Unit5Canada—“TheTrueNorth”Ⅰ.閱讀理解InCanadaandtheUnitedStates,thereisanewgroupofchildrencalled“satellitekids”，wholiveinoneplacebutwhoseparentsliveinanotherplace.AsiansareimmigratingtoCanadaandtheUnitedStatesinlargernumbersthaneverbefore.MostAsiansimmigratebecausetheybelievethattheycangivetheirchildrenabettereducationintheWest.InAsia,especiallyinChinaandJapan,itisdifficulttogotouniversity.Studentsmustfirstpassthestrictnationalexamination.However,inCanadaandtheUnitedStates,itiseasytogotouniversity,andanyonewhowantstogocango.Asaresult,Asianparentsdecidetoleavetheircountriessothattheirchildrencangotouniversity.TheproblemisthatwhenAsiansarrive,theydiscoverthatfindingajobandmakingmoneyaremoredifficultintheWestthanintheEast.Also,theyfindthattheyareverylonely,andthattheymisstheirhomes.Becauseofthesetworeasons,mostAsianparentsdecidetogobacktoworkwhiletheirchildrenstudyintheWest.Therefore,thesechildrenbecome“satellitekids”，andmostoftheirparentsdonotknowhowsaditistobea“satellitekid”．OnlyuntilnowareCanadiansandAmericansdiscoveringthe“satellitekid”problem.BecausethesechildrendonotspeakEnglishandbecausetheirparentsarenottheretotakecareofthem.Theyareoftenabsentfromschool.Tobea“satellitekid”meansgrowingupinacountrywhereyouknowyouaredifferentandwhereyoucannotmakefriendsbecauseyoudonotspeakEnglishwell.Also,itmeansgrowinguplonely,becauseyourparentsareelsewhere.Whatthese“satellitekids”willprobablysaytotheirparentsisthatit'sbettertohaveparentsaroundthantohaveauniversityeducation.1．SomeAsianparentssendtheirkidsabroadbecause________.A．theyhopetheirchildrenmayeasilyfindajobthereB．thekidsmaynotbeacceptedbyuniversitiesintheirowncountriesC．allforeignuniversitiesarebetterthantheonesintheirowncountriesD．thekidswanttoimprovetheirEnglishandmakeforeignfriends答案：B解析：細節理解題。由第二段內容可知，B項正確。2．Thephrase“satellitekids”referstoAsiankids________.A．withoutparentsB．livingabroadaloneC．withuniversityeducationD．speakingnoEnglish答案：B解析：細節理解題。由第一段中的“...thereisanewgroupofchildrencalled‘satellitekids’，wholiveinoneplacebutwhoseparentsliveinanotherplace.”和最后一段第四、五兩句“Tobea‘satellitekid’meansgrowingupinacountrywhereyouknowyouaredifferentandwhereyoucannotmakefriendsbecauseyoudonotspeakEnglishwell.Also,itmeansgrowinguplonely,becauseyourparentsareelsewhere.”可知，B項正確。3．SomeAsianimmigrantchildrenbecome“satellitekids”becausetheirparentshaveto________.A．leavetheirowncountryB．letthemgotouniversityC．returntotheirowncountrytoworkD．letthembeindependent答案：C解析：推理判斷題。由第三段第三、四兩句“...mostAsianparentsdecidetogobacktoworkwhiletheirchildrenstudyintheWest.Therefore,thesechildrenbecome‘satellitekids’．..”可知，C項正確。4．Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?A．Parentswantbettereducationfortheirkids.B．Parentsfeellonelyandmisstheirfamily.C．CanadiansandAmericansbegintonoticethe“satellitekids”problem.D．Kidsinforeigncountriesalonearebadlyinneedofcarefromfamily.答案：D解析：主旨大意題。由最后一段最后一句“Whatthese‘satellitekids’willprobablysaytotheirparentsisthatit'sbettertohaveparentsaroundthantohaveauniversityeducation.”可知，D項正確。Ⅱ.語法填空Asweallknow,weallhave__1__(habit)wewanttogiveup.Thesearehabits__2__arenotgoodforusinsomerespects.Ahabitis__3__activitywehavegotusedto.It'snoteasy__4__(break)abadhabitbecausewehavegotusedtoit.Wearesousedtoourbadhabitsthatmostofthetimeweevendon'trealizethatwehavethemuntilsomeonepoints__5__(they)outtous.Sothefirststepthatwillleadto__6__(change)abadhabitistoacceptthefactthatit__7__(be)notgoodforyou.Sinceyouknowyouhavedevelopedabadhabit,it'sbesttofindoutwhyyoudevelopedit__8__thefirstplace.Findoutthereasonsbehindit,asthatwillhelpyouunderstandwhyyou'resowillingtoperformthatact.Thereisnothingtofeel__9__(scare)of.Youhavetofaceit__10__(brave)andthengiveitup.1．habits解析：由下文可知“習慣”不止一個，故用habits。2．that/which解析：所填詞引導定語從句，在從句中作主語，指物，故用that或which。3．an解析：泛指“一種活動”應用不定冠詞，activity以元音音素開頭，故用an。4．to_break解析：it是形式主語，填動詞不定式，作真正主語。5．them解析：作動