Pursuing a career is an essential part of adolescent development."The adolescent becomes an 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 the tempering 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) exited
H) existence
I) incidentally
J) intolerant
K) occupation
L) promises
M) recession
N) slightly
O) undertakes
答案解析：
根据语境“The adolescent becomes an... when he... a real job”，这里表达青少年开始一份真正的工作时就成为了某种身份，“undertakes”有“承担，从事”的意思，“undertakes a real job”即从事一份真正的工作，符合语境，所以选O。
根据前文提到青少年进入工作世界，对于像皮亚杰这样的认知研究者来说，成年意味着某种开始，“entrance”表示“进入，开始”，“the beginning of an entrance”可理解为成年意味着一种新阶段的开始，这里用“occupation”(职业)也通顺，从后文围绕工作对青少年的影响来看，“occupation”更契合整体关于职业对青少年发展影响的论述，所以选K。
根据“their newly acquired ability to form hypotheses allows them to create representations that are too ideal”以及“without the tempering of the reality of a job or profession”可知，这里说的是这种理想化表述的情况，“existence”有“存在”之意，这里句意是“这种理想画面的存在，没有经过工作或职业现实的磨炼”，所以选H。
根据上下文“become ......of the non-idealistic world”可知，此处应填入一个表示“不容忍”或“厌倦”的形容词，所以选 J) intolerant。
根据“True adaptation to society comes... when the adolescent reformer attempts to put his ideas to work”可知，这里说的是真正的社会适应是自然而然发生的，“automatically”表示“自动地，自然而然地”，符合语境，所以选A。
根据“out of context”以及“Piaget's statement seems harsh”可知，这里说的是如果脱离语境，皮亚杰的话看起来很严厉，slightly有“稍微、略微”的意思，此空句意是“从些许断章取义的角度来说”，所以选N。
根据“What he was... is the way reality can modify idealistic views”可知，这里说的是他所强调的是现实如何改变理想化观点，“emphasizing”表示“强调”，符合语境，所以选E。
根据“As careers and vocations become less available”以及“Such difficult economic times”可知，这里说的是在经济不景气时期，职业机会变少，“recession”表示“经济衰退，不景气”，符合语境，所以选M。
根据句意“leave many adolescents ......about their roles”可知，此处应填入一个形容词，表示“困惑的”，句意是“很多青少年对自己的社会角色感到困惑”所以选 D) confused。
根据“community interventions and government job programs that offer summer vacation work are not only economically... but also help to stimulate the adolescent's sense of worth”可知，这里说的是社区干预和政府暑期工作项目不仅在经济上有益，还能激发青少年的价值感，“beneficial”表示“有益的”，符合语境，所以选B。
