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1、本文格式为Word版，下载可编辑2022考研英语阅读理解强化练习及解析1 20xx理解强化练习及解析（1）In spite of endless talkof difference,American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people.There is the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and thecasualness and absence of difference characteristic ofpopular culture. People
2、 are absorbed into a culture ofconsumption launched by the 19th-century department stores that offered vast arraysof goods in an elegant atmosphere. Instead of intimate shops catering to aknowledgeable elite。 these were stores anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. This turnedshoppin
3、g into a public and democratic act。 The mass media,advertising and sports are other forces for homogenization。Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which maynot be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the NationalImmigration Forum, Gregory Rodriguez reports th
4、at todaysimmigration is neither at unprecedented level nor resistant to assimilation. In1998 immigrants were 9.8 percent of population; in 1900, 13.6 percent .In the10 years prior to 1990, 3.1 immigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents; inthe 10years prior to 1890, 9.2 for every 1,000. Now, consid
5、er three indices ofassimilation-language, home ownership and intermarriage。The 1990 Census revealed that a majority ofimmigrants from each of the fifteen most common countries of origin spokeEnglish well or very well after ten years of residence。 The children ofimmigrants tend to be bilingual and pr
6、oficient in English. By the thirdgeneration, the original language is lost in the majority of immigrant families。 Hence thedescription of America as a graveyard for languages. By 1996 foreignborn immigrants whohad arrived before 1970 had a home ownership rate of 75.6 percent, higher thanthe 69.8 per
7、cent rate among native-born Americans。Foreign-born Asians and Hispanics have higher rates ofintermarriage than do U.S.born whites and blacks。 By the third generation, one third of Hispanic women are married tonon-Hispanics, and 41 percent of AsianAmerican women aremarried to non-Asians。Rodriguez not
8、es that children in remote villages around the worldare fans of superstars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks, yet someAmericans fear that immigrants living within the United States remain somehowimmune to the nations assimilative power。Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething ange
9、r in America?Indeed. It is big enough to have a bit of everything. But particularly whenviewed against Americas turbulent past, todays social indiceshardly suggest a dark and deteriorating social environment。21. The word homogenizing most probably meansA identifying.B associating.C assimilating.D mo
10、nopolizing。22. According to the author, the department stores of the 19thcenturyA played a role in the spread of popular culture。B became intimate shops for common consumers。C satisfied the needs of a knowledgeable elite。D owed its emergence to the culture of consumption。23. The text suggests that i
11、mmigrants 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。24. Why are Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks mentioned inParagraph 5?A To prove their popularity around the world。B To reveal the publics fear of immigrants。C To give examples of successful immigrants。D To show the powerful influence of American culture。25. In the authors opinion, the absorption of immigrants into American society isA rewarding.B successful.C. fruitless.D. harmful。 4 / 4
