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1、Part 1 Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice)(每小题： 分)Directions: Read the following passages carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.Language is a way to communicate with each other. We started to learn lang
2、uage when we were born. However, people are used to speaking their native language, so immigrants are having many problems between the first generation and the second generation because they dont have the same native language. Also, the second generation is losing their identity. Especially in Ameri
3、ca, there are many immigrants that came from different countries to succeed in the States. Because they suffer in lots of areas such as getting a job and trying to speak English, they want their children to speak English, not only at school, but also at home in order to be more successful. Because o
4、f this situation, their children are losing their ethnic identity and, even more, they are ignoring their parents whose English is not very good. I think most immigrants are trying to preserve their native language in their new country, but this doesnt help very much in getting a good job. My aunt d
5、idnt teach Korean to her children in order to help them succeed in the US; she did so, hopefully, to help them establish a Korean identity. Though the second generation is born in the new country, they often get confused about their identity. My cousins told me that when they visited Korea a few yea
6、rs ago, they felt different from other Koreans. They could even feel it just strolling around the street because they wore different clothes. We must realize that language is important and valuable for many reasons. Immigrants should make an effort not to be ignored by their children and to make the
7、ir children understand their heritage by teaching them the parents language. This is important in helping the second generation establish their identity. 1. Which people are having trouble with language?A. Natives.B. People of the 2nd generation.C. People when born.D. Immigrants.2. Why are children
8、ignoring their parents?A. Children have lost their identity.B. Parents cause children to suffer.C. They speak different languages.D. They have different job levels.3. The authors aunt taught Korean _.A. so she could preserve her languageB. so she would have a job in AmericaC. to help children succee
9、d in their new countryD. to help children keep their Korean identity4. The authors cousins felt _.A. they were not similar to people in KoreaB. they could not get a job in AmericaC. it was all right to look and feel differentD. it was important to keep their identity5. A proper title for this passag
10、e is _.A. The Identity of the Second GenerationB. Korean Problems in AmericaC. Learning a New Language in the USD. Keeping Your Culture in a New LandQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.Yinlan looked at the people sitting around the table and smiled with satisfaction. Everyone in her
11、 family was thereher children, her grandchildren, and her new great-grandson, just one month old. Her whole family had come to celebrate the Harvest Moon Festival (节日). Two days after the Harvest Moon Festival, Yinlan died peacefully in her sleep. Her family was sad but at the same time grateful. Th
12、ey felt happy that they had been able to celebrate the Harvest Moon Festival with her one last time. Everyone said it was remarkable that Yinlan had died just two days after the holiday. Actually, the timing of Yinlans death was not remarkable at all. Recently sociologists (社会学家) studied the death r
13、ate among elderly Chinese women in California. They discovered that the death rate drops 35 percent before the Harvest Moon Festival and then rises 35 percent. Sociologists believe that these changes in death rate show the minds power over the body. The Harvest Moon Festival, when families gather, i
14、s important to elderly Chinese women. Apparently some women are able to postpone (推延) their deaths so that they can celebrate the festival one last time. The idea that people can postpone the time of their deaths is not new. Many families tell stories of a relative who held on to life until after an
15、 important event. The stories people tell, however, are just that: stories. They are not proof that people can postpone their deaths. The sociologists work is important because the sociologists studied facts, not stories. The factsthe drop and rise in death ratesprove that people really can postpone
16、 their deaths. 6. When did Yilan die?A. During the Harvest Moon Festival.B. Before going to sleep.C. Just before the Harvest Moon Festival.D. A couple days after the Harvest Moon Festival.7. The writer tells us the story of Yilan to let us know that _.A. the Harvest Moon Festival is important to elderly Chinese womenB. Chinese families get together to enjoy the Harvest Moon FestivalC. families are often sad during the Harvest Moon Festiva
