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考研英语历年阅读真题解析 （1994－2006）  CONTENTS PREFACE d 2006 Text 1 1 2006 Text 2 3 2006 Text 3 6 2006 Text 4 9 2005 Text 1 11 2005 Text 2 13 2005 Text 3 15 2005 Text 4 17 2004 Text 1 19 2004 Text 2 20 2004 Text 3 22 2004 Text 4 24 2003 Text 1 27 2003 Text 2 30 2003 Text 3 33 2003 Text 4 36 2002 Text 1 39 2002 Text 2 42 2002 Text 3 45 2002 Text 4 48 2001 Passage 1 51 2001 Passage 2 54 2001 Passage 3 56 2001 Passage 4 59 2001 Passage 5 61 2000 Passage 1 65 2000 Passage 2 67 2000 Passage 3 70 2000 Passage 4 72 2000 Passage 5 75 1999 Passage 1 78 1999 Passage 2 81 1999 Passage 3 83 1999 Passage 4 86 1999 Passage 5 89 1998 Passage 1 92 1998 Passage 2 95 1998 Passage 3 97 1998 Passage 4 100 1998 Passage 5 103 1997 Passage 1 105 1997 Passage 2 108 1997 Passage 3 111 1997 Passage 4 113 1997 Passage 5 116 1996 Passage 1 118 1996 Passage 2 120 1996 Passage 3 122 1996 Passage 4 125 1996 Passage 5 128 1995 Passage 1 129 1995 Passage 2 131 1995 Passage 3 133 1995 Passage 4 136 1995 Passage 5 138 1994 Passage 1 140 1994 Passage 2 142 1994 Passage 3 144 1994 Passage 4 146 1994 Passage 5 148    2006 Text 1 In spite of “endless talk of difference”，American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people. There is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse， and the casualness and absence of deference” characteristic of popular culture. People are absorbed into “a culture of consumption ”launched by the 19th——century department stores that offered “vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere. Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite， ”these were stores “anyone could enter， regardless of class or background. This turned shopping 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 may not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the National Immigration Forum， Gregory Rodriguez reports that today’s immigration is