Question

If you have a brother or sister, you already know you are different from each other. You live together in the same house and the same parents, but you have different personalities.
Why is this? One possible reason is the way your parent 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 responsibilityand depend on them to take care of younger brothers and sisters. As a result, first -born 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, andLyndon Baines Johnson-than second or last-born children.
When a second child arrives, parents are more relaxed. The second child has to competewith 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.
【小題1】The writer thinks that the second children are often ___.

A．outing and jealous	B．cool and friendly
C．hard-working and serious	D．creative and responsible

【小題2】The underlined word ―“jealous” means ______ in the passage.

A．友好的

B．冷靜的

C．快樂的

D．嫉妒的

【小題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

【小題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

【小題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

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】C
【小題5】A

解析試題分析：本文講述姐妹或是兄妹之間性格不同的原因。父母常會給第一個孩子更多的責任，所以長子多有責任心，努力。而第二個孩子出生后會和第一個孩子比較，所以他們很友好但是冷酷。
【小題1】細節理解題。最后一段是講述第二個孩子的性格的，根據最后一行 They are often friendly and cool. “他們通常友好冷靜。”故選B。
【小題2】詞義猜測題。結合后句They often want to do well at school and work. “他們通常在學校和工作上做的很好。”說明他們好勝，可知答案為D，嫉妒的。
【小題3】推理判斷題。文章最后一
句 Many famous talk-show hosts were born last. “許多著名的脫口秀主持都是最后出生的那一個。”脫口秀主持人都是樂觀、快樂的，最后出生的那個就是最小的那個。故選C。
【小題4】推理判斷題。根據最后一段第一行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. “第二個孩子必須和第一個孩子爭父母，注意力和愛。他們的孩子通常選擇不同的運動和愛好，在學校或是工作中做到很好，但是必須具有創新性來取得家人的注意力。”由此可以推斷，第二個孩子更易取得關注。故選C。
【小題5】主旨大意題。本文主要講述當家里有兩個孩子時，孩子的性格會因出生順序而有所不同。故選A。
考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。