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20．Were you the first or the last child in your family？Or were you a middle or an only child？Some people think（61）itmatters where you were born in your family．But there are different ideas about（62）what the birth order means．Some people say that the oldest children，（63）whoare smart and strong-willed，are very likely （64）to succeed （succeed）．The reason（65）forthis 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（66）the same reason．
    What happens to the other 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，however，often gets special（67）treatment（treat），growing up to be funny．But a recent study thought things quite（68）differently（difference）．The study found that first children believed in family rules．They didn't take many chances in（69）theirlives．They usually（70）followed（follow） orders．Rules didn't mean as much to later children in the family．They took chances and they often did better in life．

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分析 一些人認為你出生在家庭中的什么位置是很重要的．最大的孩子能得到父母的充分注意，所以很可能會成功；最小的也能得到特別的照顧；而中間的孩子往往被忽視．

解答 61．it；考查代詞，此處it做形式賓語，真正的賓語是后面的"where you were born in your family"．
62．what；考查名詞性從句，此處what引導一個從句作介詞about的賓語，疑問代詞what在從句中動詞means的賓語．
63who；考查定語從句，．這是一個非限制性定語從句，先行詞是oldest children，在非限制性定語從句中充當主語，故答案為who．
64．to succeed；考查固定搭配，be likely to do sth．"可能做某事"，故答案為to succeed．
65．for；考查介詞，the reason for …是固定搭配，意為"…的理由"．句意"這個理由很簡單．"故答案為for．
66．the；考查定冠詞，same常與定冠詞the連用，the same reason"同樣的理由"．故答案為the．
67．treatment；考查名詞，此處用名稱形式treatment做動詞get的賓語．
68．differently；考查副詞，副詞differently作狀語修飾動詞saw．
69．their；考查形容詞性物主代詞，主語是they，此處指的是在他們的生命中．句意"在他們的生命中沒有很多機會．"故答案為their．
70．followed；考查動詞的時態(tài)，整篇文章是過去時，所以此處follow謂語動詞用一般過去時followed．

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