题目内容
In any family with more than one child, chidren seem to naturally compete for their parents’ love and attention. Parents say they love every child equally. But is that true?
Susan, founder of a consulting firm in Chicago, interviewed 216 women and found that even though none of her questions asked directly about a parent favoring one child over another, about two-thirds of the women said there was a favored child. And they also remembered their experience when they were young. One of the women said, “My mother always liked my brother better, and he got to go to summer camp in 1968 and I didn’t.”
Plumez, who interviewed parents with both biological children and adoptive children for an adoption book in 2008, found that what matters most is whether your temperaments(性情) are pleasing. “In some cases, parents would say they felt closer to their adopted children,” she says, “Some parents like the children with characters similar to theirs. Two people who are shy and withdrawn might get along well, unless the shy parent doesn’t like that aspect of themselves and they try to push the naturally withdrawn child to be more extroverted.”
It could be a result of gender, birth order or how easy or difficult a child’s temperament may be, but a parent’s different treatment has far-reaching effects. Students have found that less-favored children may suffer emotionally, with decreased self-esteem and behavioral problems in childhood. Favoritism is a reason for the next generation not to like each other.
Experts say it is not realistic to say everyone should be treated equally, because no two people are the same and they relate differently to others.
“It does not mean that parent loves or likes one child more. It has to do with which one of them is independent,” says psychologist Laurie Kramer of the University of Illinois.
The study carried out by Susan shows that ______.
A. showing favoritism is common in many families
B. most mothers like their sons better than their daughters
C. only two-thirds of the women interviewed have more than a child
D. it is a favoritism that leads to absence of harmony in most families
The underlined word “extroverted” in the third paragraph means _______.
A. independent B. outgoing C. clever D. brave
What can we infer from the passage?
A. Favoritism is not beneficial to the development of children
B. Parents’ favoritism to a certain child can’t be avoided in families
C. Parents may be favoring one of their children and don’t realize it
D. People are very much shaped by how they were treated by their parents
What is the best title for the passage?
A. Parents’ favoritism can affect children deeply
B. Why do parents show favoritism to children?
C. Parents should give attention to all their children
D. Building a harmonious family is important to children
第二节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从短文后面所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。23-year-old Ann is a traditional working class woman who is happily married to her husband Don and who has given birth to two lovely daughters Patsy and Penny. Ann 26 her work with her colleague Laurie because they can 27 to each other while cleaning the buildings their work requires them to. One 28 thing about Ann is that she listens to recordings of foreign languages—Spanish, French and even Chinese— 29 driving and even working. In Laurie’s eye, Ann is not normal, but Ann 30 that nobody is normal; everyone is different in 31 ways. Laurie’s specific problem is not an unusual one: the 32 between a strong appetite for food and an equally strong 33 to keep in shape by dieting. She envies Ann who 34 slim while seeming to eat as much as she likes.In fact, Ann’s character is 35 . One morning, 36 after Don had taken the kids to school Ann 37 just as she was about to go to work. She was 38 by her divorced mother, who stays alongside her. She rushed her to 39 .The doctor discovered that there are tumors(肿瘤) in both her ovaries(卵巢) . 40 can be done about the cancer. Ann 41 from the doctor that she has only two or three months to 42 .Shaken 43 Ann was by this news, she decided not to tell her mom and husband, and to go on living as if nothing has happened. 44 in a cafe, Ann began to write down all the things she 45 to do before her death: “1. Tell my daughters several times a day that I love them;2. Find Don a new wife who the girls like;3. Record Birthday Messages for the girls for every year until they are 18;4. Go to Whalebay Beach together and have a big picnic; 5. Smoke and drink as much as I want;6. Say just what I’m thinking;7. Go and see Dad in jail.…”26. A. shares B. spares C. enjoys D. completes27. A. talk B. work C . affect D. help28. A. ordinary B. strange C. special D. perfect29. A. although B. until C. unless D. while30. A. insists B. disagrees C. imagines D. hopes 31. A. his B. some C. any D. no32. A. relation B. struggle C. difference D. fight33. A. desire B. difficulty C. design D. delight34. A. shocks B. remains C. realizes D. becomes35. A. abstract B. attractive C. abnormal D. absolute36. A. only B. even C. ever D. just37. A. blacked out B. turned out C. make out D. came out38. A. brought B. discovered C. taken D. ordered39. A. garage B. college C. school D. hospital40. A. Everything B. Something C. Anything D. Nothing41. A. informed B. learned C. took D. told42. A. leave B. live C. stay D. die43. A. since B. because C. as D. for44. A. Arriving B. Getting C. Finding D. Sitting45. A. instructs B. supposes C. intends D. Imagines
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
C
【小题１】The study carried out by Susan shows that ______.
【小题１】The underlined word “extroverted” in the third paragraph means _______.
【小题１】What can we infer from the passage?
【小题１】What is the best title for the passage?
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er Don had taken the kids to school Ann 37 just as she was about to go to work. She was 38 by her divorced mother, who stays alongside her. She rushed her to 39 .