Question

【題目】 There are thousands of international students who enroll (注冊) in private high schools in the U.S. each year. 【1】

Cape Cod Academy is located in one of the least diverse parts of Massachusetts. Tony Zhang comes from Guiyang, a city in southern China. When asked about his first day there, Tony said he had no friends for the first couple of weeks. 【2】 Not because of the clothes, but because he chose a high school nearly 8,000 miles from home. Tony wants to experience a new culture and go to college in the U.S. He says the move forced him to grow up.

When another teenager Catherine Zhao got here from Beijing, it took her quite a while to get used to small-town Cape Cod. There are no skyscrapers and everybody drives. 【3】 “In China, we learn English in class, we know how to write, how to read, but there are not too many opportunities to talk there,” she said.

【4】 Some students chat with their parents via the Internet every day. Tony also talked about the difficulties he and other Chinese students faced there. “I will say they, the American students, in general, think we’re math geniuses or science geniuses. But, you know, to be honest, we are human beings as well, so we play sports, too,” he said. Another thing was, when they saw him writing Chinese, they would be like, “Oh my God, how can you even do that, to communicate in such a complicated language?”

Realizing that is part of life here for Tony and his Chinese classmates, Catherine is taking the long view, and hopes to study piano at Boston’s Berkley School of Music. Tony wants to major in economics and education at Brown University. After, he says, he wants to go back to China and work on the education system there. 【5】

A.There’s homesickness, too.

B.As we can see, he’s matured a lot.

C.Actually, he isn’t like many teenagers.

D.That can bring on some serious culture shock.

E.She said the biggest challenge for her was talking.

F.Above all, they have to overcome the culture shock first.

G.She admitted that she hated communicating with other peers.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】E

【4】A

【5】F

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章講述了每年成千上萬的國際生都會(huì)注冊去美國讀私立高中，他們都會(huì)遇到也會(huì)隨之遇到各種各樣的文化沖突。

【1】空格位于首段段尾。由于這是一篇說明文，所以首段一般都會(huì)體現(xiàn)文章的中心。并且首段最后一句一般都要起到承上啟下的作用。上句句意為：每年成千上萬的國際生都會(huì)注冊去美國讀私立高中。選項(xiàng)D(那也帶來一些嚴(yán)重的文化沖突)與上句句意吻合，that可以指代上句整句話的意思。并且選項(xiàng)D中的culture shock與下文中的Tony said he had no friends for the first couple of weeks(Tony說他在最初的幾周都沒有朋友)以及it took her quite a while to get used to small-town Cape Cod(適應(yīng)科德角這個(gè)小城鎮(zhèn)花費(fèi)了她相當(dāng)長的一段時(shí)間)呼應(yīng)。故選D。

【2】空格位于段中�？崭袂耙痪渚湟鉃椋寒�(dāng)問及他最初的日子時(shí)，Tony說在最開始的幾周他都沒有朋友。空格后一句句意為：不是因?yàn)橐路�，而是因�(yàn)樗�選擇了離家將近8000英里的高中。選項(xiàng)C(實(shí)際上，他和其它年輕人不一樣)中的he與上句中的Tony形成指代關(guān)系，并且句意與上下句之間也吻合，形成合理的因果關(guān)系。故選C。

【3】空格位于段中�？崭窈笙戮渚湟鉃椋核�說，在中國，我們在課堂上學(xué)習(xí)英語。我們知道如何寫、如何讀，但是沒有很多說的機(jī)會(huì)。選項(xiàng)E(她說對她來說最大的挑戰(zhàn)是說)與下句之間句意吻合，其中的talking與下句中的talk呼應(yīng)，其中的the biggest challenge與下句中的there are not too many opportunities to talk there呼應(yīng)，故選E。

【4】空格位于段首�？崭窈笙乱痪渚湟鉃椋阂恍�學(xué)生每天通過網(wǎng)絡(luò)每天與父母聊天。選項(xiàng)A(也有想念家的時(shí)候)與下句句意吻合，其中的homesickness與下句中的parents呼應(yīng)，故選A。

【5】空格位于段尾�？崭袂耙痪渚湟鉃椋核�說，在那之后，他想回中國在教育系統(tǒng)工作。選項(xiàng)F(首先是，他們不得不首先克服文化沖突)與上句句意吻合，其中的first與after形成時(shí)間上的呼應(yīng)關(guān)系。故選F。

七選五題目主要考查學(xué)生綜合的英語邏輯思維能力。一篇好的短文，不僅在內(nèi)容上要前后一致，而且還要語篇結(jié)構(gòu)清晰，上下文邏輯意義嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)。內(nèi)容的前后一致體現(xiàn)在段內(nèi)及語篇內(nèi)話題的自然過渡。語篇結(jié)構(gòu)主要體現(xiàn)為：文章是總分結(jié)構(gòu)，還是按時(shí)間或空間順序發(fā)展的，還是辯證三段論的編排的。邏輯意義的嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)最主要的可以通過代詞、連詞和副詞等形式來體現(xiàn)。本文是一篇說明文，第1題考查承上啟下的句子，空格位于首段段尾。由于這是一篇說明文，所以首段一般都會(huì)體現(xiàn)文章的中心。并且首段最后一句一般都要起到承上啟下的作用。上句句意為：每年成千上萬的國際生都會(huì)注冊去美國讀私立高中。選項(xiàng)D(那也帶來一些嚴(yán)重的文化沖突)與上句句意吻合，that可以指代上句整句話的意思。并且選項(xiàng)D中的culture shock與下文中的Tony said he had no friends for the first couple of weeks(Tony說他在最初的幾周都沒有朋友)以及it took her quite a while to get used to small-town Cape Cod(適應(yīng)科德角這個(gè)小城鎮(zhèn)花費(fèi)了她相當(dāng)長的一段時(shí)間)呼應(yīng)。故選D。