21. 根據題干Researchers think that guilt can be a good thing because it may help______.內容定位到第一段最后一句This is why researchers generally regard so-called moral guilt, in the right amount, to be a good thing. 由最后一句的this指代詞,可知原因在第一段的前幾句,根據第一句Unlike so-called basic emotions such as sadness, fear, and anger, guilt emerges a little later, in conjunction with a child’s growing grasp of social and moral norms. 和第二句Children aren’t born knowing how to say “I’m sorry”; rather, they learn over time that such statements appease parents and friends—and their own consciences. 可知內疚不是天生的,而是和一個孩子的道德規范有關,是通過后天學習獲得的。因此答案是C 選項 foster a child’s moral development。
22. 根據題干According to paragraph 2, many people still consider guilt to be______.定位到第二段第一句In the popular imagination, of course, guilt still gets a bad rap. 另外第二句It is deeply uncomfortable—it’s the emotional equivalent of wearing a jacket weighted with stones. 也進一步解釋了第一句。由這兩句可知許多人認為內疚是不好的,令人不舒服的,讓人感覺沉重,就像是衣服口袋里有石頭一樣,因此答案為B選項burdensome。
23. 根據題干Vaish hold that the rethinking about guilt comes from an awareness that______.中的關鍵詞Vaish定位到第二段第四句,根據第四句中的adding that this revival is part of a larger recognition that emotions aren’t binary—feelings that may be advantageous in one context may be harmful in another. 可知這種復興是更大的認識的一部分,即情緒不是二元情感,在一個情境中有利的情緒,在一個情景中可能是有害的。其中第4句中的revival和題干中的rethinking對應,第四句中的recognition和題干中的awareness對應,因此答案是D 選項 an emotion can play opposing roles。
24. 根據題干Malti and others have shown that cooperation and sharing _______. 定位到第四段第三句 In a number of studies, Malti and others have shown that guilt and sympathy may represent different pathways to cooperation and sharing. 根據第三句可知內疚和和同情可能代表了通往合作和分享的不同的路徑。可以得出,答案是B 選項can result from either sympahty or guilt。
25. 根據題干中的關鍵詞transgressions可以定位到第五段第二句Using caregiver assessments and the children’s self-observations, she rated each child’s overall sympathy level and his or her tendency to feel negative emotions after moral transgressions. 根據第二句中的 feel negative emotions after moral transgressions. 可以看到negative emotions 來源于transgressions. 而negative emotions表示負面情緒是貶義的,因此對比4個選項,可以得出答案是D選項wrongdoings.