题目内容
10.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.(36)B About 90 percent of them have a university degree,while 40percent pursue a postgraduate or doctor degree.They usually benefit from their intercultural experience,which helps them to grow into successful academics and professionals.
(37)A 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.(38)GWhile 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.(39)FShe did not share the same values as her friends'even years after going back home.
While a third-culture kid must let go of his/her 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".(40)C
As a part of the growing"culture",third-culture kids 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.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了第三文化的孩子所面对的情况的具体描述.
解答 36.B.推理判断题.后文About 90 percent of them have a university degree,while 40percent pursue a postgraduate or doctor degree涉及到大约90%的人都是大学学历,40%的人有着更高的学历研究生或博士,可知大体而言,他们都有着很高的学历,所以答案是B.
37.A.推理判断题.本段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提到TCK实际上也会遇到很多的困难,所以答案是A.
38.G.推理判断题.前文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提到TCK要经历一段陌生的经历,要交的朋友,并且和过去说再见,所以答案是G.
39.F.推理判断题.根据后文She did not share the same values as her friends'even years after going back home可知TCK回到自己出生时的国家,跟同龄的孩子并不一样,他们对时尚趋势和电视节目不同,而且和朋友们的价值观也不一样,所以答案是F.
40.C.推理判断题.根据前文The peer group they face does not match the idealized image children have of"home可知这常常使他们很难形成自己的身份;故选C.
点评 七选五阅读是完成性阅读,和完形填空很类似,不同的是一个选词,一个选句子.解题时,要注意上下文语境,充分考虑信息词(选项中和空格前后句子中相同或相近的词),选出最符合语境的句子.
| A. | the | B. | an | C. | 不填 | D. | a |
Finally,Christmas Eve arrived I could not fall asleep that night,just (35)B for it to get late enough for me to slip downstairs and open my gifts.Well,I must have fallen asleep at some point.(36)Cwhen I awoke it was Christmas morning.I ran (37)B to a ton of gifts,but I didn't see the Barbie doll car I was very(38)Afor what I had received,but l was still wondering where my car was.After a while,my father(39)Dwhat looked like a garbage bag and handed it to me.
Before I could opened the bag completely,I saw the pink color.I jumped for (40)C and dad's face lit up.Of course there was (41)D what I wanted Then I noticed a price tag(标签).I asked dad why it was on my new toy He sweetly said that Santa went to special store for the gift and he was probably
short on(42)Cand had forgotten to take the price tag off.Hearing this,I just smiled and said,‘'Oh,cool!"I was happy with my car and my father was happy knowing that I still (43)A in Santa Claus.
To this day,that is my very favourite Christmas (44)D,because it was sweet that there was (45)C who cared about a little kid and the joy and spirit of Christmas.
| 31.A.that | B.when | C.where | D.which |
| 32.A.watched | B.bought | C.written | D.heard |
| 33.A.After | B.Until | C.By | D.Since |
| 34.A.show | B.consider | C.forget | D.care |
| 35.A.counting | B.waiting | C.asking | D.wishing |
| 36.A.although | B.so that | C.because | D.yet |
| 37.A.upstairs | B.downstairs | C.straight | D.ahead |
| 38.A.grateful | B.calm | C.angry | D.nervous |
| 39.A.gave out | B.Carried out | C.came out | D.took out. |
| 40.A.disappointment | B.interest | C.joy | D.pity |
| 41.A.nearly | B.almost | C.closely | D.exactly |
| 42.A.money | B.energy | C.time | D.food |
| 43.A.believed | B.hated | C.depended | D.trusted |
| 44.A.truth | B.reality | C.trip | D.memory |
| 45.A.anyone | B.everyone | C.someone | D.none |
| A. | Find | B. | Found | C. | To find | D. | Having found |