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【题目】 There are thousands of international students who enroll (注册) 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】

这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了每年成千上万的国际生都会注册去美国读私立高中，他们都会遇到也会随之遇到各种各样的文化冲突。

【1】空格位于首段段尾。由于这是一篇说明文，所以首段一般都会体现文章的中心。并且首段最后一句一般都要起到承上启下的作用。上句句意为：每年成千上万的国际生都会注册去美国读私立高中。选项D(那也带来一些严重的文化冲突)与上句句意吻合，that可以指代上句整句话的意思。并且选项D中的culture shock与下文中的Tony said he had no friends for the first couple of weeks(Tony说他在最初的几周都没有朋友)以及it took her quite a while to get used to small-town Cape Cod(适应科德角这个小城镇花费了她相当长的一段时间)呼应。故选D。

【2】空格位于段中。空格前一句句意为：当问及他最初的日子时，Tony说在最开始的几周他都没有朋友。空格后一句句意为：不是因为衣服，而是因为他选择了离家将近8000英里的高中。选项C(实际上，他和其它年轻人不一样)中的he与上句中的Tony形成指代关系，并且句意与上下句之间也吻合，形成合理的因果关系。故选C。

【3】空格位于段中。空格后下句句意为：她说，在中国，我们在课堂上学习英语。我们知道如何写、如何读，但是没有很多说的机会。选项E(她说对她来说最大的挑战是说)与下句之间句意吻合，其中的talking与下句中的talk呼应，其中的the biggest challenge与下句中的there are not too many opportunities to talk there呼应，故选E。

【4】空格位于段首。空格后下一句句意为：一些学生每天通过网络每天与父母聊天。选项A(也有想念家的时候)与下句句意吻合，其中的homesickness与下句中的parents呼应，故选A。

【5】空格位于段尾。空格前一句句意为：他说，在那之后，他想回中国在教育系统工作。选项F(首先是，他们不得不首先克服文化冲突)与上句句意吻合，其中的first与after形成时间上的呼应关系。故选F。

七选五题目主要考查学生综合的英语逻辑思维能力。一篇好的短文，不仅在内容上要前后一致，而且还要语篇结构清晰，上下文逻辑意义严谨。内容的前后一致体现在段内及语篇内话题的自然过渡。语篇结构主要体现为：文章是总分结构，还是按时间或空间顺序发展的，还是辩证三段论的编排的。逻辑意义的严谨最主要的可以通过代词、连词和副词等形式来体现。本文是一篇说明文，第1题考查承上启下的句子，空格位于首段段尾。由于这是一篇说明文，所以首段一般都会体现文章的中心。并且首段最后一句一般都要起到承上启下的作用。上句句意为：每年成千上万的国际生都会注册去美国读私立高中。选项D(那也带来一些严重的文化冲突)与上句句意吻合，that可以指代上句整句话的意思。并且选项D中的culture shock与下文中的Tony said he had no friends for the first couple of weeks(Tony说他在最初的几周都没有朋友)以及it took her quite a while to get used to small-town Cape Cod(适应科德角这个小城镇花费了她相当长的一段时间)呼应。故选D。