根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多于选项。

Third-Culture Kids

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 first used in the 1960s by Dr. Ruth. She first came across this phenomenon when she researched North American children living in India. Caught between two cultures, they form their very own.   36    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.

     37  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 feeling of strangeness throughout his life as a third-culture kid.   38  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.  39   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 his/her identity as a 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(理想化的) image children have of “home”.   40  

As a part of the growing “culture”, TCKs may find it a great challenge for them to feel at home in many places.

A. This often makes it hard for them to form their own identity.

B. Yet being a third-culture kid is not always easy.

C. In general, they often reach excellent academic results.

D. However, their parents can help them see the opportunities of a mobile lifestyle.

E. Their experience abroad helps them to understand cultural differences better.

F. Additionally, making new friends and saying goodbye to old ones will at some point become routine for a third-culture kid.

G. Unlike other teens of her age, she didn’t know anything about current TV shows or fashion trends.

第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One day I went to a store to get some needed items for my family.

I gathered up my goodies and headed for the  41  counter, only to be  42  in the narrow aisle (通道) by a young man who  43  to be about sixteen years old. I wasn’t in a hurry, so I  44  waited for the boy to realize that I was there. It was obvious now, he was mentally  45  and a little shocked as he turned and saw me standing so  46   to him, waiting to  47 . I said, “Hey Buddy, what’s your name?”

    “My name is Denny and I’m  48  with my Mommy,” he responded proudly.

“Wow,” I said, “that’s a(n)  49  name; I wish my name was Denny, but my name is Steve. How old are you Denny?”

  “How old am I now, Mommy?” he asked his mother as she slowly  50  from the next aisle. “You’re fifteen years old, Denny”. Then he headed toward the toy section.

Denny’s mom  51  me for taking the time to talk with her son. She told me that most people wouldn’t  52  look at him, much less talk to him.

I told her that it was my  53  and that there are plenty of red, yellow, and pink roses in God’s Garden;  54 , “Blue Roses” are very  55  and should be appreciated  56  their beauty and distinctiveness.

You see, Denny is a Blue Rose and  57  someone doesn’t stop and  58  that rose with their heart and touch that rose with their kindness, then they’ve  59  a blessing from God. So, the next time you see a BLUE ROSE, don’t turn your head and walk off.  60  to smile and say Hello.

41. A. customer  B. checkout  C. salesman  D. office

42. A. blocked   B. troubled  C. met       D. found

43. A. pretended  B. appeared     C. declared   D. tended 

44. A. slowly      B. slightly     C. kindly   D. patiently

45. A. torn      B. broken      C. challenged  D. wounded

46. A. close   B. friendly  C. next     D. happily

47. A. steal away     B. hurry out  C. squeeze by    D. break in

48. A. swimming  B. shopping     C. singing  D. travelling

49. A. cool      B. bad      C. ordinary  D. old 

50. A. went away  B. walked by     C. came over  D. turned up

51. A. thanked   B. stared at  C. praised  D. chatted with

52. A. ever   B. still   C. yet   D. even

53. A. courage   B. pleasure  C. habit   D. faith

54. A. therefore  B. besides  C. meanwhile     D. however

55. A. rare   B. big   C. bright   D. colorful

56. A. with          B. by      C. for      D. in

57. A. unless    B. if       C. before   D. after

58. A. smell      B. pick    C. buy   D. see

59. A. wanted   B. forgotten      C. missed   D. invited

60. A. Be brave  B. Be proud    C. Take it easy     D. Take the time

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注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本卷上无效。

第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Children do not think the way adults do. For most of   61   first year of life, if something is out of sight, it is out of mind.   62   you cover a baby’s favorite toy with a piece of cloth, the baby thinks the toy has disappeared and stops   63   (look) for it. A 4-year-old may object that his/her sister has   64  (much) fruit juice when it is only the shapes of the glasses that differ, not the amount of juice.

Yet children are smart   65   their own way. Like good little scientists, children are always testing their child-sized theories about   66   things work. When your child throws her spoon on the floor for the sixth time as you try to feed her, and you say, “That’s enough! I will not pick up your spoon again!” the child will   67   (immediate) test your claim. Are you serious? Are you   68  (annoy)? What will happen if she throws the spoon again? She is not doing this to drive you crazy; rather, she   69  (learn) that her desires and yours can differ, and that sometimes those   70  (differ) are important and sometimes they are not.

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（ ^  ），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除；把多余的词 用斜线（ \  ）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词；

      2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear editor,

I am writing to you to talk about the heavy traffic. Nowadays, people in many big cities are complaining the heavy traffic. It has serious influenced people’s daily life and economic development. To solve the problem, I’d like to put forward some advices.

For one thing, more streets and roads should be built. In this way, we can speed up the flow of buses and cars. For other, the number of bikes and cars can be limited, that can decrease the traffic flow. But the most important thing is what the number of private cars should be put under the control. Meanwhile, buses should have its own special routes which cannot be using by other vehicles. Therefore, underground train and city train should be developed quickly.

I do hope my suggestions will be taken.

Yours,Li Hua

第二节 书面表达（满分25分）

    假定你是高三学生李华，从网上获悉一家国际青少年志愿者组织正在全球招募暑期志愿者。请写一封电子邮件申请参加。主要内容如下：

    1．写信目的；

    2．自我介绍；

    3．希望获准。

注意：

    1．词数100左右；

    2．文章的结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

    3．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Sir or Madam,

                                                                 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________   

     With all my best regards.

Yours sincerely,

                                                           Li Hua

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