Question

【题目】

Third-Culture Kids

Did you grow up in one culture, your parents came from another, and you are now living in a totally different country? If so, then you are a third-culture kid!

The term “third-culture kid”(or TCK) was coined in the 1960s by Dr. Ruth. She first came across this phenomenon when she researched North American children living in India. Caught between two cultures, they form their very own. 【1】 About 90 percent of them have a university degree, while 40 percent pursue a post graduate or doctor degree. They usually benefit from their intercultural experience, which helps them to grow into successful academics and professionals.

【2】 In fact many hardships may arise from this phenomenon. A third-culture kid may not be able to adapt themselves completely to their new surroundings as expected. Instead, they may always remain an outsider in different host cultures. Max, for example, experienced this fundamental feeling of strangeness throughout his life as a third-culture kid. 【3】 While this can be a way to create a network of friends all around the world, it can be difficult for a third-culture kid like Max to maintain close friendships and relationships.

For a third-culture kid, it is often easier to move to a new foreign country than to return to their “home” country. After living in Australia and South Korea for many years. Louis finally returned to Turkey as a teenager. But she felt out of place when she returned to the country where she was born. 【4】 She did not share the same values as her friends’ even years after going back home.

While a third-culture kid must let go of their identity as foreigner when he/she returns, the home country can prove to be more foreign than anything he/she came across before. The peer group they face does not match the idealized image children have of “home”. 【5】

As a part of the growing “culture”, TCKs may find it a great challenge for them to feel at home in many places.

A．Yet being a third-culture kid is not always easy.

B．In general, they often reach excellent academic results.

C．This often makes it hard for them to form their own identity.

D．However, their parents can help them see the opportunities of a mobile lifestyle.

E．Their experience abroad helps them to gain a better understanding of cultural differences.

F．Unlike other teens of her age, she didn’t know anything about current TV shows or fashion trends.

G．Additionally, making new friends and saying goodbye to old ones will at some point become routine for a third-culture kid.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】G

【4】F

【5】C

【解析】

【1】根据空格后面的内容说他们90%大学毕业，40%继续攻读研究生或博士学位，他们通常受益于他们的跨文化经验，这有助于他们成长为成功的学者和专业人士，故选B项启下，“一般而言，他们往往取得优异的学业成绩。”B项中的academic与这一段最后一句中的academics为同词复现。

【2】根据空格后一句“这种现象事实上可能导致很多的困难”，故A项“然而作一个第三文化孩子并不总是很容易”与下文自然衔接，选项中的not easy与空格后一句中的hardship属于同义词复现。

【3】根据空格后面一句中create a network of friends可知，选G项，G项中的making new friends与空格后面一句中create a network of friends是同义词复现。

【4】根据空格前的内容说“当她回到她出生的地方时她感觉很别扭”，以及空格后说她在回国多年之后依然与朋友没有共同的价值观，故F项“与同年龄的青少年不同，她不知道任何目前的电视节目和流行趋势”可以承接上下文。

【5】前面讲述了第三文化的孩子在返回祖国后却发现祖国对他们而言是外国，他们很难将心目中的家与祖国匹配起来，而这使他们很难形成自己的身份认同。