题目内容
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, and jealous. 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
综合填空
根据短文内容，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、完整。
forget , bring , mend , beside , luck , pick, same, differently, I , every, stop, each |
Mr. Brown had an umbrella shop in a small town . People sometimes 1._____him broken umbrellas , and then he took them to a big shop in London. They were2._____ there.
One day Mr. Brown went to London by train. He 3._____to take an umbrella with him that day . Sitting in front of him was a man with an umbrella standing4._____the seat. When the train arrived in London, Mr. Brown 5._____ up the umbrella as he often did during his journey by train. Just as he was getting off ,he was6.______ by the man. He said angrily ,“That is 7.____!”Mr. Brown’s face turned red and he gave it back to the man at once.
When Mr.Brown got to the big shop, the shopkeeper had got his six umbrellas ready. After a good look at 8._____ of them, he said ,“You have mended them very well.”
In the afternoon he got into the train again. The 9._______ man was in the same seat. He looked at Mr. Brown and his six umbrellas, “You have had a10._____day,” he said.