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If you have a brother or sister, you already know you are different from each other. You live together in the same house and have the same parents, but you have different personalities.

Why is this? One possible reason is the way your parents treat you. First-born children receive all the attention from their parents. Most families have twice as many photos of a first-born than any other child. Parents usually give first-born more responsibility and depend on them to take care of younger brothers and sisters. As a result, first-borns are often responsible, hard-working, andjealous. They often want to do well at school and work. There are more first-born American Presidents, for example, George Bush, George Washington, and Lyndon Baines Johnson-than second or last-born children.

When a second child arrives, parents are more relaxed. The second child has to compete with the first-born for the parents’ attention and love. Their children often choose different sports and hobbies to do well at school and work, but have to be creative to get their family’s attention. They are often friendly and cool. Many famous talk-show hosts were born last.

1.The writer thinks that the second children are often ______.

A. outgoing and jealous B. cool and friendly

C. hard-working and serious D. creative and responsible

2.The underlined word “jealous” means______ in the passage.

A. 友好的 B. 冷静的 C. 快乐的 D. 嫉妒的

3.______is usually the happiest in the family according to the passage.

A. The eldest child. B. The second child.

C. The youngest child. D. The father.

4.We can learn from the passage that .

A. the second child is very similar to the first-born child

B. brothers and sisters usually have the same personalities

C. it’s easy for the second child to get his or her parents’ attention

D. there are more first-born successful people than second or last-born people

5.The passage is mainly about ______.

A. birth order and personalities

B. the personalities of the second child in a family

C. the personalities of the eldest child in a family

D. the personalities of the youngest child in a family

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Water freezes at 0℃;the usual kind of antifreeze will not freeze until the temperature is-40℃.A mixture(混合物) of five parts of water and four parts of antifreeze will prevent freezing at-18℃;four parts of water and five parts of antifreeze reduce this to -22℃.

Alcohol is a kind of good antifreeze,but when the air is running it becomes hot and the alcohol boils away,so it must be changed very often.Most people use antifreeze that does not boil away when the engine is running.There are several chemicals that do this.One of the most popular is called ethylene glycol.

1.people use ________ to keep car engines cool.

A. antifreeze B. water C. alcohol D. ethylene glycol.

2.The usual kind of antifreeze freezes at ________.

A. 0℃ B. -18℃ C. -22℃ D. -40℃

3.We use antifreeze in order to ________.

A. keep alcohol in water

B. stop ice from becoming water

C. make the freezing point of water lower

D. raise the freezing point of water

4.Besides alcohol,________ is another kind of popular antifreeze.

A. water B. ethylene glycol C. any chemical D. any mixture

5.The text is written to ________.

A. tell us what antifreeze is

B. make people buy antifreeze

C. tell us that cars need antifreeze

D. show us how to protect car engines

The designer of the Apple Computer,Steve Jobs,was not quite successful in his early years.He was not among the best students at school,and from time to time he got into trouble with either his schoolmates or his teachers.But he was full of new ideas,which few people saw the value of.Things remained the same when he went up to college and he dropped out halfway.

Steve Jobs worked first as a video game designer at Atari.He worked there for only a few months and then he set out to tour India.He hoped that the trip would give him more ideas and give him fl change in life for the better.

After he returned from India,he began to live on a farm in California.And then,in l975,Steve Jobs set about making a new type of computer.Along with his friend Stephen Wozniak,he designed the Apple Computer in his bedroom and built it in his garage(车库).He gave the name “Apple” because it reminded him of a happy summer he once spent on an orchard(果园)in Oregon.

His Apple Computer was so successful that Steve Jobs soon became worldwide famous.But unluckily,he died of illness in 2012.

1.Steve Jobs ________ when he was in schoo1.

A. was an outstanding student B. didn’t do very well

C. was always praised by others D. didn’t learn anything

2.The underlined word “value” means _______.

A. beauty B. chance

C. importance D. hope

3.Steve Jobs _________.

A. received excellent college education

B. didn’t go to college at all

C. studied in college for 4 years

D. didn’t finish his college education

4.Steve Jobs named his computer company “Apple” because _______.

A. apple was his favorite fruit

B. he designed the computer under an apple tree

C. he wanted to remember the happy time on the orchard

D. the computer was designed on the orchard

5.Steve Job’s ______ would be the most important thing for his lifetime success.

A. “failure” in school B. new ideas

C. travel on India D. stay on the orchard

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