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【题目】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.

Answer 1

【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】本文讲的是任何人的同情和关怀被科学家观察到，他们发现婴儿感到同情甚至在他们坚定不移完整的意识到他们存在有别于其他的人，婴儿对别人的痛苦仿佛是自己的。

【1】考察动词的变换及语境的理解。根据“she crawled (爬) off to her mother ___1___ (comfort) a”可知，她爬向她的妈妈，想要被安慰。则应填不定式的被动形式。故填to be comforted。

【2】考察固定搭配语境的理解。根据“__2___ of the above acts of sympathy and caring were observed by scientists.”任何人的同情和关怀的行为被科学家观察到。Both...and...和...。故填Both。

【3】考察语境及句子的分析。根据“They have found that babies feel sympathy even before they ___3___ (full) realize that they exist apart from other people.”此处的full修饰动词realize，则应用副词形式。故填fully。

【4】考察语境的理解。根据“Even ___4___ (month) after birth, ”可知，甚至在出生几个月后。则应用month的复数。故填months。

【5】考察系动词及语境的理解。根据“babies react to a pain in others as if it ___5___ (be) their own, crying when they see another child’s tears. ”可知，婴儿对别人的痛苦仿佛是他们自己的。此处为虚拟语气。故填were。

【6】考察介词及语境的理解。根据“___6___ about one year old, they start to realize the pain is not their own but someone else’s. ”可知，当大约1 岁时，他们开始意识到不是自己的，而是别人的疼痛。故填By。

【7】 考察句子成分的理解。根据“a one-year-old brought his own mother over to comfort a crying friend, ___7___ (ignore) the friend s mother,”可知，ignore在此处做状语，应用分词形式。故填ignoring。

【8】考察语境的理解。根据“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.”此处缺少连词，前面的先行名词为人，则应为who。故填who。

【9】考察比较级的应用。根据“possibly to ___9___ (well) understand how they are feeling.”可知，更能理解他们的感觉。此处应为比较级。故填better。

【10】考察语境的理解。根据“___10___ there were no tears in his eyes.”可知，尽管没有眼泪在他的眼睛里。故填though/yet/although/but。