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（四）If you have a brother or sister ,you already know you are different from each other ,You live together in the same house and the same parents ,but you have different personalities.Why is this? One poible reason is the way your parent treat youFirst –born children receive all the attention from their parents ,Most family have twice as many photos of a first –born than any other child ,Parents usually give first –born more responsibility and depend on them to take care of younger brothers and sisters As a result, first –born are often responsible ,hard –wording ,and serious.They often Want to do well at school and work ,There are more first –born American Presidents-for Example George Bush , George Washington ,and Lyndon Baines Johnson-than second or last-born children.When a second child arrives, parents are more relaxed.The second child has to compete with the first –born for the parents，attention and love ,There children often choose different sports and hobbies to well at，school and work ,but have to be creative to get their family，s attention
They are often friendly and cool.Many famous talk-show hosts were born last.What are the first born children’s personalities?
______________________________________________________________.How do your parents feel when a second child arrives?
_______________________________________________________________.Can he —a second child get his family’s attention if he is creative?
_______________________________________________________________.Why do the two children in the same family have different personalities ?
_______________________________________________________________.According to the paage , who can be a talk –show host, the first born child or the second-born child?
_______________________________________________________________.（五）★ Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January, 1942.He went to school in St Albans----a small city near London.Although he did well, he was never top of his cla.After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics, then he went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology.As he himself admits(承认), he didn't work hard.He was a very lazy student, and did very little work.However, he still got good marks.★ It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him.He started to bump(撞上)into things.When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor.Hawking was sent to hospital for tests.Finally, the result came back.Hawking had motor neurone disease, an the help of a machine.Doctors said they had no way to help him.He would die before he was 23.★ At first, Hawking became very sad.After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way.As he later wrote, “Before my illne was diagnosed(诊断), I had been very bored with life.There had
not seemed to be anything worth doing.But shortly after I came out of hospital, I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do.” Hawking married, found a job at Cambridge University, and had three children.He also went on to do some of the most important scientific research.★ Today, Hawking still works at Cambridge University as a profeor.He strongly believes that his story shows that nobody, however bad their situation(处境)is, should lose hope.“Life is not fair, ”he once said.“You just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”根据短文内容，选择正确答案，（5分）()1.As a university student, Stephen Hawking _______.A.worked very hardB.studied maths and physics C.was the best student in his claD.was lazy and did very little work()2.Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him when ______.A.he was sent to hospital for testsB.his mother made him see a doctor C.he was twenty years oldD.he visited his family at Christmas time one year()3.In this paage the word “incurable” means ______.A.无法治愈的B.难以确诊的C.常见的D.可以治愈的()4.When Hawking was first diagnosed with motor neurone disease, he.B.began to see his life in a different way C.thought that nothing in life was worth doingD.became very unhappily()5.What would be the best title for this paage? A.Motor Neurone DiseaseB.Life is Fair C.Profeor Stephen HawkingD.A Lazy Boy
（六）People who do not eat any meat are known as vegetarians and they have all kinds of reasons for choosing meatle food.Some do it for religious or health reasons while others do it not by choice but by neceity.Meat is expensive and they cannot buy it.Some famous people in history too were vegetarians and they had their own strange reasons for not eating meat.George Bernard Shaw, a famous British writer of plays, was one of them.He considered meat dirty.He liked to boast about his healthy appearance as compared with people who ate meat.He often said, ―What can you expect from people who eat dead animals?‖Another famous vegetarian was Gandhi.During his youth, India was under British rule.Most Hindus are vegetarians but some young people turned to eating meat at that time, as they believed that the English were tall because they ate meat.When he was thirteen, Gandhi ate mutton for the first time.It was an experience that he felt sorry about.He felt like a live goat was inside him.In his later years, he became a strict vegetarian.Hitler, the man responsible for the death of many innocent people in the Second World War, was also a vegetarian.He chose meatle food because he was always worried about his health.根据短文内容，回答问题。（10分）
1.What kind of people are called vegetarians?________________________________________________ 2.Why didn’t Shaw eat meat?________________________________________________ 3.Who ruled India when Gandhi was young?_________________________________________________ 4.Did Gandhi feel sorry after his first taste of mutton?___________________________________________
5.Why did Hitler choose meatle food?
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