DAY 11

READING PASSAGE 2

Questions 14 – 19

Q 14. Paragraph A

Answer: VII A typical example of birth-order behaviour in practice

Part of the passage:

Q 15. Paragraph B

Answer: V A theory that is still supported

Part of the passage:

Q 16. Paragraph C

Answer: IX A detailed description of each child in families in general

Part of the passage: are usually well-or-

Second children are sometimes very competitive through rivalry with

are often the most likely to rebel, feeling the

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Twins

Q 17. Paragraph D

Answer: IV Doubts about birth-order theory but personal experience supporting it

Part of the passage:

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However hard it is to transcend the tags you earn
It is unsurprising then that my eldest sister is the
successful entrepreneur, and that, despite covering all the big bases of adult life like
marriage, kids and property, my siblings will probably always regard me as their spoilt

Q 18. Paragraph E

Answer: VI Birth-order characteristics continuing as children get older

Part of the passage:

three children as having the same personality types that the three of us had when I was

Q 19. Paragraph F

Answer: II Solutions are more important than causes

Part of the passage: He says that if a parent is worried about having encouraged, for
example, an overdeveloped sense of dominance in an older sibling or spoiled a younger
child, then it’s more useful to look at ways this can be addressed than over-analysing

Questions 20 – 23

Q 20.

Answer: C Lisa Cannan

Part of the passage [Par E]:

own three children as having the same personality types that the three of us had when I
was growing up,’ says -

Q 21. Birth order may not be the main reason why children have the personalities
they have.

Answer: D Stephen Bayliss

Part of the passage [Par F]: these characteristics might be better attributed to parenting

Q 22. There is a link between birth and a group of important characteristics.

Answer: B Professor Frank Sulloway

Part of the passage [Par B]: Sulloway, a leading proponent of the birth order idea,
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Q 23. It is possible for people to stop feeling bad about how family members
behave with them.

Answer: D Stephen Bayliss

Part of the passage [Par F]: Bayliss is optimistic that as adults we can overcome any

being dynamic about focusing on your own reactions, rather than blaming theirs, will help

Questions 24 – 26

Q 24.

Answer: entitlement

Part of the passage [Par C]:

overdeveloped
sense of entitlement

Q 25.

Answer: easy

Part of the passage [Par C]: Middle children, tagged the ones, have good

Q 26.

Answer:

Part of the passage [Par C]:

being

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