2015年12月第3套 选词填空

Children do not think the way adults do. For most of the first year of life, if something is out of sight, it's out of mind. If you cover a baby's 36______toy with a piece of cloth, the baby thinks the toy has disappeared and stops looking for it. A 4-year-old may 37______ that a sister has more fruit juice when it is only the shapes of the glasses that differ, not the 38______of juice.
Yet children are smart in their own way. Like good little scientists, children are always testing their child-sized 39______about how things work. When your child throws her spoon on the floor for the sixth time as you try to feed her, and you say, “That's enough! I will not pick up your spoon again!” the child will 40______test your claim. Are you serious? Are you angry? What will happen if she throws the spoon again? She is not doing this to drive you41______; rather, she is learning that her desires and yours can differ, and that sometimes those 42______are important and sometimes they are not.
How and why does children's thinking change? In the 1920s, Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget proposed that children's cognitive (认知的) abilities unfold 43______, like the blooming of a flower, almost independent of what else is 44______in their lives. Although many of his specific conclusions have been 45______or modified over the years, his ideas inspired thousands of studies by investigators all over the world.
A ) advocate B ) amount C ) confirmed D ) crazy E ) definite F ) differences G ) favorite H ) happening I ) immediately J ) naturally K ) obtaining L ) M ) protest N ) rejected O ) theories
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