Question

  Were you the first or the last child in your family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think 47.        matters when you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that oldest children,48.      are smart and strongwilled,are very likely 49.        (succeed) . The reason 50.        this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child and give him or her a lot of attention.   An only child will succeed for 51.        same reason. What happens to the 52.        children in the family? Middle children don't get so much attention,so they don't feel that impor?tant. If a family has many children,the middle one some?times gets lost in the crowd. The youngest child,53.       ，often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite 54.        (difference) . The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didn't take many chances in 55.        lives. They usually 56.        (follow) orders. Rules didn't mean as much to later children in the family. They took chances and they often did better in life.

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[文章大意]本文讲述的是孩子在家里的排行可能会影响到他们的人生。

47. it 考查代词。"it matters when you were born in your fami?ly"这个句式中it是形式主语，真正的主语是when引导的主语从句。这句话的意思是"有人认为你在家里的排行顺序很重要"。

48. who 考查定语从句。who引导的是oldest children的定语从句，在从句中作主语。

49. to succeed 考査固定搭配。be likely to do sth可能做某事。

50. for 考查介词。the reason for...……的原因。

51. the 考查冠词。the same reason同样的原因。

52. other考查代词。句意：家里的其他孩子又会怎样呢？

53. however/though考查连接副词。句意：然而，最小的孩子通常会得到特殊的照顾。

54. differently考査副词。句意：但是最新的一项调查却持有完全不同的观点。

55. their考查代词。句意：他们在生活中不会冒太多风险。

56. followed考查动词的时态。根据前文可知用一般过去时。