Third-CultureKids
Didyougrowupinoneculture，yourparentscamefromanother，andyouarenowlivinginatotallydifferentcountry？Ifso，thenyouareathird-culturekid!
Theterm"third-culturekid"（orTCK）wascoinedinthe1960sbyDr．Ruth．ShefirstcameacrossthisphenomenonwhensheresearchedNorthAmericanchildrenlivinginIndia．Caughtbetweentwocultures，theyformtheirveryown．（36）___About90percentofthemhaveauniversitydegree，while40percentpursueapostgraduateordoctordegree．Theyusuallybenefitfromtheirinterculturalexperience，whichhelpsthemtogrowintosuccessfulacademicsandprofessionals．
（37）___Infactmanyhardshipsmayarisefromthisphenomenon．Athird-culturekidmaynotbeabletoadaptthemselvescompletelytotheirnewsurroundingsasexpected．Instead，theymayalwaysremainanoutsiderindifferenthostcultures．Max，forexample，experiencedthisfundamentalfeelingofstrangenessthroughouthislifeasathird-culturekid．（38）___Whilethiscanbeawaytocreateanetworkoffriendsallaroundtheworld，itcanbedifficultforathird-culturekidlikeMaxtomaintainclosefriendshipsandrelationships．
Forathird-culturekid，itisofteneasiertomovetoanewforeigncountrythantoreturntotheir"home"country．AfterlivinginAustraliaandSouthKoreaformanyyears，LouisfinallyreturnedtoTurkeyasateenager．Butshefeltoutofplacewhenshereturnedtothecountrywhereshewasborn．
（39）___Shedidnotsharethesamevaluesasherfriends'evenyearsaftergoingbackhome．
Whileathird-culturekidmustletgooftheiridentityasforeignerwhenhe/shereturns，thehomecountrycanprovetobemoreforeignthananythinghe/shecameacrossbefore．Thepeergrouptheyfacedoesnotmatchtheidealizedimagechildrenhaveof"home"．（40）___ Asapartofthegrowing"culture"，TCKsmayfinditagreatchallengeforthemtofeelathomeinmanyplaces．
| A．Yetbeingathird-culturekidisnotalwayseasy．
B．Ingeneral，theyoftenreachexcellentacademicresults． C．Thisoftenmakesithardforthemtoformtheirownidentity． D．However，theirparentscanhelpthemseetheopportunitiesofa 黄干平回答：
36．B． 细节理解题，由下一句意思，他们中的百分之九十都有大学文聘，其中百分之四十获得研究生甚至博士学位．所以可知，大体上，他们在学术方面成就斐然．故选B．
37．A．细节理解题，下一句意思，事实上，这种现象会引发许多困难．且可推知上一句应当有转折之意．结合来看，"然而做一个third-culture kid并不总是一帆风顺"，应选A．
38．G．推理判断题，由前文举例，Max作为一个third-culture kid 经历了一段陌生的生活．且由下文对于他来说保持亲密的友谊很难，"结交新朋友，告别老朋友，会在某种程度上成为一个third-culture kid的常规．"，可以选出G．
39．F．细节理解题，由前文知，Louis回到自己的故乡，但她觉得自己和这里格格不入．所以接下来应当是格格不入的表现，F项句意，"她不像同龄人一样了解如今的电视节目和流行趋势"．故选F．
40．C．细节理解题，很容易看出此段关键词identity，唯一一个照应的只有C选项．代入可理解这些third-culture kid回到故乡，放弃了他们原有的认知，但是他们对家乡的观念并不与其他同龄人一致，所以他们很难形成自己的认知．故选C是正确的．
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