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(1)词句猜测题。根据第一段中Big brothers and sisters usually develop leadership early in life,mainly because of the responsibilities for younger children given to them by their parents.(大兄弟姐妹通常在人生早期就培养领导能力,这主要是因为他们的父母赋予了他们对年幼孩子的责任。)以及划线词上文The danger,experts on family and child psychology report,is that if the older child takes that role to an extreme,he or she can become an(家庭和儿童心理学专家报告称,危险在于,如果年龄较大的孩子把这个角色发挥到极致,他或她可能会成为……)可知,他或她可能会成为一个"不顾他人的想法和感受,试图让他人服从"的成年人。故划线词意思是"不顾他人的想法和感受,试图让他人服从"。A.trying to make other people obey without regard for their ideas or feelings试图让别人服从而不考虑他们的想法或感受;B.being unable to express what one really feels or to do what one really wants无法表达自己的真实感受或做自己真正想做的事;C.preferring the established order of society to change宁愿改变既定的社会秩序;D.changing easily to adapt to new needs,conditions or ideas 容易改变以适应新的需求、条件或想法。故选A。
(2)推理判断题。根据第三段中This may help explain why younger children tend to favor the creative fields such as music,art,and writing. (这可能有助于解释为什么年龄较小的孩子更喜欢音乐、艺术和写作等创造性领域)可推知,年龄较小的孩子更有可能成为一个好作家。A.Librarian图书馆员;B.doctor医生;C.writer作家;D.teacher教师。故选C。
(3)细节理解题。根据第三段中Later children may make good sellers because persuasion may have been the only tool they had to deal with older children.(晚些出生的孩子可能会成为很好的卖家,因为说服可能是他们对付年长孩子的唯一手段)可知,后出生的孩子可能会成为很好的卖家,因为他们非常善于说服别人。故选B。
(4)标题归纳题。根据第一段As birth order is clearly one of the many factors that affect development,we should pay much attention to it.(出生顺序显然是影响发展的众多因素之一,我们应该对此给予高度重视)结合文章主要说明了家庭中孩子的出生顺序会对他们的性格以及未来发展产生影响,并对不同顺序的孩子所具有的特点和未来从事的职业进行了详细说明。可知,D选项"出生顺序对人格的影响"最符合文章标题。故选D。