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【题目】Were you the first or the last child in your family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think it matters where you were born in your family. But there 【1】(be) different ideas about 【2】 birth order means. Some people say that the oldest children, 【3】are smart and strong-willed, are very likely to succeed. The reason for 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【4】same reason.

What happens to the other children in the family? Middle children don’t get so much attention, so they don’t feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets 【5】(lose) in the crowd. The youngest child, 【6】, often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite 【7】(different). The study 【8】(find) that first children believed in family rules. They didn’t take many chances in 【9】(they)lives. They usually followed orders. Rules didn’t mean as much to later children in the family. They took chances and they often 【10】(do) better in life.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】are

【2】what

【3】who

【4】the

【5】lost

【6】however/ though

【7】differently

【8】found

【9】their

【10】did

【解析】本文主要讲述孩子在家里的排行可能会影响到他们的人生。有人认为排行第一或者最后的孩子会得到父母更多的关注和关爱，以后更容易成功。有人却觉得他们更容易受到家庭条规的影响，在之后的生活中不善于抓住机会变通。

【1】考查主谓一致。句意：但是关于出生的顺序意味着什么，有着不同的观点。主语为different ideas，所以谓语动词用复数，故填are。

【2】考查宾语从句引导词。句意：但是关于出生的顺序意味着什么，有着不同的观点。what birth order means为what引导的从句，作about的宾语，表示“出生的顺序意味的内容”，what在宾语从句中充当宾语。故填what。

【3】考查非限制性定语从句引导词。句意：有人认为年龄最大的孩子更可能获得成功，他们聪明并且意志坚定。oldest children为先行词，指人，在从句中作主语，故用who引导非限制性定语从句。故填who。

【4】考查冠词。句意：因为相同的原因，独生子女也将获得成功。固定搭配the same reason表示“同样的原因”，故填定冠词the。

【5】考查形容词。句意：如果一个家庭里有很多个孩子，中间的那个孩子有时候就会在大群孩子中被忽视。lose为动词，表示“丢失，失去”，lost为形容词，表示“失去的；迷路的；不知所措的”，get lost表示“迷路；迷失方向；迷航”。根据语境可知，中间的孩子容易迷失在一大群孩子中，也就是得不到父母的关注。故填lost。

【6】考查连词。句意：然而，最小的孩子总是会得到特殊照顾。根据上文中的the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd“中间的孩子容易被忽视，”对比后文“最小的孩子”却“总是得到特殊照顾”（often gets special treatment），可知前后文为转折关系。故填转折连词however/ though。

【7】考查副词。句意：但是近来的一份研究表明事情并非如此。在本句中differently作状语修饰动词saw，所以用副词形式。故填differently。

【8】考查时态。根据前文But a recent study saw things可知，时态为一般过去时，故填found。

【9】考查代词。句意：他们在他们之后的生活中不会抓住太多的机会。这里表示“他们的生活”，故填形容词性物主代词their。

【10】考查时态。根据前文They took chances中的took可知，时态为一般过去时，故填did。