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Your teenage daughter gets top marks in school, captains the debate team, and volunteers at a shelter for homeless people. But while driving the family car, she text-messages her best friend and rear-ends another vehicle. How can teens be so clever, accomplished, and responsible and reckless ? Easily, according to two physicians at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School (HMS) who have been the structure and chemistry of the brain. "The teenage brain is not just an adult brain with fewer miles on it," says Frances E. Jensen, a professor of neurology. "It's a paradoxical time of . These are people with very brains, but they're not quite sure what to do with them."
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Your teenage daughter gets top marks in school, captains the debate team, and volunteers at a shelter for homeless people. But while driving the family car, she text-messages her best friend and rear-ends another vehicle. How can teens be so clever, accomplished, and responsible and reckless [blank 1] ? Easily, according to two physicians at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School (HMS) who have been [blank 2] the [blank 3] structure and chemistry of the [blank 4] brain. "The teenage brain is not just an adult brain with fewer miles on it," says Frances E. Jensen, a professor of neurology. "It's a paradoxical time of [blank 5] . These are people with very [blank 6] brains, but they're not quite sure what to do with them." Word bank: sharp, chemical, developing, contact, respectively, at the same time, exploring, unique, adolescent, development

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Answer: 1. at the same time, 2. exploring, 3. unique, 4. adolescent, 5. development, 6. sharp

Explanation: This article on the teenage brain needs an adverbial phrase for paradox and adjectives that avoid repeating 'chemistry', so watch for options that sound plausible but duplicate a nearby word. Blank 1: at the same time — The phrase after 'reckless ___' must show that the daughter is both accomplished and reckless simultaneously, which is the article's central paradox. Blank 2: exploring — The participle after 'have been ___ the structure and chemistry' needs a research verb describing what the physicians study. Blank 3: unique — The adjective before 'structure and chemistry' needs a word for distinctiveness that does not repeat the noun 'chemistry' that follows it. Blank 4: adolescent — The adjective before 'brain' must specifically name the teenage brain the article is about, matching 'teenage daughter' and 'teens' earlier. Blank 5: development — The phrase 'a paradoxical time of ___' needs a noun for the growth process the brain is going through during adolescence. Blank 6: sharp — The adjective before 'brains' needs a word for intelligence, matching 'clever' and 'accomplished' used to describe the daughter earlier.