Middle children are more likely to grow up to become successful adults, a study has claimed.

Far from being cold or shy, researchers found that a middle child’s place in the family helps them develop communication skills.

Psychologist Catherine Salmon believed that middle children are more likely to “become leaders of change in business, politics and science” ---- a conclusion that middle children such as Madonna and Bill Gates would probably support. And they are also more likely to have the drive to succeed in the workplace.

Professor Salmon, who wrote The Secret of Middle Children, said, “As children, middles have to wait a lot. Modern middles wait while their younger sister or brother is placed into the car seat. They wait the firstborn performs in the concert. They wait to be served at the dinner table and praised for their hard work in school. Middles are used to not getting what they want right away. They learn to wait, and this helps them later in life. ”

________, Professor Salmon also found that middle children repot feeling more distant from their parents and are more likely to be easily influenced by their friends. She added, “Middles get less time, attention and resources from the parents, and they often feel painful. But this seems to be short-lived. There is no doubt that this lack of attention can lead to the development of some extremely useful skills.”

1.According to the first and second paragraph, middles are more likely to be _____.

A.cold B.successful C.rude D.shy

2.Why would Madonna and Bill Gates probably support this idea?

A.Because they make the conclusion.

B.Because they believe that middles will become leaders of change in business.

C.Because they like to drive to their workplace.

D.Because they are the middle children who are successful.

3.Middles have to wait EXCEPT ________.

A.while their elder sister or brother performs in the concert.

B.while their younger sister or brother gets out of the car

C.while other children are served at the dinner table

D.while other children are praised for their hard work at school

4.Which sentence can be put in the bank in the last paragragh?

A.Besides, middles can have a good relationship with their parents.

B.However, the situation isn’t all good.

C.Also, middles feel happy from their childhood.

D.Instead, parents spend more time on sisters or brothers

It is reported that some developed countries have shipped(运往)broken parts of computers to China. Last month Hong Kong officers found 131,000 kilograms of broken computers,TVs and phones sent from Japan.

Things like these are called electronic waste,or e?waste. Dealing with them is not an easy job. Every time an old computer breaks down,it needs to be dealt with safely. What is worse,at present,broken computer parts are usually buried. It may be hundreds of years before they are really gone in the earth.

Many places in China are polluted by e?waste. Guiyu in Guangdong Province is one of them. This town is named as “the e?waste capital of the world”. It has to deal with 1.5 million kilograms of e?waste each year,from which it makes 75 million yuan. But it comes at a cost.

Many of the poisons in e?waste find their way into the environment. An environmental group has found the air,the earth and the rivers in Guiyu badly polluted.

Luckily,the Chinese government wants to change the situation. This year,China passed a new environmental protection law. Computer companies like Lenovo and Dell will be asked to take back their old computers. Hopefully,the problem with e?waste will be solved in the near future.

1.The e?waste found in Hong Kong last month was from ________.

A.France B.Japan

C.Germany D.Australia

2.The underlined word “buried” probably means “________” in the passage.

A.焚烧 B.降解

C.回收 D.掩埋

3.The town of Guiyu in Guangdong Province ________.

A.is the e?capital of the world

B.has serious e?waste pollution

C.deals with the e?waste safely

D.spends much money on e?waste

4.This year,the Chinese government ________.

A.closed some computer companies

B.asked people to hand in old computers

C.made a new environmental protection law

D.tried to change people's life

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