, this developmental task is generally not achieved (14) late adolescence or early adulthood, after the individual completes her/his education and gains some entry level work experience.
Adolescents can think abstractly and about possible situations. With these (15) in thinking, the adolescent is able to develop his or her own (16) of values and beliefs. Thus, it is essential to take an ideology as a guide to behavior.
The family is where children define themselves and their world. Adolescents (17) themselves and their world from their new social roles. Status (18) the community, beyond that of family is an important achievement for older adolescents and young adults. Adolescents and young adults become members of the larger community (19) employment (financial independence) and (20) independence from parents.

单选题 A. partly B. seriously C. completely D. hardly
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】语义逻辑题,考查词义辨析。填入的词表示的是影响的程度。partly“部分地,在一定程度上”符合句意,A项正确。
C项和D项说法极端,排除。B项“严重地”无法修饰后面的动词reflect“反映”。
单选题 A. shapes B. modes C. forms D. stereotypes
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】语义逻辑题,考查词义辨析。本句说的是:青少年是否能轻松应对这些变化,一定程度上反映出他们的身体与年轻人“完美”身材______的匹配程度。完美一词被加上引号,这是公众长期形成的固有观念,因此D项“固有观念,偏见”为正确选项。
其他三个选项均无法传达出“观念”这一内涵,排除。
单选题 A. extensive B. extra C. entire D. overall
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】语义逻辑题,考查词义辨析。身材没达到标准的青少年需要的是来自成人“额外”的帮助,A、C、D三项的说法都过于严重和绝对,只有B项符合句意。
单选题 A. internalizing B. abandoning C. requiring D. sustaining
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】语义逻辑题,考查词义辨析。internalize意为“使(态度、看法、行为等经学习或同化而)内在化(为本性或主观意识)”,句子主语children提示答案为A项。
B项与文意相反;C、D项不符合children的身份。
单选题 A. however B. moreover C. therefore D. furthermore
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查关联词。本段第二句说到孩子通过受父母的价值观潜移默化获得力量,本句则说青少年必须重新定义……,通过children和adolescents的对比,可知此处是转折关系,A项正确。
单选题 A. resources B. sources C. nature D. views
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】语义逻辑题,考查词义辨析。本段第二句和第三句形成了对比关系,抓住第二句的关键短语derive…from(来源于),推断第三句青少年redefine的内容应该是某种“来源”,即B项。
单选题 A. evident B. spontaneous C. smoother D. apparent
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】语义逻辑题,考查词义辨析。从孩童过渡到青少年,会发生一系列的变化,如果青少年和父母能达成共识,这一过程就能______,根据空格后的if假设,很明显正确选项为C项。
A项、B项和D项的意思均体现不出与后面的假设有联系。
单选题 A. involvement B. independence C. interference D. isolation
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】语义逻辑题,考查词义辨析。该段最后两句是对该空格所在句的具体说明,“设定回家时间”可被视为是一种走向“独立”的表现。而四个选项中,只有B项“独立”能随年龄而增长,故选B项。
A项表意不明,与其后提及的内容不符;C项与文意相反;D项不符合父母对孩子的做法。
单选题 A. For exaraple B. To some extent C. As example D. In a sense
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查关联词。“父母和青少年一起设定回家的时间”是对前句内容的举例说明,因此A项:For example正确。B项和D项表程度,C项表列举,不用于举例。
单选题 A. before B. during C. as D. after
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】语义逻辑题,考查词义辨析。此处as引导一个时间状语从句,强调两个动作同时发生;或某事一发生,另一件事也立即发生,意为“随着……”。这里指“(随着)青少年逐渐成熟,规定的回家时间也应该往后推延”。
空格后是一个完整的句子,所以需要一个连词来连接,B项是介词,可首先排除;A项逻辑不对;D项无法体现逐渐成熟的状态。
单选题 A. develops B. selects C. finds D. reaches
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】语义逻辑题,考查词义辨析。根据后面的when he or she…,即成为成年人的条件,可知reach“达到,获得”符合句意。
单选题 A. financially B. physically C. mentally D. psychologically
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】语义逻辑题,考查词义辨析。青少年独立的先决条件是经济上要独立,而且上文提到了economic career,下文也提到了job market等词,不难判断这里选A项。
其他三个选项与上文的economic career难以匹配,因而不选。
单选题 A. possible B. available C. feasible D. difficult
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】语义逻辑题,考查词义辨析。由后半句because引导的原因状语从句可知,因为就业市场对知识和技能的要求越来越高,现在的年轻人要获得经济上的独立越来越“不容易”,因此选D项。
单选题 A. after B. before C. until D. as
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】语义逻辑题,并考查固定搭配。until用于否定句时,until前面的主句谓语动词常用终止性动词,表示动作“直到……才发生”,根据空格之前的not,不难判断此处选C项。
单选题 A. abilities B. changes C. transforms D. variables
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】语义逻辑题,考查词义辨析。上文全是在讲变化,因此选B项。
单选题 A. goal B. thought C. definition D. set
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】考查固定搭配。根据句意:有了思维方面的这些变化,青少年才得以形成他们自己的______价值观和信念,D符合句意,his or her own set of意为“他或她自己的一套”。
A项、B项和C项后面应接具体的事物,而不是values等抽象慨念,因而不正确。
单选题 A. judge B. define C. relieve D. free
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】语义逻辑题,考查词义辨析。本句意为:年轻人从他们获得的新社会角色中定义自己,B项最符合句意。本题也可根据前一句的define推出答案。
单选题 A. in B. within C. beyond D. without
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】语义逻辑题。the community和family是一大一小的两个范畴,因此community前面的介词应该用within,表示“在……范围内”,与family前面的beyond“在……(范围)之外”对照,B为正确选项。
A项in的用法比较广泛,而当表示“在某个具体范围之内”时只能用within。
单选题 A. by B. toward C. through D. with
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】语义逻辑题。空格前提到青少年和年轻人成为更大群体成员,空格后面提到了两个途径:employment(就业)和independence from parents(独立于父母),据此可判断此处需要一个表示“通过……的途径”的介词,因此C项正确。
单选题 A. emotional B. physical C. economical D. religious
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】语义逻辑题,考查词义辨析。本句中,空格中需要填入的是与经济独立(financial independence)并列的内容。四个选项中,只有A项“情感上的”符合题意。
B项physical independence(身体独立)是一生下来就具有的,首先排除;C项与financial independence重复,排除;D项(宗教独立)文中没有提及,也应当排除。