Question

【題目】Complete the following passage with the words or phrase in the box. ( 將下列單詞或詞組填入空格。每空格限填一詞，每詞只能填一次)

A. never B. successful C. usually D. think E. so F. chances

Are you the first or the last child in your family? Or are you a middle or an only child? Some people 【1】 it matters where you were born in your family, but there are different ideas about what birth order means, some people say that the eldest children are smart. They are very likely to be 【2】, the reason for this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first two children. They give him or her much attention so this child is likely to do well. An only child will succeed for the same reason. What happens to the other children in the family? Middle children don't get so much attention, 【3】 they don't feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd. The youngest child, though, often gets special treatment. He or she is the baby, often this child grows up to be funny or charming. Do you believe these ideas about birth order too? A recent study found that the first children believed in family rules. They didn't take many chances in their lives. They 【4】 followed orders. Rules didn't mean as much to later children in the family. They went out and follow their own ideas. They took 【5】 and they often did better in life.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】E

【4】C

【5】F

【解析】

這篇短文講述了對于出生順序的含義，人們又不同的看法，詳細的介紹了家庭中每個孩子的特點等。

【1】句意：有些人認為你出生在家里的哪個地方很重要，但是對于出生順序的含義有不同的看法。

根據(jù)“it matters where you were born in your family,”可知，這里是說一些人認為，think動詞，想，認為。故選D。

【2】句意：一些人說最大的孩子很聰明。他們很可能成功。

根據(jù)上文“some people say that the eldest children are smart.” 有人說最大的孩子很聰明，下文是說他們可能會成功。successful形容詞，意思是“成功的”be動詞后加形容詞。根據(jù)題意，故選B。

【3】句意：中間的孩子沒有得到太多的關(guān)注，所以他們覺得沒那么重要。

由“Middle children don't get so much attention so” 中間的孩子沒有得到太多的關(guān)注，可知下文是因此。用so，意思是“因此”。根據(jù)題意，故選E。

【4】句意：他們一生中沒有多少機會。他們通常服從命令。

由“They didn't take many chances in their lives.”可知下文他們通常服從命令。usually副詞，意思是“通�！�，故選C。

【5】句意：他們抓住了機會，而且他們在生活中常常做得更好。

由“and they often did better in life.”他們在生活中做得很好。可知上文是他們捉住了機會。短語take chances表示“捉住機會”，根據(jù)題意，故選F。