You might not know yourself as well as you think. according to a new study, people are _26_ accurate judges of only some of their behaviors. While most previous studies on how well people know themselves have been done on long-term personality traits, this new study _27_ how well people understand how they are acting from one moment to the next. Researchers asked participants to wear audio recorders that automatically _28_ every 9.5 minutes between 7 a. m. and 2 a. m. to record 30 seconds of audio. These participants were then emailed surveys four times a day asking them to _29_ how outgoing, agreeable, or conscientious they were during a particular hour of the day. The study used data from 248 participants, all of whom answered questions about their behavior for two _30_ weeks and wore the audio device for one of those weeks.
Six laboratory assistants rated each participant's audio clips to see how their observations compared with people’s _31_ of themselves. The six assistants were generally in agreement with one another about how the people they were observing acted. Further, participants’ ratings of their own behaviors agreed with observers’ for how outgoing and how conscientious they were being. But the agreement between participants and outside observers was much smaller for agreeableness. Some of this _32_ could be because the observers used only audio clips, and thus could not read _33_ like body language, but there are _34_ other explanations, as people should be able to hear when a participant is being kind versus being rude. The weak agreement between how participants thought they were acting and what observers heard could be because people would rather _35_ rude behavior.
A) activated
B) articulates
C) assessment
D) consecutive
E) cues
F) deny
G) discrepancy
H) probably
I) probes
J) random
K) recall
L) relatively
M) saturated
N) symptoms
O) terminate
答案解析：
26. 空格位于系动词 "are" 和形容词 "accurate" 之间，因此空格处应填入一个副词，修饰形容词 "accurate"。根据句意“人们仅对自己的一些行为是……准确的判断者”，需要一个表示“相对地，比较地”的副词。relatively 意为“相对地”，符合句意，所以选L。
27. 空格前是主语 "this new study"，空格后是宾语 "how well people understand..."，因此空格处应填入一个动词的第三人称单数形式。根据句意“这项新研究……人们如何理解自己……”，需要一个表示“探究，探索”的动词。probes 意为“探究，探查”，符合句意，所以选I。
28. 空格前是主语 "audio recorders that automatically"，因此空格处应填入一个动词的过去分词，构成被动语态。根据句意“录音器会自动……”，录音器是被启动或激活的。activated 意为“激活，启动”，符合句意，所以选A。
29. 空格前是 "asking them to"，因此空格处应填入一个动词原形。根据句意“要求他们……自己在特定时间段的行为”，需要表示“回忆，回想”的动词。recall 意为“回忆”，符合句意，所以选K。
30. 空格位于名词 "weeks" 前，因此空格处应填入一个形容词。根据句意“回答了关于他们行为的问题，为期两个……的星期”，需要一个表示“连续的”形容词。consecutive 意为“连续的”，符合句意，所以选D。
31. 空格前是所有格 "people's"，空格后是介词 "of"，因此空格处应填入一个名词。根据句意“观察者的看法与人们对自己的……进行比较”，需要一个表示“评价，评估”的名词。assessment 意为“评价，评估”，符合句意，所以选C。
32. 空格前是指示代词 "Some of this"，因此空格处应填入一个不可数名词。根据句意“一些这种……可能是因为……”，上下文提到参与者自我评价和观察者评价之间的一致性很弱，说明存在差异。discrepancy 意为“差异，不符”，符合句意，所以选G。
33. 空格前是动词 "read"，空格后是 "like body language"，因此空格处应填入一个名词。根据句意“无法读懂像肢体语言这样的……”，需要一个表示“线索，提示”的名词。cues 意为“线索，提示”，符合句意，所以选E。
34. 空格位于句首，修饰整个句子，因此空格处应填入一个副词。根据句意“……还有其他解释”，需要一个表示“很可能，大概”的副词。probably 意为“很可能”，符合句意，所以选H。
35. 空格前是 "would rather"，因此空格处应填入一个动词原形。根据句意“人们宁愿……自己的粗鲁行为”，需要一个表示“否认”的动词。deny 意为“否认”，符合句意，所以选F。
