D
Parents will do anything for their children. Whether it would be the food, clothes, or the place they live, parents will always make sure their children have the best of everything. One of the biggest concerns that parents currently have is educating their children. They are faced with lots of difficulties when it comes to education for their young ones. Choices include private school, charter school, public school or homeschooling.
Fortunately for parents, there are a variety of different strategies that a parent can take in order to increase their child's skills and overall intelligence. According to Ross A. Thompson, PhD, professor of psychology at the University of California at Davis, a child's brain will actually reach 90% of its full size by the time they start kindergarten.
Researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago concluded that playing a musical instrument directly affected the brain stem, the lower section of the brain. Moreover, children that learn an instrument at an early age tend to continue it when they are older. And numerous studies show that a well balanced meal is essential for a child's mental and physical health. It is recommended that parents teach their children two languages at once. Research suggests that a second language should be taught when children are in preschool. Other studies state that three to four years of age is the perfect time. Clearly, any age under four would work perfectly fine for a child.
The average child will learn how to read between kindergarten and second grade. Many parents can give their children a jump start by teaching them to read before they start school. Children could have an adequate background of the alphabet and sounds of words before attending school. This can be done by simply reading to them whenever you want. The more comfortable they get, the easier the process will be.
32. From the first paragraph, we can infer that .
A. parents find it hard to satisfy their kids' various demands
B. parents meet a new challenge when raising their kids
C. parents have more choices in offering education to their kids
D. parents get actively involved in the process of their kids' growth
33. What suggestion may the researchers in the passage make?
A. To train kids as early as possible.
B. To try as many means as possible.
C. To help kids develop as fully as possible.
D. To use as many available resources as possible.
34. What does the third paragraph mainly discuss about?
A. The proper time to teach children to learn languages.
B. The effective ways to help develop children's brains.
C. The vital factors to have a great effect on children's health.
D. The practical steps to arouse children’s interest in study.
35. We can replace the words “jump start” in the last paragraph with .
A. inspiration B. introduction C. suggestion D. promotion
第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
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）
第一节：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