- 阅读理解A
题干：Inspiteof“endlesstalkofdifference，”Americansocietyisanamazingmachineforhomogenizingpeople.Thereis“thedemocratizinguniformityofdressanddiscourse，andthecasualnessandabsenceofdeference”characteristicofpopularculture.Peopleareabsorbedinto"acultureofconsumption"launchedbythe19th-centurydepartmentstoresthatoffered“vastarraysofgoodsinanelegantatmosphere.Insteadofintimateshopscateringtoaknowledgeableelite"thesewerestores"anyonecouldenter,regardlessofclassorbackground.Thisturnedshoppingintoapublicanddemocraticact."Themassmedia,advertisingandsportsareotherforcesforhomogenization.Immigrantsarequicklyfittingintothiscommonculture,whichmaynotbealtogetherelevatingbutishardlypoisonous.WritingfortheNationalImmigrationForum,GregoryRodriguezreportsthattoday'simmigrationisneitheratunprecedentedlevelnorresistanttoassimilation.In1998immigrantswere9.8percentofpopulation；in1900，13.6percent.Inthe10yearspriorto1990，3.1immigrantsarrivedforevery1,000residents；inthe10yearspriorto1890,9.2forevery1,000.Now,considerthreeindicesofassimilation-language,homeownershipandintermarriage.The1990Censusrevealedthat“amajorityofimmigrantsfromeachofthefifteenmostcommoncountriesoforiginspokeEnglish‘well’or‘verywell'aftertenyearsofresidence.”ThechildrenofimmigrantstendtobebilingualandproficientinEnglish.“Bythethirdgeneration,theoriginallanguageislostinthemajorityofimmigrantfamilies.”HencethedescriptionofAmericaisa”graveyard"forlanguages.By1996foreign-bornimmigrantswhohadarrivedbefore1970hadahomeown-ershiprateof75.6percent,higherthanthe69.8percentrateamongnative-bornAmericans.Foreign-bornAsiansandHispanics“havehigherratesofintermarriagethandoUS-bornwhitesandblacks.”Bythethirdgeneration，onethirdofHispanicwomenaremarriedtonon-Hispanics，and41percentofAsian-Americanwomenaremarriedtonon-Asians.RodrigueznotesthatchildreninremotevillagesaroundtheworldarefansofsuperstarslikeArnoldSchwarzeneggerandGarthBrooks，yet“someAmericansfearthatimmigrantslivingwithintheUnitedStatesremainsomehowimmunetothenation'sassimilativepower.”AretheredivisiveissuesandpocketsofseethingangerinAmerica?Indeed.Itisbigenoughtohaveabitofeverything.ButparticularlywhenviewedagainstAmerica’sturbulentpast，today'ssocialindiceshardlysuggestadarkanddeterioratingsocialenvironment.
题目：The text suggests that immigrants now in the U. S. _____. - A 、are resistant to homogenization
- B 、exert a great influence on American culture
- C 、are hardly a threat to the common culture
- D 、constitute the majority of the population
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参考答案【正确答案：C】
细节题。第二段首句指出，移民们正迅速地适应这种大众文化，这种情况也许不能从整体上 起到提升作用，但也几乎没有什么害处。C选项是对该句的改写，因此是正确选项。
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