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答案及解析：来源：考试⼤ 　　1．⽂章标题分析：New York -- the melting pot 　　借助⽂章开头相关的语句进⼀步了解⽂章的标题/中⼼： 　　Recently the Department of Planning of New York issued a report which laid bare a full scale of change of the city. In 1970, 18 percent of the city’s population was foreign-born. By 1995, the figure had risen to 33 percent, and another 20 percent were the US-born offspring of immigrants. So immigrants and their children now form a majority of the city’s population.(提⽰：可借助简单句句意获知⽂章标题— 中⼼) 　　补充：来源：考试⼤ Bare adj.⾚*的, ⽆遮蔽的, 空的 Synonyms: naked, open e.g. a bare room （没有家具的）空房间 on a large scale⼤规模 　　2．接看问题句和备选项，注意它们的句意和⽤词的特点。 1．The report （核⼼词） issued by the Department of Planning of New York （特征结构/线索结构）_____.来源：考试⼤ A. put forward ways to control New York’s population. B. concerned itself with the growth of New York’s population. C. studied the structure of New York’s population. D. suggested ways to increase New York’s population. C ．分析：发现备选项都包含“population”，利⽤题⼲中的线索结构作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句： 　　Recently the Department of Planning of New York issued a report which laid bare a full scale of change of the city. In 1970, 18 percent of the city’s population was foreign-born. By 1995, the figure had risen to 33 percent, and another 20 percent were the US-born offsprings （⼦孙）of immigrants. So immigrants and their children now form a majority of the city’s population. 发现在相关句所在的段落中主要提到了⼈⼝的组成，所以C是答案。 考点：考察考⽣的总结归纳能⼒。 出题点：段落中的总结归纳句—通常由so, thus, therefore, accordingly, consequently, as a result, in consequence, hence等引 导。 补充： Majority n （常与of连⽤）多数；半数以上 e.g. The majority of children in our class have brown eyes 我们班⼤多数孩⼦是棕⾊眼睛。 ⽐较：minority n.少数, 少数民族 major n.[教]主修课adj.主修的vi.主修 major in主修 minor n. 副修科⽬ adj.较⼩的, 次要的, ⼆流的vi.辅修 2. According to the second paragraph, which of the following is true of the immigrants in New York (核⼼结构)? A. One can not find his place in New York unless he is ready to work. B. They found life in New York harder than in their own countries. C. Most of