Question

6．Were you the first or the last child in your family？Or were you a middle or an only child？Some people think （61）itmatters where you were born in your family．But there are different ideas about  what birth order means．Some people say that oldest children，（62）whoare smart and strong-willed，are very likely（63）to succeed（succeed）．The reason（64）forthis is simple．Parents have a lot of time for their first child and give him or her a lot of attention．An only child will succeed for（65）thesame reason．
What happens to the（66）otherchildren in the family？Middle children don't get so much attention，so they don't feel that important．If a family has many children，the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd．The youngest child，（67）however，often gets special treatment．Often this child grows up to be funny．But a recent study saw things quite（68）differently（difference）．The study found that first children believed in family rules．They didn't take many chances in（69）theirlives．They usually（70）followed（follow） orders．Rules didn't mean as much to later children in the family．They took chances and they often did better in life．

Answer 1

分析 作者在本段文字中講到在一個有多個孩子的家庭中，你在家庭中出生的位置是很重要的．有人認為，家中的長子做事容易成功，這是因為作為家中最早的孩子他們聰明，有堅強的意志，父母有充足的時間照顧他們，獨生子女容易成功也是這個原因．與他們相比，中間的孩子不能引起足夠的注意，所以他們常感到自己不是那么重要，常被忽視．最小的孩子能得到特殊的照顧．最近的研究卻表明，長子總是遵循老一輩留下的規(guī)矩，生活中不會做出大的改變．

解答 61．it；考查it作形式賓語，真正的賓語是后面的where you were born in your family，句意為"一些人認為你出生在家庭中的什么位置是很重要的"．
62．who；考查定語從句，先行詞是oldest children，在非限制性定語從句中作主語，所以用who．
63．to succeed；考查固定搭配，be likely to do 是固定短語，意為"可能做某事"．
64．for；考查介詞，the reason for是習慣用法，意為"…的理由"．
65．the；考查定冠詞，same常與定冠詞the連用，意為"相同的…"．
66．other；考查形容詞，根據(jù)上下文句意，這里只除了長子外的其他的孩子，所以用other．
67．however；根據(jù)上下文，前面講到"在一個有很多孩子的家庭中，中間的孩子常被忽視"，后面又說"最小的孩子常常會得到專門的照顧"，所以這里應當是
      轉(zhuǎn)折關系，故空格處應該用however．
68．differently；考查副詞，這里用副詞形式differently修飾前面的動詞saw．
69．their；考查物主代詞，句子的主語是they，所以這里用與之相對應的形容詞性物主代詞their，這句話是說"在他們的生命中沒有很多機會"．
70．followed；考查動詞的時態(tài)，文章通篇用了過去時，所以此處也用動詞follow的一般過去時．

點評 首先要通讀全文，了解大意，抓住上下文語境所提供的信息，仔細分析帶空格的句子，明確空格所要填的詞義，詞型和短語搭配給出所要填的正確形式，然后整體閱讀短文，核對答案．