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
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 Two people who are shy and withdrawn might get along well, unless the shy parent doesn’t like that aspect of themselves and they try to push the naturally withdrawn child to be more extroverted.”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.
【小题1】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
【小题2】The underlined word “extroverted” in the third paragraph means _______.
A.independentB.outgoingC.cleverD.brave
【小题3】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
【小题4】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

On the border, a pack of wild dogs circled the soldiers for food. The leader of the pack was a gray- and-white dog called Nubs. He was   11  and hardly able to stand. Marine major Brian Dennis looked   12  and saw that there was a knife wound in his chest.

Dennis couldn't stand seeing the dog   13_He and his men immediately treated the wound, and  gave Nubs medicine.Nubs pulled through but was still in   14 .The next day, the team had to  15  . Ten days later, Dennis' unit was back, and so was Nubs. He was still   16 ,but the men fed him and  played with him.

Before long the unit once again left for the front 70 miles away. Nubs, slowly but 17  , followed them far into the trackless wasteland _ 18  the men lost sight of him.Two days later, beyond Dennis'   19  , he saw Nubs just outside the outpost(前哨).The dog had  20  him across 70 miles of frozen desert to meet with the friend who had   21 his life.From then on Nubs and the men   22 in the same place, and ran around in the same ruins(废墟).                          

Until an order came that they were not   23_ to have pets, Dennis decided to make sure the dog would  24 _ to live the good life.So he quickly raised $4,000 from his family and friends to 25 Nubs to America.

A year later, when Dennis and the dog were   26  in California, at first Nubs didn't   27  the guy.But within minutes, the dog jumped into Dennis' arms, jumping   28   again and again to lick his friend's face.

A little love and concern in the middle of   29 will not save a violent world. But small stories, like the story of a soldier and a clog, hold a  30  of a harmonious(和谐的)world.

1.                A.shaking         B.waiting         C.barking   D.resting

 

2.                A.lower          B.better          C.clearer   D.closer

 

3.                A.worry          B.suffer          C.fear D.starve

 

4.                A.surprise        B.control         C.pain D.anger

 

5.                A.leave          B.drill            C.fight D.walk

 

6.                A.dirty           B.weak           C.thin  D.tired

 

7.                A.suddenly       B.happily         C.easily D.determinedly

 

8.                A.unless          B.since           C.until D.after

 

9.                A.imagination      B.reach          C.sight     D.ability

 

10.               A.caught         B.tracked         C.guarded   D.found

 

11.               A.loved          B.started         C.saved D.taken

 

12.               A.traveled        B.met           C.grew D.slept

 

13.               A.allowed        B.expected       C.needed   D.required

 

14.               A.go             B.like            C.try   D.continue

 

15.               A.lead           B.fly             C.drive D.show

 

16.               A.reunited        B.interviewed     C.watched   D.gathered

 

17.               A.notice          B.believe         C.recognize  D.bother

 

18.               A.out            B.about          C.around    D.up

 

19.               A.time           B.danger         C.war   D.space

 

20.               A.way           B.view           C.concern   D.promise

 

 

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