广东各地模拟试题语法填空汇编22套.ppt

语法填空训练(十六) Were you the first or the last child in your family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think 31 matters where you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that oldest children, 32 are smart and strong-willed, are very likely 33 (succeed). The reason 34 this 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 35 same reason. What happens to the 36 children 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, 37 , often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite 38 (difference). The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didn’t take many chances in 39 lives. They usually 40 (follow) orders. Rules didn’t mean as much to later children in the family. They took chances and they often did better in life. In the days when an ice cream cost much less, Tom, 31 8—year—old boy, entered a hotel coffee shop 32 sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. “How much is an ice cream ?” “Fifty-cents,” replied the waitress .The little boy pulled 33 right hand out of the pocket and studied a number of 34 in it. “How much is a dish of plain ice cream?” he asked . Some people were now waiting for her service and the waitress grew a bit 35 (patience). “Thirty-five cents,” she said 36 (rude). -- The little boy carefully counted the coins 37 . “I will have a plain ice cream,” he said . The waitress walked 38 . The boy finished the ice cream ,paid the cashier and left . It was not long 39 the waitress came back and then she began to wipe down the table and suddenly was surprise at what she saw. There, 40 (place) neatl