“Oh，you must have been a spoiled (寵壞的) kid.You must be really bossy.I wonder what you’re going to be like to deal with？” That’s often the response Angela Hult gets when people find out she’s an only child，she told ABC News.Despite such negative (消極的) remarks，Hult has decided to have only one child herself.And she’s not alone.
According to the US’ Office for National Statistics，women approaching the end of their childbearing years had an average of 1.9 children in 2004，compared with 3.1 for their counterparts in 1976.The percentage of one­child families in Britain had risen from 18 percent in 1972 to 26 percent in 2007.
But even though only children are becoming increasingly common，the traditional view that they’re selfish，spoiled and lack social skills holds strong.Even parents of only children，like Hult，are made to feel guilty about having only one child.Worried that they’re being selfish and endangering their child’s future，they flock to online discussion forums seeking advice.Soon，however，they ask themselves：is this social prejudice really reasonable?
“There have been hundreds and hundreds of research studies that show that only children are no different from their peers (同齡人)，” Susan Newman，a social psychologist at Rutgers University in the US，told ABC News.
This raises another question：why are only children still viewed with such suspicion?
“There is a belief that’s been around probably since humans first existed that to have just one child is somehow dangerous，both for you and for the continuation of your race，” Toni Falbo，a professor of educational psychology，told the Guardian.“In the past a lot of children died.You’d have had to be crazy to only have one.”
Times，of course，have changed and infant mortality (嬰兒死亡率) has largely reduced.So what do only children themselves say?
Kayley Kravitz，a blogger for The Huffington Post，grew up as an only child and highly recommends the experience.“Being an only child taught me the most valuable skill of all：the ability to be alone，” she said.
小題1:Which of the following could be the best title for the text?
A．Are only children lonely?
B．Are only children common?
C．Are only children dangerous?
D．Are only children different?
小題2:What does Susan Newman mean?
A．Only children are as good as their peers.
B．Only children are more selfish and spoiled.
C．Parents feel guilty about having only one child.
D．Parents will endanger their only child’s future.
小題3:What is the common belief since human existed?
A．The infant death rate always stays high.
B．People are crazy to have only one child.
C．It’s easy for only children to earn their living.
D．It’s hard to continue the family line with only one child.
小題4:An only child like Kayley________.
A．must be difficult to persuade
B．can possibly learn to be alone
C．should value special skills
D．need ignore bad experience
小題5:What’s the author’s attitude towards having only one child?
A．Neutral.　B．Negative.
C．Positive.　D．Doubtful.

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:A
語篇解讀　本文是一篇議論文。盡管在英國越來越多的孩子都是獨生子女，但很多人對獨生子女的看法卻依然如故，認為他們自私、嬌氣、缺少社交技能。對此，獨生子女們有他們的看法。
小題1:解析：　標題概括題。本文主要討論了獨生子女是否就是英國傳統(tǒng)觀念中的自私、嬌氣，缺少社交技能的人，所以D項最適合做文章的標題，故選D。
答案：　D
小題2:解析：　細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段Susan Newman所說的話可知，成百上千的研究表明獨生子女和別的孩子沒有什么區(qū)別，故選A。
答案：　A
小題3:解析：　細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第六段中的“There is a belief that’s been around probably...both for you and for the continuation of your race”可知，自從人類存在以來，人們就認為只生一個孩子不論對你自己還是對種族的延續(xù)來說都是很危險的，故選D。
答案：　D
小題4:解析：　細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段中“Being an only child...the ability to be alone”可知，選B。
答案：　B
小題5:解析：　觀點態(tài)度題。文中提到不同人對于獨生子女的不同觀點，但并沒有直接提到作者自己的看法，由此可知，應選A，中立的。
答案：　A
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A．ItB．SheC．TheyD．He
小題16:
A．droppedB．handedC．presentedD．provided
小題17:
A．readB．toldC．wroteD．informed
小題18:
A．runB．smileC．cryD．wait
小題19:
A．evenB．yetC．a(chǎn)lsoD．still
小題20:
A．learnB．careC．serveD．offer

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