Third-Culture Kids 文章结构清晰，线索明显，整体难度适中 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杜撰. She first came across this phenomenon when she researched North American children living in India. Caught between two cultures, they form their very own. 71 About 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. 72 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. 73 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. 74 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”. 75 As a part of the growing “culture”, TCKs may find it a great challenge for them to feel at home in many places.

说明文，说明了“TCK”现象这一群体，在学业、社交方面会有哪些不同的经历 说明文文体，说明了“TCK”现象——Third Culture Kid“第三文化孩子”这一群体，在学业、社交方面会有哪些不同的经历。 第1自然段导入，让我们意识到这一群体的存在； 第 2 段说明了这一群体由于文化方面的优势，在学业方面往往可以取得很高的成就； 后文则话题转向了这一群体所面临的压力，尤其是在社交方面以及自我文化认同的方面。 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 /a'dentt/身份/一致/特性. 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. Keys:BAGFC

71.挖空位置为第 2 段段中，其后一句用具体的数据来说明第三文化的孩子在学业方面成绩卓越，与 B 项内容呼应【空后用具体数据说明了第三文化的孩子在学业方面的卓越成绩，与B 选项“they often reach excellent academic results.”对应【空后用具体数据说明了第三文化的孩子在学业方面的卓越成绩， 与 B 选项 “they often reach excellent academic results.”对应。】 72.本段话峰一转说到了一些负面的影响，如后文的 hardships，may not be able to …所以需要一个含有转折的意思的句子进行过渡，引出相关内容【根据空后的句子讲到了负面的影响，需要一句从上段过渡到这一观点的句子，与A 选项Yet 对应】 73.后句“it can be difficult for a third-culture kid like Max to maintain close friendships and relationships”与选项G中的“making new friends and saying goodbye to old ones will at some point become routine for a third-culture kid”相呼应【后句后句子“it can be difficult for a third- culture kid like Max to maintain close friendships and relationships”,可知与G 对应】 74.上下文中的 Louis，she 等身份能明显对应，同时内容也是在描述 Louis当回到祖国时候，与同龄人没有共同语言或价值观所带来的困扰【根据代词的指代可知空所在的前后句都是在讲Louis 的内容，并结合句意可知选F】 75.前文描述了TCK 这一群体在国外形成的价值观当在回国之后遇到冲击的状态，强调了他们所遇到的压力和困难，这和C选项中的“makes it hard for them to form their own identity”相呼应。【 短尾句，上句第三文化的孩子在国外形成的价值观在回国之后遇到冲击的状态，C 选项阐述了只有现象造成的影响】 本次七选五考查了 说明文，说明了“TCK”现象这一群体，在学业、社交方面会有哪些不同的经历。