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【題目】Were you the first or the last child in your family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think it matters where you were born in your family. But there 【1】(be) different ideas about 【2】 birth order means. Some people say that the oldest children, 【3】are smart and strong-willed, are very likely to succeed. The reason for this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child and give him or her a lot of attention. An only child will succeed for【4】same reason.

What happens to the other children in the family? Middle children don’t get so much attention, so they don’t feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets 【5】(lose) in the crowd. The youngest child, 【6】, often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite 【7】(different). The study 【8】(find) that first children believed in family rules. They didn’t take many chances in 【9】(they)lives. They usually followed orders. Rules didn’t mean as much to later children in the family. They took chances and they often 【10】(do) better in life.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】are

【2】what

【3】who

【4】the

【5】lost

【6】however/ though

【7】differently

【8】found

【9】their

【10】did

【解析】本文主要講述孩子在家里的排行可能會影響到他們的人生。有人認(rèn)為排行第一或者最后的孩子會得到父母更多的關(guān)注和關(guān)愛，以后更容易成功。有人卻覺得他們更容易受到家庭條規(guī)的影響，在之后的生活中不善于抓住機會變通。

【1】考查主謂一致。句意：但是關(guān)于出生的順序意味著什么，有著不同的觀點。主語為different ideas，所以謂語動詞用復(fù)數(shù)，故填are。

【2】考查賓語從句引導(dǎo)詞。句意：但是關(guān)于出生的順序意味著什么，有著不同的觀點。what birth order means為what引導(dǎo)的從句，作about的賓語，表示“出生的順序意味的內(nèi)容”，what在賓語從句中充當(dāng)賓語。故填what。

【3】考查非限制性定語從句引導(dǎo)詞。句意：有人認(rèn)為年齡最大的孩子更可能獲得成功，他們聰明并且意志堅定。oldest children為先行詞，指人，在從句中作主語，故用who引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句。故填who。

【4】考查冠詞。句意：因為相同的原因，獨生子女也將獲得成功。固定搭配the same reason表示“同樣的原因”，故填定冠詞the。

【5】考查形容詞。句意：如果一個家庭里有很多個孩子，中間的那個孩子有時候就會在大群孩子中被忽視。lose為動詞，表示“丟失，失去”，lost為形容詞，表示“失去的；迷路的；不知所措的”，get lost表示“迷路；迷失方向；迷航”。根據(jù)語境可知，中間的孩子容易迷失在一大群孩子中，也就是得不到父母的關(guān)注。故填lost。

【6】考查連詞。句意：然而，最小的孩子總是會得到特殊照顧。根據(jù)上文中的the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd“中間的孩子容易被忽視，”對比后文“最小的孩子”卻“總是得到特殊照顧”（often gets special treatment），可知前后文為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。故填轉(zhuǎn)折連詞however/ though。

【7】考查副詞。句意：但是近來的一份研究表明事情并非如此。在本句中differently作狀語修飾動詞saw，所以用副詞形式。故填differently。

【8】考查時態(tài)。根據(jù)前文But a recent study saw things可知，時態(tài)為一般過去時，故填found。

【9】考查代詞。句意：他們在他們之后的生活中不會抓住太多的機會。這里表示“他們的生活”，故填形容詞性物主代詞their。

【10】考查時態(tài)。根據(jù)前文They took chances中的took可知，時態(tài)為一般過去時，故填did。