06考研英语历年阅读理解真题精析.docx

--WORD --WORD格式--可编辑--专业资料 -- --完整版学习资料分享 考研英语历年阅读理解真题精析 --2006年 Part One In spite of “endless talk of differenee, ” American society is an amaz ing maehi ne for homoge nizing people. This is “ the demoeratiz ing uni formity of dress and discourse, and the easua In ess and abse nee of eon sumpti on “ laun ehed by the 19th — een tury departme nt stores that offered ‘ vast arrays of goods in an elega nt atmosphere. In stead of intimate shops eatering to a knowledgeable elite. ” these were stores “ anyone eould en ter, regardless of elass or baekgro und. This tur ned shoppin g a and aet. ” The mass into publie demoeratie media, advertis ing and sports are other forees for homoge ni zati on. Immigra nts are quiekly fitt ing into this eom mon eulture, whieh may not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the Nati onal Immigrati on Forum, Gregory Rodriguez reports that today s immigrati on is n either at un preeede nted level nor resista nt to assimilatio n In 1998 immigrants were 9.8 pereent of population; in 1900, 13.6 peree nt. In the 10 years prior to 1990, 3.1 immigra nts arrived for in the 10 prio every 1,000 reside nts; years r to 1890, 9.2 for every 1,000. Now, eon sider three in diees of assimilation Ian guage, home own ership and in termarriage. The 1990 Ce nsus revealed that “ a majority of immigra nts from eaeh fiftee most spoke of the n eom moneoun tries of orig in English “well ” or well ” reside nee “very after ten years of ■ The ehildre n of immigra nts tend be and to bili ngual profieie nt in En glish. “ By the third gen erati on, the original language is lost in the majority of immigrant families. ” for Ianguage. By Hence the descripti on of America as a graveyard 1996 foreig n-bor n immigra nts who had arrive before 1970 had a home own ership rate highe perce n of 75.6 percent, r than the 69.8 t rate amongnative-born America ns. Foreig n born Asia ns and- Hispa nicsin termarriage tha n do U.S-one ofgen erati on, third Hispa nichav