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【題目】（題文）Birth order plays a vital role in deciding the characteristics of a child. And when it comes to the middle child, it certainly plays a huge role. The middle children go through some things only they can understand. （小題1）

Mostly, middle children have to share a room. （小題2） They need to share a room with an elder one because they're too young to sleep alone. And just when they think they'll finally have a room of their own, a voice is heard saying, “Dear, please share the room with your younger one, as he's too small to sleep alone.”

Middle children tend to share clothes with their siblings (兄弟姐妹). Their cupboard is full of handmedowns from their older sibling, and they need to wear his clothes. （小題3） They can always show off their elder sibling's clothes and things at school. Also, they get to pass their own clothes to their younger sibling.

（小題4） They're liked by both, because they can relate well to both generations. On one hand they can recall how much fun it was watching Garfield and Friends, and on the other hand they can talk about the latest video game released in the market.

Siblings' talking is one interesting thing about a middle child. They are not as boring as they appear.（小題5） Also, thanks to the divided attention at home, middle children are independent and need not rely on anyone.

A．Instead, they are very artistic and creative.

B．But this comes with its own advantage too.

C．Here are some things a middle child can relate to.

D．They rarely enjoy the experience of having their own room.

E．And the dream of having their own room is completely destroyed.

F．They're the problem solvers between their older and younger siblings.

G．As a middle kid, they are the bridge between their younger and older siblings.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】【1】C

【2】【2】D

【3】【3】B

【4】【4】G

【5】【5】A

【解析】試題這是一篇說(shuō)明文。主要介紹了出生在中間的孩子在生活中不同于其他孩子的一些特點(diǎn)。

【1】【1】考查上下文理解和推理判斷。由上文“The middle children go through some things only they can understand.”（中間的孩子經(jīng)歷一些僅有他們可以理解的事情），結(jié)合空格下文講述只有中間的孩子才能體會(huì)的事可推斷，此處起承上啟下的作用，故選項(xiàng)C“以下是一些與中間的孩子相關(guān)的事情�！惫蔬xC。

【2】【2】考查上下文理解和推理判斷。上文“Mostly, middle children have to share a room.”提到了“room”下文“They need to share a room with an elder one because they're too young to sleep alone. ”也提到了“room”，選項(xiàng)D中提到了“room”，結(jié)合語(yǔ)境“大部分中間的孩子必須共享房間”可推斷，他們很少能享受擁有他們自己的房間的樂(lè)趣�？崭裉帉�(duì)上一句解釋說(shuō)明。故選D。

【3】【3】考查上下文理解和推理判斷。由下文“They can always show off their elder sibling's clothes and things at school. Also, they get to pass their own clothes to their younger sibling.”可知，他們總是可以在學(xué)校里炫耀他們哥哥姐姐的衣服，并且他們必須把他們自己的衣服傳給他們的弟弟妹妹。因此推斷此處講述穿哥哥姐姐的衣服的優(yōu)勢(shì)，故B項(xiàng)“這也是有優(yōu)勢(shì)的”，this指代上文的“Their cupboard is full of handmedowns from their older sibling, and they need to wear his clothes.”(他們的衣櫥里滿(mǎn)是哥哥姐姐的衣服，他們必須穿他的衣服)。故選B。

【4】【4】考查段落大意。由下文“They're liked by both, because they can relate well to both generations.”可知，中間的孩子是兄弟姐妹之間的橋梁。故選G。

【5】【5】考查上下文理解和推理判斷。A項(xiàng)的“artistic and creative”與上文的“not as boring as they appear”是呼應(yīng)的，他們不想他們看起來(lái)那么無(wú)趣，他們是有藝術(shù)天賦的并有創(chuàng)意的。故選A。

七選五文章多是說(shuō)明文，考查考生對(duì)文章整體內(nèi)容和結(jié)構(gòu)以及上下文邏輯意義的理解和掌握。解答這類(lèi)試題時(shí)要注意運(yùn)用一定的解題技巧：也就是利用上下文所重復(fù)的關(guān)鍵詞，即詞的復(fù)現(xiàn)原則進(jìn)行判斷，其中包括同義詞、原詞和反義詞的復(fù)現(xiàn)，要注意空前空后的名詞、代詞和動(dòng)詞，尋找答案時(shí)注意在選項(xiàng)中查找同義詞、近義詞、反義詞或者表示同一類(lèi)事物的詞語(yǔ)等。例如小題2，上文“Mostly, middle children have to share a room.”提到了“room”下文“They need to share a room with an elder one because they're too young to sleep alone. ”也提到了“room”，選項(xiàng)D中提到了“room”，結(jié)合語(yǔ)境大部分中間的孩子必須共享房間可推斷，他們很少能享受擁有他們自己的房間的樂(lè)趣�？崭裉帉�(duì)上一句的進(jìn)一步說(shuō)明。故選D。