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【题目】Korean Americans at GBS High .School

Glenbrook South (GBS) High School is in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is an award-winning school with a highly competent teaching staff. It has over 400 Asian Pacific. American students-over 17 percent of die students in the school. Of these, the majority are Korean American. This is very unusual in a state where Korean Americans are less than 1 percent of the population. The interactions of the Korean American students at GBS were the subject of an article in Asian Week magazine.

Different Korean American students react differently to being in a high school were most students are white. Professor Pyong Gap Min, an expert on Korean life in America, believes that Korean Americans in this situation can sometimes feel inhibited or ashamed of their Korean identity. Asian Week interviewed a number of GBS students, and each had a different attitude.

Alice 18 years old

I used to spend time only with Korean American friends. Although I felt secure with those friends, I found myself motivated to form closer relationship with non-Koreans, too. I felt I was missing out on new experiences and challenges.

Paul 16 years old

I have some Korean American friends, but I spend most of my time with white friends. I’m often the only Asian American in the group, but I don’t mind. What I like about the white culture is that I can be more radical. I can be as loud and funny as I want to be. I don’t see as much of that among the Asian students.

John 17 years old

In junior high school, most of my friends were white. After coming to GBS, my sense of my Korean American identity was restored, and I decided to have mainly Korean American friends. I feel that my Korean American friends and I mainly understand each other better. For example, we understand about severe parental pressures to succeed at school; I felt my white friends couldn’t really understand.

Without belittle(轻视）the importance of what these students had to say, it’s important to remember that their opinions at this phase of their lives ate bound to change as they grow into adulthood. But these honest opinions can help us better understand issues of culture relations, and their honesty might help Americans from different cultural groups to get along better in the future.

【1】The passage mainly discusses .

A.how Korean American students interact among themselves and with others

B.why Illinois is a very special state

C.how an Illinois high school welcomes Korean American students

D.different opinions of the friends of Korean American students

【2】Which statement best summarizes Alice's attitude?

A.She feels that her white friends don’t really understand her

B.She likes her Korean American friends but wants to have non-Korean friends too.

C.She feels she is missing out on experiences with her Korean American fiends.

D.She doesn’t feel secure in her relationships with non-Koreans.

【3】The underlined word “radical” most probably means" "

A.timidB.expressive

C.considerateD.sensitive

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】B

【解析】

本文是一篇应用文，介绍了GBS高中的几个韩裔美国学生对交友的不同看法。

【1】主旨大意题。根据第一段中的“The interactions of the Korean American students at GBS were the subject of an article in Asian Week magazine.”可知，GBS高中的韩裔美国学生之间的互动是《亚洲周刊》一篇文章的主题，再根据第二段中的“Asian Week interviewed a number of GBS students, and each had a different attitude.”可知，《亚洲周刊》采访了一些GBS高中的韩裔美国学生，每个人都有不同的态度，由此可知，本文介绍的是GBS高中的几个韩裔美国学生对交友的不同看法，故D项正确。

【2】细节理解题。根据第三段中的“I felt secure with those friends, I found myself motivated to form closer relationship with non-Koreans, too.”可知，Alice虽然觉得和韩裔美国学生在一起很安全，但她发现自己也想与非韩裔的学生建立更紧密的关系，也就是说她喜欢她的韩裔美国朋友，但也希望交一些非韩裔朋友，故B项正确。

【3】词义猜测题。根据画线词后的“I can be as loud and funny as I want to be.”可知， Paul可以想怎么大声就怎么大声，想多滑稽就多滑稽，这是有表现力的体现，因此他说他喜欢白人文化的地方是他可以更加富有表现力，由此可知画线词词义为“表现（力）的”，故B项正确。