How do first-born children differ from later-born children? Hundreds of experiments have shown that the eldest child tends to be more careful, more eager for success, and more anxious.1_______ He avoids dangerous sports like football and soccer.
One thing seems certain: first-borns have a good start in life. They are no more intelligent. But they are better readers as children.They do better in high school. They get better grades on school tests. More first-borns go to colleges and graduate schools.2_______ They dominate（占优势） in graduate schools. They account for more than a third of doctors, lawyers and college professors. More first-borns become famous people in the world.
One reason for differences between older and younger children is that parents treat them differently.Many parents usually favor the eldest because everything he does is a novelty（新奇）. First-borns tend to be breast-fed longer.They are photographed endlessly. 3_______ First-borns are also given more responsibility because the mother needs them to help with the younger ones.
4_______ Sometimes it is simply because families cannot afford to send more than one child to college.
5_______The first-born child provides the first vehicle by which parents can continue their own identities and realize their hopes and dreams. All in all, it seems that first-borns are not only teachers' pets, but parents' pets as well.
问题1选项
A.He is also more sensitive to pain.
B.Many parents simply expect more of the first child.
C.They account for 66% of the students in top US universities.
D.Later-borns have valuable qualities that many first-borns lack.
E.But later-borns are lucky to appear in group pictures.
F.In certain cultures, the eldest should enjoy special educational advantages.
问题2选项
A.He is also more sensitive to pain.
B.Many parents simply expect more of the first child.
C.They account for 66% of the students in top US universities.
D.Later-borns have valuable qualities that many first-borns lack.
E.But later-borns are lucky to appear in group pictures.
F.In certain cultures, the eldest should enjoy special educational advantages.
问题3选项
A.He is also more sensitive to pain.
B.Many parents simply expect more of the first child.
C.They account for 66% of the students in top US universities.
D.Later-borns have valuable qualities that many first-borns lack.
E.But later-borns are lucky to appear in group pictures.
F.In certain cultures, the eldest should enjoy special educational advantages.
问题4选项
A.He is also more sensitive to pain.
B.Many parents simply expect more of the first child.
C.They account for 66% of the students in top US universities.
D.Later-borns have valuable qualities that many first-borns lack.
E.But later-borns are lucky to appear in group pictures.
F.In certain cultures, the eldest should enjoy special educational advantages.
问题5选项
A.He is also more sensitive to pain.
B.Many parents simply expect more of the first child.
C.They account for 66% of the students in top US universities.
D.Later-borns have valuable qualities that many first-borns lack.
E.But later-borns are lucky to appear in group pictures.
F.In certain cultures, the eldest should enjoy special educational advantages.
第1题:A
第2题:C
第3题:E
第4题:F
第5题:B
