2014年考研英语阅读理解模拟试题附翻译和名师解析 第27期

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      Inspiteof “endlesstalkofdifference,”Americansocietyisanamazingmachineforhomogenizingpeople.Thereis “thedemocratizinguniformityofdressanddiscourse, andthecasualnessandabsenceofdifference” characteristicofpopularculture. Peopleareabsorbedinto “acultureofconsumption” launchedbythe 19th-centurydepartmentstoresthatoffered “vastarraysofgoodsinanelegantatmosphere. Insteadofintimateshopscateringtoaknowledgeableelite。” thesewerestores “anyonecouldenter, regardlessofclassorbackground. Thisturnedshoppingintoapublicanddemocraticact。” Themassmedia,advertisingandsportsareotherforcesforhomogenization。
      Immigrantsarequicklyfittingintothiscommonculture, whichmaynotbealtogetherelevatingbutishardlypoisonous. WritingfortheNationalImmigrationForum, GregoryRodriguezreportsthattoday’simmigrationisneitheratunprecedentedlevelnorresistanttoassimilation. In1998 immigrantswere 9.8 percentofpopulation; in 1900, 13.6 percent .Inthe10 yearspriorto 1990, 3.1 immigrantsarrivedforevery 1,000 residents; inthe 10yearspriorto 1890, 9.2 forevery 1,000. Now, considerthreeindicesofassimilation-language, homeownershipandintermarriage。
      The 1990 Censusrevealedthat “amajorityofimmigrantsfromeachofthefifteenmostcommoncountriesoforiginspokeEnglish ‘well’ or ‘verywell’ aftertenyearsofresidence。” ThechildrenofimmigrantstendtobebilingualandproficientinEnglish. “Bythethirdgeneration, theoriginallanguageislostinthemajorityofimmigrantfamilies。” HencethedescriptionofAmericaasa “graveyard” forlanguages. By 1996 foreign–bornimmigrantswhohadarrivedbefore 1970 hadahomeownershiprateof 75.6 percent, higherthanthe 69.8 percentrateamongnative-bornAmericans。
      Foreign-bornAsiansandHispanics “havehigherratesofintermarriagethandoU.S.–bornwhitesandblacks。” Bythethirdgeneration, onethirdofHispanicwomenaremarriedtonon-Hispanics, and 41 percentofAsian–Americanwomenaremarriedtonon-Asians。
      RodrigueznotesthatchildreninremotevillagesaroundtheworldarefansofsuperstarslikeArnoldSchwarzeneggerandGarthBrooks, yet “someAmericansfearthatimmigrantslivingwithintheUnitedStatesremainsomehowimmunetothenation’sassimilativepower。”
      AretheredivisiveissuesandpocketsofseethingangerinAmerica?Indeed. Itisbigenoughtohaveabitofeverything. ButparticularlywhenviewedagainstAmerica’sturbulentpast, today’ssocialindiceshardlysuggestadarkanddeterioratingsocialenvironment。

      21. Theword “homogenizing”(Line 2, Paragraph 1) mostprobablymeans
      [A] identifying.
      [B] associating.
      [C] assimilating.
      [D] monopolizing。
      22. Accordingtotheauthor, thedepartmentstoresofthe 19thcentury
      [A] playedaroleinthespreadofpopularculture。
      [B] becameintimateshopsforcommonconsumers。
      [C] satisfiedtheneedsofaknowledgeableelite。
      [D] oweditsemergencetothecultureofconsumption。
      23. ThetextsuggeststhatimmigrantsnowintheU.S。
      [A] areresistanttohomogenization。
      [B] exertagreatinfluenceonAmericanculture。
      [C] arehardlyathreattothecommonculture。
      [D] constitutethemajorityofthepopulation。
      24. WhyareArnoldSchwarzeneggerandGarthBrooksmentionedinParagraph 5?
      [A] Toprovetheirpopularityaroundtheworld。
      [B] Torevealthepublic’sfearofimmigrants。
      [C] Togiveexamplesofsuccessfulimmigrants。
      [D] ToshowthepowerfulinfluenceofAmericanculture。
      25. Intheauthor’sopinion, theabsorptionofimmigrantsintoAmericansocietyis
      [A] rewarding.
      [B] successful.
      [C]. fruitless.
      [D]. harmful。

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