"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 l.9 children in 2004, compared with 3.1 for their counterparts in 1976. The percentage of one-child 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, spoilt 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

解析試題分析：文章講述了獨(dú)生子女這一問題。社會傳統(tǒng)觀念認(rèn)為多子多福，而現(xiàn)在，獨(dú)生子女越來越多，社會上對獨(dú)生子女有太多的偏見，認(rèn)為他們自私、嬌慣、缺乏生存技能。文章也給出了獨(dú)生子女的觀點(diǎn)，他們其實(shí)與同齡人一樣，也能學(xué)會獨(dú)立照顧自己。
【小題1】根據(jù)“Hult has decided to have only one child herself. And she's not alone...is this social prejudice really reasonable?...hundreds of research studies that show that only children are no different from their peers(同齡人) ”可知，文章主要說的獨(dú)生子女是否有不同之處，大量研究顯示獨(dú)生子女與同齡人沒有不同。故選D。
【小題2】根據(jù)“"There have been hundreds and hundreds of research studies that show that only children are no different from their peers(同齡人) ,"”可知，Susan Newman認(rèn)為獨(dú)生子女和同齡人一樣，沒有什么不同，故選A。
【小題3】根據(jù)“"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,"”可知，人類有史以來都有一種觀念--種族的延續(xù)，獨(dú)生子女不利于家族的延續(xù)，。故選D。
【小題4】根據(jù)“"Being an only child taught me the most valuable skill of all: the ability to be alone,"”可知，即使是獨(dú)生子女，他們也能學(xué)會獨(dú)立。故選B。
【小題5】根據(jù)“Times, of course, have changed and infant mortality(嬰兒死亡率) has largely reduced. So what do only children themselves say?”可知，作者在文中提到了傳統(tǒng)觀念，又說到了獨(dú)生子女的看法，作者對獨(dú)生子女的態(tài)度是中立的。故選A。
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