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

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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.

1.The underlined word “jealous” means_______ in Chinese

A. 友好的             B. 嫉妒的            C. 快乐的

2.The writer thinks that the second-born children are often ______.

A. outgoing but jealous

B. cool and friendly

C. hard-working and serious

3.. ______ is usually the happiest in the family according to the passage.

A. The eldest child

B. The second child

C. The youngest child

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

5. The passage is mainly about ______.

A. birth order and personalities

B. children and their parents

C. different children and different work

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示补全文中所缺的单词。

    Years ago，if a teenager had some problems in his life，he might write them in his diary．Now a teenager w  l the same problems might get on the Internet and write them in his blog．In many ways，a diary and a blog are almost the same．So，what makes a blog d  2  from a diary?

    The biggest difference is that a blog is much more public t  3  a diary．Usually, a teenager likes hiding his diary book and treats it as one full of s 4 ．Both diaries and blogs tell what happened to the writer that day．

    A blog has both good and bad points（特点）．The biggest problem is that anyone can read what you write in your blog．If you are not satisfied with a friend during school and write something bad about him in your diary．he will never know it．H  5  , if you do this on the Internet．that friend may read your blog and get a  6 ．So we have to be careful of what we write．

    A blog has good points，of course．People choose to write in blogs. They know that their friends will read what they write．If you are f  7  sad one day and write in your diary．no one will know about it．If you write the same words in your blog, your friends may quickly w 8  back to comfort you or offer their help．Blogs help people stay in close contact（联系）and let them know what their friends are doing．

    T  9   it’s a good way to write blogs about everyday life．I still p  10  my old diary．