Kagan maintains that an infant’s reactions to its first stressful experiences are part of a natural process of development, not harbingers of childhood unhappiness or --------- signs of adolescent anxiety.
(A) prophetic
(B) normal
(C) monotonous
(D) virtual
(E) typical
〖解答〗
以harbinger一词为线索。该词意为“前兆,预示”,从中提取“预先的”这一形容词概念填入空格,即求得(A)为正确答案。
〖中译〗
卡冈坚持认为,婴儿对其最初压抑的体验所作出的反应是其自然成长过程的一部分,并非是童年不幸福的前兆或青少年焦虑的预先迹象。
