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Some people were just born to rebel; Charles Darwin was one of them.(16)Nicholas Copernicus, Benjamin Franklin and Bill Gates. They were(17)“laterborns”--that is, they had(18)one older sibling--brother or sister --when they were born.
(19), laterborns are up to 15 times more likely than firstborns to(20)authority and break new(21), says Frank J. Sulloway, a researcher scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In his book “Born To Rebel” being(22)this week, Sulloway claims that(23)someone is an older or younger sibling is the most important(24)shaping personality is more significant than gender, race, nationality (25)class.
He spent 26 years(26)the lives -- and birth orders -- of 6, 566 historical(27)to reach his conclusions.
A laterborn himself, Sulloway first(28)how birth order affected personality(29)a scholar of Darwin at Harvard University.
“How could a somewhat(30)student at Cambridge become the most(31)thinker in the 19th century?” he said.
Darwin, the first to(32)the belief that God created the world with his theory of evolution, was the fifth of six children. Most of his(33)were firstborns.
Sulloway’s theory held(34)with Copernicus, the first astronomer to(35)that the Sun was the center of the universe, and computer revolutionary Gates of Microsoft.

问题1选项
A.Likewise
B.Likely
C.Alike
D.Unlike
问题2选项
A.both
B.neither
C.all
D.either
问题3选项
A.at best
B.at least
C.at most
D.at worst
问题4选项
A.In short
B.In detail
C.In all
D.In fact
问题5选项
A.resist
B.decline
C.flee
D.prevent
问题6选项
A.base
B.land
C.soil
D.ground
问题7选项
A.dismissed
B.released
C.discharged
D.reminded
问题8选项
A.whether
B.if
C.since
D.when
问题9选项
A.role
B.part
C.factor
D.case
问题10选项
A.besides
B.or
C.except
D.but
问题11选项
A.perceiving
B.watching
C.arranging
D.studying
问题12选项
A.numbers
B.figures
C.experiences
D.recordings
问题13选项
A.wondered
B.described
C.requested
D.posed
问题14选项
A.on
B.as
C.about
D.by
问题15选项
A.neutral
B.brilliant
C.commonplace
D.promising
问题16选项
A.questionable
B.evolutionary
C.traditional
D.revolutionary
问题17选项
A.provoke
B.summon
C.challenge
D.reinforce
问题18选项
A.followers
B.counterparts
C.opponents
D.proponents
问题19选项
A.exact
B.true
C.genuine
D.real
问题20选项
A.theorize
B.originate
C.invent
D.propose
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