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【題目】 Middle children are more likely to grow up to become successful adults, a study has claimed.

Far from being cold or shy, researchers found that a middle child’s place in the family helps them develop communication skills.

Psychologist Catherine Salmon believed that middle children are more likely to “become leaders of change in business, politics and science” ---- a conclusion that middle children such as Madonna and Bill Gates would probably support. And they are also more likely to have the drive to succeed in the workplace.

Professor Salmon, who wrote The Secret of Middle Children, said, “As children, middles have to wait a lot. Modern middles wait while their younger sister or brother is placed into the car seat. They wait the firstborn performs in the concert. They wait to be served at the dinner table and praised for their hard work in school. Middles are used to not getting what they want right away. They learn to wait, and this helps them later in life. ”

________, Professor Salmon also found that middle children repot feeling more distant from their parents and are more likely to be easily influenced by their friends. She added, “Middles get less time, attention and resources from the parents, and they often feel painful. But this seems to be short-lived. There is no doubt that this lack of attention can lead to the development of some extremely useful skills.”

【1】According to the first and second paragraph, middles are more likely to be _____.

A.coldB.successfulC.rudeD.shy

【2】Why would Madonna and Bill Gates probably support this idea?

A.Because they make the conclusion.

B.Because they believe that middles will become leaders of change in business.

C.Because they like to drive to their workplace.

D.Because they are the middle children who are successful.

【3】Middles have to wait EXCEPT ________.

A.while their elder sister or brother performs in the concert.

B.while their younger sister or brother gets out of the car

C.while other children are served at the dinner table

D.while other children are praised for their hard work at school

【4】Which sentence can be put in the bank in the last paragragh?

A.Besides, middles can have a good relationship with their parents.

B.However, the situation isn’t all good.

C.Also, middles feel happy from their childhood.

D.Instead, parents spend more time on sisters or brothers

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】B

【4】B

【解析】

本篇講述排行中間的孩子，他們在家庭中所處的位置更有利于協(xié)商談判和溝通交流能力的發(fā)展，他們經(jīng)常需要等待，這對他們以后的生活很有幫助，長大后更易取得成功；但排行中間的孩子與父母的關(guān)系更為疏遠(yuǎn)，缺乏關(guān)注會造成孩子某些重要技能發(fā)展的缺失。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一、二段描述是——研究表明排行中間的孩子更有可能取得成功；故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段“Psychologist Catherine Salmon believed that middle children are more likely to “become leaders of change in business, politics and science”- a conclusion that middle children such as Madonna and Bill Gates would probably support.”—— 麥當(dāng)娜和比爾蓋茨等名人可能會贊同這一說法，因?yàn)樗麄円彩羌依锱判兄虚g的孩子。故選D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段可知他們得等父母先把弟弟妹妹在汽車座位上安置好；家中長子登臺演出時；在餐桌上，他們要等待，父母表揚(yáng)孩子們在學(xué)校里的表現(xiàn)時，首先提到的也不是他們的名字；可知唯一不要等的就是弟弟妹妹下車時；故選B。

【4】推理判斷題�？崭裨诰涫祝�判斷是段落的總述句。前面幾段陳述了作為中間的孩子更有可能成功的優(yōu)勢，最后一段講述的是中間的孩子與父母的關(guān)系更為疏遠(yuǎn)，缺乏關(guān)注會造成孩子某些重要技能發(fā)展的缺失；可知排行中間帶來的并不全是好處，故選B。

本篇是閱讀單選，題3推理判斷題要仔細(xì)比對原文和題干的信息，一一排除干擾項(xiàng)。解答題4，要注意文章的前4段是講述作為中間的孩子更有可能成功的優(yōu)勢，最后一段是講述作為中間的孩子更缺乏父母的關(guān)愛，段與段之間的邏輯關(guān)系是轉(zhuǎn)折的，可以以此作為判斷選項(xiàng)的依據(jù)。解答完，要通讀全文，核實(shí)答案和原文信息是否一致。