四级练习2012.09.03
[audio]http://sound.yywz123.com/tingbbs/cet4/cet420120903.mp3[/audio]Were you the first or the last child in you family? Or were you (1)____________? Some people think it matters where you were born in you family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that (2)______________. They are very likely to be successful. The reason for this simple parents have a lot of time for their first child, they give him or her a lot of attention. So this child is very likely to do well. An only child will succeed for the same reason. (3)______________ 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, though, (4)____________. He or she is the baby. Often this child grows up to be funny and charming. Do you believe this idea of birth order too? A recent study saw things quite differently. The study found that (5)____________. They didn’t take many chances in their lives. They usually followed orders. Rules didn’t mean as much to later children in the family. They went out and followed their own ideas. They took chances and they often did better in life.
**** Hidden Message ***** 1. a middle or only child
2. oldest children are smart and strong willed
3. what happens to the other children in the family
4. often get special treatment
5. the first children believe in family rules 1. a middle or any child
2. oldest childrenare smart and strong wild
3. What happened to the other children in the family
4. often get special treatment
5. the first children believed in family rules 1 a middle or only child
2 all these children are smart and strong well
3 What happens to the other children in the family?
4 often gets special treatment
5 first children believed in family rules
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