Section A: Banked Cloze
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
It was when my parents left for a couple of months that it (26) ______ on me why I had not yet left home. It wasn't that I relied on them for (27) ______ reasons, or to keep my life in order. These days, I rely on them for their company.
I missed talking about my day and having unique (28) ______ into tiny details. While the conversation about young adults staying at home is (29) ______ by talk of laziness, (30) ______ do we talk of the way my relationship with my parents has (31) ______ strengthened.
The power dynamic is no longer defined by giver and taker. There are some very positive (32) ______ when adult children share the home. But a strong (33) ______ doesn't simply come with time. The passage of time will not (34) ______ connect parents to adult children. It's important to avoid falling back into (35) ______ from the teen years.
Word Bank
Answers & Explanations
26. C (dawned)。解析：这是一个经典的固定搭配 `it dawned on sb`（某人突然意识到/恍然大悟）。只有当父母离开几个月后，作者才“突然意识到”自己为什么还没有离开家。
27. H (logistical)。解析：位于介词 for 之后，名词 reasons 之前，需要填入形容词修饰 reasons。结合后半句 `or to keep my life in order`（或为了让我的生活井井有条），可以推断出作者不是因为“后勤/生活琐事安排上的”原因而依赖父母。
28. E (insight)。解析：位于形容词 unique 之后，介词 into 之前，需要填入名词。固定搭配 `have insight into sth.`（对某事有洞察力/深入了解）。作者怀念谈论自己的一天，并对微小的细节有独特的“见解/洞察”。
29. M (saturated)。解析：位于 be 动词 is 之后，介词 by 之前，构成被动语态。关于年轻人留在家里（啃老）的讨论被关于懒惰的谈论所“充斥/浸透”，因此选择 saturated。注意，stereotypes 是名词，不能用在这里。
30. L (rarely)。解析：这是一个由副词放在句首引起的部分倒装句（`do we talk`）。我们需要一个具有否定或半否定意义的副词。我们“很少”谈论我与父母的关系得到加强的方式，因此选 rarely。
31. O (undoubtedly)。解析：位于助动词 has 和过去分词 strengthened 之间，需要填入副词。修饰这种关系的加强是“毫无疑问地/确凿地”。
32. J (outcomes)。解析：位于形容词 positive 之后，需要填入名词。当成年子女与父母同住时，会有一些非常积极的“结果/产出”。
33. A (bond)。解析：位于形容词 strong 之后，动词 doesn't 之前，需要填入单数名词作主语。但是，坚固的“纽带/联系”不会仅仅随着时间而产生。
34. I (magically)。解析：位于助动词 will not 和动词 connect 之间，需要填入副词。时间的流逝不会“神奇地/魔术般地”将父母与成年子女联系起来。
35. K (patterns)。解析：位于介词 into 之后，需要填入名词。固定表达 `fall back into patterns`（退回到过去的模式）。重要的是要避免倒退回青少年时期的（行为）“模式”。
核心搭配与高分句型
【核心搭配与高频短语】
● it dawns on sb：某人突然意识到，恍然大悟（it dawned on me why I had not yet left home）
● rely on：依赖，依靠（I relied on them for logistical reasons）
● keep sth in order：使...保持井井有条（keep my life in order）
● have insight into：对...有洞察力/深入了解（having unique insight into tiny details）
● be saturated by/with：被...充斥，充满（is saturated by talk of laziness）
● fall back into：退回到，陷入（以前的状态/习惯）（avoid falling back into patterns）
【亮点句型解析】
It was... that... 强调句型：
"It was when my parents left for a couple of months that it dawned on me why I had not yet left home."
（正是在我父母离开几个月的时候，我才突然意识到我为什么还没有离开家。）通过强调时间状语从句 `when my parents left for a couple of months`，凸显了父母离开这个事件对作者产生顿悟的决定性作用，是写作中非常容易拿高分的句式。
"It was when my parents left for a couple of months that it dawned on me why I had not yet left home."
（正是在我父母离开几个月的时候，我才突然意识到我为什么还没有离开家。）通过强调时间状语从句 `when my parents left for a couple of months`，凸显了父母离开这个事件对作者产生顿悟的决定性作用，是写作中非常容易拿高分的句式。
否定副词置于句首引起的部分倒装：
"...rarely do we talk of the way my relationship with my parents has undoubtedly strengthened."
（...我们却很少谈及我与父母的关系毫无疑问得到加强的这种方式。）否定副词 `rarely` 放于句首，助动词 `do` 提到主语 `we` 之前，构成部分倒装，起强调作用，增强了句子的表达力度。
"...rarely do we talk of the way my relationship with my parents has undoubtedly strengthened."
（...我们却很少谈及我与父母的关系毫无疑问得到加强的这种方式。）否定副词 `rarely` 放于句首，助动词 `do` 提到主语 `we` 之前，构成部分倒装，起强调作用，增强了句子的表达力度。