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.
You might not know yourself as well as you think
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 thirty 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.
Answers & Explanations (答案与解析)
Section A: Banked Cloze
26. L (relatively)。解析：空格位于系动词
are 和形容词 accurate 之间，需要填入副词修饰 accurate。句意为：根据一项新研究，人们对自己某些行为的判断只是“相对”准确的。选项中符合语境的副词是 relatively（相对地）。27. I (probes)。解析：空格所在句的主语是
this new study，且整个从句缺乏谓语动词，需要填入动词的第三人称单数形式。句意为：这项新研究“探究/调查”了人们在多大程度上理解自己每一刻的行为。probes（探究）符合语境。28. A (activated)。解析：空格位于
that 引导的定语从句中，先行词是 audio recorders，副词 automatically 之后缺乏谓语动词。描述研究中的操作，应使用过去式。句意为：录音机每隔 9.5 分钟自动“启动/激活”。activated（激活）符合。29. K (recall)。解析：空格位于
asking them to 之后，需要填入动词原形构成不定式。句意为：要求他们“回想/回忆”在特定一小时内他们有多外向、随和或尽责。recall（回想起）最符合语境。30. D (consecutive)。解析：空格位于数词
two 和名词 weeks 之间，需要形容词作定语。two consecutive weeks 为固定表达，意为“连续两周”。句意为：参与者连续两周回答关于他们行为的问题。31. C (assessment)。解析：空格位于
people’s 之后和 of themselves 之前，需要填入名词。句意为：看看他们的观察结果与人们对自己的“评估/评价”相比如何。assessment（评估）完美契合。32. G (discrepancy)。解析：前文提到参与者和外部观察者在“随和性”上的认同度很低，出现了差异。空格前有
this，需要填入单数名词指代这种差异。discrepancy 意为“差异，不一致”，符合题意。33. E (cues)。解析：空格位于动词
read 之后，作宾语。其后的 like body language（比如肢体语言）是对该词的举例。肢体语言属于行为上的“线索”或“提示”，因此填入 cues。34. H (probably)。解析：空格位于
there are 和 other explanations 之间，需要副词修饰整个存在句。句意为：“可能”还有其他的解释。probably（可能，大概）符合语境逻辑。35. F (deny)。解析：空格位于
would rather 之后，需要动词原形。句意为：参与者自己认为的行为和观察者听到的行为之间认同度低，可能是因为人们宁愿“否认”自己的粗鲁行为。deny（否认）完全符合逻辑。【核心搭配与亮点句型】
probe into：探究，调查（this new study probes how well people understand...）
two consecutive weeks：连续两周
discrepancy between...：...之间的差异/不一致
read cues：解读线索/提示（could not read cues like body language）
would rather do sth.：宁愿做某事（people would rather deny rude behavior）