Question

You can easily find that your sister or brother is different from you. You live together in the same house and have the same parents, but you have different personalities(性格).
Why? One possible reason is the way your parents treat you.
Firstborn children receive all the attention from their parents. Generally speaking, a firstborn has twice as many photos as any other child has. Parents usually give firstborns more responsibilities (责任)and depend on them to take care of younger brothers and sisters. As a result, firstborns are often responsible, hard-working, and serious. They often want to do well at school and in work. More firstborns became American Presidents, for example George W.Bush, George Washington and Lyndon Baines Johnson, than second or last-borns.
When a second child arrives, parents are more relaxed. The second child has to compete (竞争)with the first-born for parents’ attention and love. These children often choose different sports and hobbies to develop different personalities. They are often outgoing, but can be jealous and get angry easily.
The youngest child is usually the happiest, and has fewer responsibilities and more freedom(自由的). These children do well at school and in work, but have to be creative（创造性的） to get their family’s attention. They are often friendly and cool. Many famous talk-show hosts were born last.
小题1:The underlined word “jealous” means_______ in Chinese
A. 友好的             B. 嫉妒的            C. 快乐的
小题2:The writer thinks that the second-born children are often ______.
A. outgoing but jealous
B. cool and friendly
C. hard-working and serious
小题3:. ______ is usually the happiest in the family according to the passage.
A. The eldest child
B. The second child
C. The youngest child
小题4: We can learn from the passage that ______.
A. the second child is very similar to the firstborn child
B. brothers and sisters usually have the same personalities
C. more firstborns became American presidents than second or last-borns
小题5: The passage is mainly about ______.
A. birth order and personalities
B. children and their parents
C. different children and different work

Answer 1

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:C
小题5:A

试题分析:
小题1:根据They are often outgoing, but can be jealous and get angry easily.描述可知这个单词的含义负面的可能性较大，故选B，嫉妒的。
小题2:根据They are often outgoing, but can be jealous and get angry easily.可知选A。
小题3:根据The youngest child is usually the happiest,可知选C。
小题4:根据More firstborns became American Presidents, for example George W.Bush, George Washington and Lyndon Baines Johnson, than second or last-borns.可知选C。
小题5:本文主要描述了孩子出生顺序与孩子性格的关系，故选A。
点评：本文作者分别描述了家里出生顺序不同的孩子的不同性格，详细描述了环境的不同对孩子性格的影响。阅读中注意体会性格与出生环境的关系，及作者在文中举出的例子。本阅读各小题没有按照短文顺序来考查，答题中注意先读懂全文，在着手解决问题。