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【题目】请根据语篇内容，用方框中所给词的正确形式填空，使短文通顺、连贯，并将答案写在 答题卡相应的位置上。方框中有两个词为多余。

early, something, however, similar, happy, show, how, different, scientist, watch, serve, of

When you are busy with schoolwork, do you envy ( 羡慕) babies? They needn't care about anyone or【1】 .They just do whatever they want. But a new study says this may not be true.

Two-year-old babies care about 【2】 others see them. They even change (改变) their acts when others are around them, according to 【3】 from Emory University in the US.

Scientists did test on 144 babies between the ages of 14 to 24 months. They 【4】 the babies a robot with two buttons( 按钮) on it. When the babies touched the buttons, the scientists would act 【5】 . When the babies touched the first button, the scientists would act happily. But when the babies touched the second button, the scientists would be 【6】 .

They found that when there were no adults ( 成 年 人 ) around, children would touch the second button more often. But when there were adult 【7】 , they would touch the first button more often.

Adults will show the same kind of act. People always act better when others are watching.【8】 ,when no one is watching, they act worse.

Studies in the past found that children started to care about what others thought【9】 them around the age of 4. But this new study shows that the age is much 【10】, maybe at the age of 1or 2.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】anything

【2】how

【3】scientists

【4】showed

【5】differently

【6】unhappy

【7】watching

【8】However

【9】of

【10】earlier

【解析】

当你忙于功课时，你羡慕婴儿吗？他们不需要关心任何人或任何事。他们只是想做什么就做什么。但是一项新的研究表明这可能不是真的。

【1】句意：他们不需要关心任何人或任何事。

根据“When you are busy with schoolwork, do you envy ( 羡慕) babies?”可推知下句要说的是羡慕孩子不需要关心任何人和任何事。something用于肯定句；anything用于否定句和疑问句。故答案为anything。

【2】句意：两岁的婴儿关心别人如何看待他们。

根据后句“They even change (改变) their acts when others are around them”可知他们也会在乎别人怎么看待他们。可推测出前面说的是，两岁的婴儿关心别人如何看待他们。故选how。

【3】句意：据美国埃默里大学的科学家称。

由下文中的 “scientists”一词，可知说的是科学家。故答案为scientists。

【4】句意：他们给婴儿们看了一个上面有两个按钮的机器人。

通过下文婴儿按机器人两个不同的按钮。可知这里说的是：他们给婴儿们展示了一个机器人。本段时态为一般过去时，所给单词show，故答案为showed。

【5】句意：当婴儿触摸按钮时，科学家们会有不同的反应。

根据下文以及关键词but，可推测出当婴儿触摸按钮时，科学家会有不同的反应。所填单词修饰act，是副词。所给单词different为形容词，副词形式为differently。故答案为differently。

【6】句意：但是当婴儿触摸第二个按钮时，科学家们会不高兴。

根据“When the babies touched the buttons, the scientists would act differently”可知，当婴儿触摸第一个按钮时，科学家高兴。再由but作转折，可知当触摸第二个按钮时，就应该不高兴。所给词happy是形容词，所填词在be动词之后，要填形容词，故答案为unhappy。

【7】句意：但是当有成人观看时，他们会更频繁地触摸第一个按钮。

前面说的是没有在的时候，婴儿怎么做。根据关键词but，后面肯定是说有人看的时候，婴儿该怎么做。所给单词为watch，结合there be sb. doing。故答案为watching。

【8】句意：然而，当没有人看的时候，他们表现得更差。

前后两句意义表转折，故答案为However。

【9】句意：过去的研究发现，孩子们在4岁左右开始关心别人的想法。

可根据think of “认为…怎么样”得出答案，故答案为of。

【10】句意：但是这项新的研究表明婴儿开始关心别人的想法的年龄要早得多。

根据前句“……around the age of 4.”和后句“maybe at the age of 1or 2.” 可知，新的研究表明婴儿开始关心别人的想法年龄会更早。结合much后跟比较级，故答案为earlier。