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11．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-cu lture 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）BAbout 90 percent of them have a university degree，while 40 percent pursue a postgraduate or doctor degree．They usually benefit from their intercultural experience，which helps them to grow into successful academics and professionals．
（37）AIn 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 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"．（40）C  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

分析 本文主要介紹了"third-culture kid"這一文化現(xiàn)象，他們?cè)趯W(xué)術(shù)上會(huì)受益于這種多元文化，但是在其他方面也會(huì)遇到很多困難，例如無法保持親密的朋友關(guān)系，也無法像其他土生土長(zhǎng)的同齡人一樣形成對(duì)自己故鄉(xiāng)正確的認(rèn)知．作為這種增長(zhǎng)中的文化的產(chǎn)物，這些"third-culture kids"在獲得歸屬感方面會(huì)面臨許多的挑戰(zhàn)．

解答 36．B． 細(xì)節(jié)理解題，由下一句意思，他們中的百分之九十都有大學(xué)文聘，其中百分之四十獲得研究生甚至博士學(xué)位．所以可知，大體上，他們?cè)趯W(xué)術(shù)方面成就斐然．故選B．
37．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題，下一句意思，事實(shí)上，這種現(xiàn)象會(huì)引發(fā)許多困難．且可推知上一句應(yīng)當(dāng)有轉(zhuǎn)折之意．結(jié)合來看，"然而做一個(gè)third-culture kid并不總是一帆風(fēng)順"，應(yīng)選A．
38．G．推理判斷題，由前文舉例，Max作為一個(gè)third-culture kid 經(jīng)歷了一段陌生的生活．且由下文對(duì)于他來說保持親密的友誼很難，"結(jié)交新朋友，告別老朋友，會(huì)在某種程度上成為一個(gè)third-culture kid的常規(guī)．"，可以選出G．
39．F．細(xì)節(jié)理解題，由前文知，Louis回到自己的故鄉(xiāng)，但她覺得自己和這里格格不入．所以接下來應(yīng)當(dāng)是格格不入的表現(xiàn)，F(xiàn)項(xiàng)句意，"她不像同齡人一樣了解如今的電視節(jié)目和流行趨勢(shì)"．故選F．
40．C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題，很容易看出此段關(guān)鍵詞 identity，唯一一個(gè)照應(yīng)的只有C選項(xiàng)．代入可理解這些third-culture kid回到故鄉(xiāng)，放棄了他們?cè)�有的認(rèn)知，但是他們對(duì)家鄉(xiāng)的觀念并不與其他同齡人一致，所以他們很難形成自己的認(rèn)知．故選C是正確的．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 七選五閱讀是完成性閱讀，和完形填空很類似，不同的是一個(gè)選詞，一個(gè)選句子．解題時(shí)，要注意上下文語境，充分考慮信息詞（選項(xiàng)中和空格前后句子中相同或相近的詞），選出最符合語境的句子．