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1、2019高考英语二轮专题思路点拨及增分训练阅读理解11Does your older brother think hes cleverer than you ? Well, hes probably right According to a new research published in the journal Intelligence, the oldest children in families are likely to have the highest IQs and the youngest the lowest ,A number of studies have sugges
2、ted that IQ scores decline with birth order In the most recent study, at Vrije University, Amsterdam,researchers looked at men and women whose IQ had been tested at the ages of 5，12 ，and 18The results , which show a trend for the oldest to score better than the youngest in each test, involved about
3、200,000people That showed that first-borns had a three-point IQ advantage over the second-born, who was a point ahead of the next in lineThe order of birth can also affect personality, achievement, and career, with first-borns being more academically successful and more likely to win Nobel prizes Ho
4、wever,eldset children are less likely to be radical and pioneering Charles Darwin, for example, was the fifth child of sixExactly why there should be such differences is not clear, and there are a number of theories on environmental influences on the childThe so-called dilution(稀释法) theory suggests
5、that as family resources, both emotional and physical, as well as economic, are limited, it follows that, as a result , as more children come along, the levels of parental attention and encouragement will drop Another theory is that the intellectual(智力) environment in the family favors the first-bor
6、n who has, at least for some time, the benefit of individual care and helpThe theory which enjoys the most support is that the extra time and patience that the earlier-borns get from their parents, compared with those arriving later, gives them an advantage72What is the passage mainly about?AIQ scor
7、es have little to do with the order of birthBIntellectual families favor the first-bornCThe order of birth can have an effect on IQDThe order of birth can affect personality, achievement, and carrer73By using Charles Darwin as an example, the author wants to prove that Aeldest children are the smart
8、est in a family Byoungest children will usually become expertsCfirst-borns are more likely to win Nobel prizesDeldest children are less likely to try something new74What do we know about the dilution theory?AIntellectual parents love the first born betterBParents attention will drop with more childr
9、en comingCFamily resources,both emotional and physical are endlessDFirst-born get less care and help from their parents75The passage is developed mainly by Aoffering opinion with further explanationBpointing out similarities and differenceCcomparing opinions from different fieldsDproviding typical e
10、xamples参考答案 72-75、CDBAAAn 18-year-old student has won a local election to become mayor of his hometown in the US state of MichiganMichael Sessions won by just two votes to beat his only rival （对手）, the 51-year-old former mayorMr.Sessions owed his electoral success to the votes cast by his parentsHe
11、will now have to balance schedules between attending school and fulfilling his civic dutiesHe will attend his school classes between 8am to 3pm and carry out his new job as the elected mayor of Hillsdale before dinner at 6pmHe aims to deliver on his campaign promises of increasing the number of full
12、-time fire-fighters from three to four, revitalizing（复兴） the local economy and enabling townsfolk to air their views and complaints （抱怨） on town lifeMrSessions was too young to enter the election when it was first announced he turned 18 only in September, which meant he had just four weeks of campai
13、gningAlthough he is the youngest elected official in America, he cannot celebrate his success with champagne because he would be seized by the police for underage drinkingHe ran for office with a budget of $700, which he made from his summer job of selling toffee applesHis new position does not come
14、 with an officeInstead, he will receive a yearly salary of $3,600 to cover basic expensesHe starts his four-year position on November 21Mr.Sessions has become famous overnight since his victory and has already done a series of television chat show interviews56How did Michael Sessions win his electio
15、n?ABy selling toffee apples during the summerBBy making promises before the electionCBy beating the former mayor in the faceDBy getting two more votes from his parents57He started his campaign only in September because _Ahe was too young to run for public office before thenBthen the election was first announcedCthe candidates had only four weeks of campaigningDIt could only happen in America58Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?AAn 18-year-old has been elected mayor of Washington DCBThe newly elected mayor will stop going to school after taking officeC
