These do not occur always as 21 steps but may happen simultaneously.
答案：(C) separate
separate steps（各自獨立的步驟）與後文 but may happen simultaneously（但也可能同時發生）形成對比，表示三種反應不一定依序個別發生；childish／artistic／innocent 皆不符合語境。
四個選項都是形容詞，都能修飾後面的 steps，你會憑中文挑一個。
答對率四成。關鍵在同一句的 but 與句尾的 simultaneously。整句是 These do not occur always as ______ steps but may happen simultaneously（這三種反應不一定以______的步驟發生，反而可能同時發生）。but 要求前後相反，而後半是 simultaneously（同時地），所以前半那個形容詞必須是「同時」的反面——分開的、一個接一個的，也就是 separate。填進去讀成 do not occur always as separate steps but may happen simultaneously。
childish（幼稚的）、artistic（藝術的）、innocent（天真的）三個都是形容詞，形態吻合，容易被順手選走，但沒有一個與 simultaneously 形成對比——這一格要的不是評價好壞，是「分開」對「同時」這一組相反的概念。
separate（分開的、各自獨立的）、simultaneously（同時地）、at the same time（同時）、occur（發生）、an encounter with（與……的接觸、遭遇）、childish（幼稚的）。
Children's encounters with poetry should include three types of response—enjoyment, exploration, and deepening understanding. These do not occur always as 21 steps but may happen simultaneously.
Certainly, children must start with enjoyment 22 their interest in poetry dies. But if from the beginning they find delight in the poems they hear or read, they are ready and eager to 23 further—more books and more poems of different sorts.
Even the youngest children can learn to see implications 24 the obvious. To read for hidden meanings is to identify with the poet, to ask the poet's questions. This is reading for deeper understanding, 25 a thoughtful look at what lies beneath the surface. Enjoyment, exploration, and deeper understanding must all be part of children's experience with poetry if we are to help them to love it.