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1、2022年高考英语（四月）阅读、信息匹配选练（12）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。How is it that siblings (兄弟姐妹) can turn out so differently? One answer is that in fact each sibling grows upin a different family. The firstborn is, for a while, an only child, and therefore has a pletely different experience of the pare
2、nts than those born later. The next child is, for a while, the youngest, until the situation is changed by a new arrival. The mother and father themselves are changing and growing up too. One sibling might live in a stable and close family in the first few years; another might be raised in a family
3、crisis, with a disappointed mother or an angry father.Sibling petition was identified as an important shaping force as early as in 1918. But more recently, researchers have found many ways in which brothers and sisters are a lasting force in each otherslives. Dr. Annette Henderson says firstborn chi
4、ldren pick up vocabulary more quickly than their siblings. The reason for this might be that the later children arent getting the same one- on- one time with parents. But that doesnt mean that the younger children have problems with language development. Later- borns dont enjoy that much talking tim
5、e with parents, but instead they harvest lessons from bigger brothers and sisters, learning entire phrases and getting an understanding of social concepts such as the difference between “I” and “me”.A Cambridge University study of 140 children found that siblings created a rich world of play that he
6、lped them grow socially. Love- hate relationships were mon among the children. Even those siblings who fought the most had just as much positive munication as the other sibling pairs.One way children seek more attention from parents is by making themselves different from their siblings, particularly
7、 if they are close in age. Researchers have found that the first two children in a family are typically more different from each other than the second and third. Girls with brothers show their differences to a maximum degree by being morefeminine than girls with sisters. A xx research paper studied
8、adolescents from 185 families over two years, finding that those who changed to make themselves different from their siblings were successful in increasing the amount of warmth they gained from their parents.1. The underlined part “in a different family” (in Para. 1) means _.A. in a different family
9、 environment B. in a different family traditionC. in different family crises D. in different families2. In terms of language development, later- borns_ .A. get their parentsindividual guidance B. learn a lot from their elder siblingsC. experience a lot of difficulties D. pick up words more quickly3.
10、 What was found about fights among siblings?A. Siblings hated fighting and loved playing.B. Siblings in some families fought frequently.C. Sibling fights led to bad sibling relationships.D. Siblings learned to get on together from fights.4. The word“feminine” (in Para. 4) means _.A. having qualities
11、 of parents B. having qualities of womenC. having defensive qualities D. having extraordinary qualities【参考答案】14、ABDB阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。Without most people realizing it, there has been a revolution in office work over the last ten years. Before that time, large puters were only used by lar
12、ge, rich panies that could afford the investment. With the advancement of technology, small puters have e onto the market, which are capable of doing the work that used to be done by much larger and expensive puters, so now most smaller panies can use them.The main development in small puters has be
13、en in the field of word processors (处理器) , or WPS as they are often called. 40% of British offices are now estimated to have a word processor and this percentage is growing fast.There are many advantages in using a word processor for both secretary and manager. The secretary is freed from a lot of d
14、aily work, such as re-typing letters and storing papers. He or she can use this time to do other more interesting work for the boss. From a managers point of view, secretarial time is being made better use of and money can be saved by doing daily jobs automatically outside office hours.But is it all
15、 good? If a lot of daily secretarial work can be done automatically, surely this will mean that fewer secretaries will be needed. Another worry is the increasing medical problems related to work with visual display units (显示器). The case of a slow loss of sight among people using word processors seems to have risen greatly. It is also feared that if a woman works at a VDU for long hours, the unborn child in her body might be killed. Safety screens to put over a VDU have been invented but few panies in England bother to buy them. Whatever the arguments for and against word processor
