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【題目】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(輕視）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】

本文是一篇應(yīng)用文，介紹了GBS高中的幾個(gè)韓裔美國學(xué)生對(duì)交友的不同看法。

【1】主旨大意題。根據(jù)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高中的韓裔美國學(xué)生之間的互動(dòng)是《亞洲周刊》一篇文章的主題，再根據(jù)第二段中的“Asian Week interviewed a number of GBS students, and each had a different attitude.”可知，《亞洲周刊》采訪了一些GBS高中的韓裔美國學(xué)生，每個(gè)人都有不同的態(tài)度，由此可知，本文介紹的是GBS高中的幾個(gè)韓裔美國學(xué)生對(duì)交友的不同看法，故D項(xiàng)正確。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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雖然覺得和韓裔美國學(xué)生在一起很安全，但她發(fā)現(xiàn)自己也想與非韓裔的學(xué)生建立更緊密的關(guān)系，也就是說她喜歡她的韓裔美國朋友，但也希望交一些非韓裔朋友，故B項(xiàng)正確。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)畫線詞后的“I can be as loud and funny as I want to be.”可知， Paul可以想怎么大聲就怎么大聲，想多滑稽就多滑稽，這是有表現(xiàn)力的體現(xiàn)，因此他說他喜歡白人文化的地方是他可以更加富有表現(xiàn)力，由此可知畫線詞詞義為“表現(xiàn)（力）的”，故B項(xiàng)正確。