2021年05月学位英语考试真题答案及解析.pdfVIP

一、PartIReadingComprehension(30%)

Passage1

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Asanyparentwithmorethanonekidknows,sibling(兄弟姐妹)relationshipscanbe

complicated,attimesdifferingbetweenbeingclosefriendsandrivals.

Siblingrivalinginparticularcanbeachallengetodealwithinnormaltimes,butwith

manyfamiliesspendingmoretimetogetherthaneverbecauseoftheworldwide

pandemic(大流行病)in2020andonline(在线的)schooling,thatcancreateevenmore

tensioninsomesiblingrelationships.

(76)“Siblingrivalryishardtodealwith.”RebeccaKennedysays.“Thefirststepis

realizingthatkidsdooftenseesiblingsasrivals.It’stoughtohaveasiblingbecauseat

theendofthedayasiblingis,insomeways,competingforthescarceresourceof

parents’attentionorlove.”

Onethingthatparentscandotoremovejealousyandrivalryistohelpeachchildfeel

valuedinhisorherspecialness.JanineDominguessays:“Fixsomespace–it’syour

brother’sdaytodayandtomorrow’sgoingtobeyours.Thatcancreateahealthy

relationshipwithparentsandsiblings.Themoreattentionchildrenfeelfromparents,the

moreconnectedtheyfeeltotheparentsandactuallythemorelikelythey’llseesiblingsas

friendsandnotrivals.”

(77)Theotheristoavoidcomparingsiblingswitheachother.It’seasyforsomeparents

totrytoencourageonechildbycomparinghimorherwithasibling.ButKennedy

suggeststhatparentsshouldlookathowmuchthey’rereinforcingcompetition

bypittingsiblingsagainsteachother.Shesays:“Sometimesitfeelsliketheeasierwayto

getachildtodosomethingthatasiblingisdoing,butwearethengettingtheminto

gazingateachotherasrivalsagain,ratherthanasfriends.”

1、Anobviousfactwithsiblingsisthat______.

A、theyseldomseeeachotherasfriends

B、theyneverseeeachotherasclosefriends

C、theyalwaysseeeachotherasenemies

D、theysometimes