第二节 (共10小题:每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Having an older brother comes with a lot of____36____(benefit) effects. Big brothers tend to look after their younger counterparts, and despite the occasional rocky moment here and there, many siblings enjoy life-long close relationships. However, a new study finds an interesting downside: children with older brothers take longer when ___37___comes to developing language skills.
Researchers studied more than 1,000 children from birth to the age of five-and-a-half years old. Each child’s language skills____38____(test) at ages 2, 3, and 5.5, using tests specially____39____(design) to measure numerous aspects of language skills, such as vocabulary, syntax, and verbal reasoning.
What the research team discovered was significant: children with an older brother had, on average,___40___ two-month delay in their language____41____(develop) compared to studied children with an older sister.
As far as explaining this phenomenon, researchers____42____(propose) two hypotheses up to now. The first is that older sisters tend to talk more often than older brothers,____43____would compensate for parents____44____(probable) being less present than they were for their first child. The second hypothesis is that older sisters usually compete with their siblings less than older brothers_____45_____their parents’ attention.
【答案】36. beneficial
37. it 38. were tested
39. designed
40. a 41. development
42. have proposed
43. which 44. probably
45. for
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Having an older brother comes with a lot of____36____(benefit) effects. Big brothers tend to look after their younger counterparts, and despite the occasional rocky moment here and there, many siblings enjoy life-long close relationships. However, a new study finds an interesting downside: children with older brothers take longer when ___37___comes to developing language skills.
Researchers studied more than 1,000 children from birth to the age of five-and-a-half years old. Each child’s language skills____38____(test) at ages 2, 3, and 5.5, using tests specially____39____(design) to measure numerous aspects of language skills, such as vocabulary, syntax, and verbal reasoning.
What the research team discovered was significant: children with an older brother had, on average,___40___ two-month delay in their language____41____(develop) compared to studied children with an older sister.
As far as explaining this phenomenon, researchers____42____(propose) two hypotheses up to now. The first is that older sisters tend to talk more often than older brothers,____43____would compensate for parents____44____(probable) being less present than they were for their first child. The second hypothesis is that older sisters usually compete with their siblings less than older brothers_____45_____their parents’ attention.
【答案】36. beneficial
37. it 38. were tested
39. designed
40. a 41. development
42. have proposed
43. which 44. probably
45. for
