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Researchers have found interesting facts about birth order. Psychologists say many firstborns face pressure to succeed from their parents. They tend to be the parents' main focus until a brother or sister is born. These facts may help explain why firstborn children tend to be high achieving. Firstborns tend to score higher on intelligence tests and are usually taller and healthier than siblings born after them. Firstborns tend to be highly successful. More than half of all members of Congress are firstborns, as have been many U.S. presidents. Studies show middle children can feel lost in a family because they have to deal with parents on the one hand and with siblings on the other. This position often helps them learn to negotiate conflicts. It can help make them highly competitive. They are often less self-confident than their siblings and are the most likely to get into arguments and become rebels. Researchers has shown that youngest children can be the focus of the rest of the family, but sometimes feel lost while the focus is on older children. They tend to be the most emotionally sensitive siblings. That may be why many of them draw attention to themselves with humor or artistic interests. This fact may help explains why many youngest children become artists or performers. Not everyone, however, agrees that birth order is important. For example, Serena Williams says she is motivated by sibling rivalry, not birth order. "No one gets more motivated than [Venus], her sister, because I don't want her to catch up with me."

What is the main idea of this passage?

AOne's birth order may say something about one's personality to some extent.正確答案
BOne's personality is determined solely and completely by birth order.
COne's siblings usually have a negative influence on one's personality.
DIt is always a blessing to be born first and to have a sibling.
答案與詳解
A
正確答案
文章主旨:出生順序可能在某種程度上影響性格,但並非絕對決定因素(最後段 Serena Williams 反例說明)。

為什麼答案是 A

文章前三段描述出生順序對性格的潛在影響(firstborns tend to be high achieving、middle children tend to negotiate conflicts、youngest tend to be emotionally sensitive),第四段以 Serena Williams 為反例指出並非人人同意,整體呈現「出生順序在某種程度上可能說明性格」的論點,與 'to some extent' 吻合。

考點:主旨題考點:過度絕對化陷阱考點:細節誤讀
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