【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]29-31
Were you the first or the last child in you family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think it matters where you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that oldest children are smart and strong-willed. They are very likely to be successful. The reason for this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child, they give him or her a lot of attention. So this child is very likely to do well. An only child will succeed for the same reason. What happens to the other children in the family? Middle children don't get so much attention, so they don't feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd. The youngest child, though, often gets special treatment. He or she is the baby. Often this child grows up to be funny and charming. Do you believe these ideas of birth order too? A recent study saw things quite differently. The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didn't take many chances in their lives. They usually followed orders. Rules didn't mean as much to later children in the family. They went out and followed their own ideas. They took chances and they often did better in life.
29. According to common belief, in what way are the first child and the only child alike?

细节归纳。文中提到，家庭里最大的孩子不但聪明而且意志坚强，非常可能成功。而独生子女也会因同样的原因取得成功，可知他们的共性是生活中很可能成功。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]
What do people usually say about middle children?

原义重现。中间的孩子得到的关注比较少，在原文中可找到同样的说法。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文]
What do we learn about later children in a family from a recent study of birth order?

同义转述。研究表明，家庭里最大的孩子信守家庭规则，但这些规则对其他孩子意义不大，对应选项A)。