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Complete the magazine article with the words and phrases in the box. a much as (x2) bit by far close as far more less more of a much more slightly than the the more the most For many people, 1 the greatest rival they will ever face is their own brother or sister. Studies have shown that while growing up, siblings spend 2 time with each other than with anyone else. Often, this isn’t all smooth sailing. One study found that siblings aged three to seven fought on average 3.5 times per hour. The closer siblings were in age, 3 frequent the disagreement. Rivalry still exists, but is 4 less obvious among siblings of di erent genders. Interestingly, some studies indicate that where one sibling shows 5 skill at a certain activity, the other sibling may avoid that activity altogether. Experts say parents can reduce sibling rivalry by treating children 6 equally as possible. Julie My sister is just a little 7 younger than me, eleven months. Whatever hobbies I took up, she wanted to copy them. When I was taking tennis lessons, she also decided to start, and before long became 8 better player. The same thing happened with dance, violin and swimming. It really was 9 frustrating thing ever. Asim My twin brother is 10 clown than me – I’m quite shy and reserved. The more people laugh, 11 more jokes he makes. I’ve never really tried to be funny because I’ll never be as entertaining 12 he is. Marcos I’m the sixth of seven siblings and we’ve always got on well, probably more easily 13 in some other families because my parents were very strict about being fair and kind. We’re as 14 ever these days, in fact, we all live 15 than ten minutes walk from each other!

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Title: Sibling Rivalry: The Unseen Competition

For many people, the greatest rival they will ever face is their own brother or sister. Studies have shown that while growing up, siblings spend much more time with each other than with anyone else. Often, this isn't all smooth sailing. One study found that siblings aged three to seven fought on average 3.5 times per hour. The closer siblings were in age, the more frequent the disagreements. Rivalry still exists, but is far less obvious among siblings of different genders. Interestingly, some studies indicate that where one sibling shows a much more significant skill at a certain activity, the other sibling may avoid that activity altogether. Experts say parents can reduce sibling rivalry by treating children as equally as possible.

Julie: My sister is just a little bit younger than me, eleven months. Whatever hobbies I took up, she wanted to copy them. When I was taking tennis lessons, she also decided to start, and before long became a much better player. The same thing happened with dance, violin, and swimming. It really was the most frustrating thing ever.

Asim: My twin brother is by far more of a clown than me – I'm quite shy and reserved. The more people laugh, the more jokes he makes. I've never really tried to be funny because I'll never be as entertaining as he is.

Marcos: I'm the sixth of seven siblings and we've always got on well, probably more easily than in some other families because my parents were very strict about being fair and kind. We're as close as ever these days; in fact, we all live less than ten minutes' walk from each other!