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Two of the most common rumors about immigrant families are that they don’t really want to become American and that they’re a dra
Two of the most common rumors about immigrant families are that they don’t really want to become American and that they’re a dra
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2022-11-25
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Two of the most common rumors about immigrant families are that they don’t really want to become American and that they’re a drag on the rest of us. But a fascinating new Pew report gives lie to both fears. In the process, it reminds us why immigration matters.
The study shows first of all that Americanization is proceeding as inevitably now as during previous great waves of migration. Yes, today’s immigrants are Hispanic and Asian rather than European. But that has not made a difference. Today’s 20 million adult sons and daughters of immigrants have learned English, advanced economically, and intermarried far more than their parents did and no more slowly than the Italians or Irish or Poles did a century ago. Nearly six in ten—almost double the percentage of their parents—consider themselves "typical Americans."
As for whether immigrant families are a drag on society, the facts are clear. Second-generation Americans—the children of immigrants—are not just doing better than their parents. Their educational attainment and income are actually above the national average. They are contributors. If anything, as other research has shown, it is America that can be harmful to immigrant families: obesity and criminality increase from the first to the second generation. So the question should not be how to keep newcomers from diluting America but how to keep America from diluting the newcomers. This presents a challenge to both native-born Americans and today’s immigrants.
The Pew report notes that Americans who are of foreign birth or parentage, so-called "immigrant stock," will constitute a record 37% of the population by 2050. This frightens many white Americans to the core, especially those who are older and live in communities only recently touched by immigration. But for today’s "immigrant stock," this moment creates an opportunity. Immigrants of earlier centuries proved that every kind of European could become simply white; today’s immigrants prove that every kind of human can become simply American. But this means encouraging them to strive not only for their own families but also for the nation, through service and civic participation.
We should bear in mind that whether we are native-born or newcomer, our task now, then, is to apply an immigrant’s ingenuity, optimism, and perseverance to the systematic expansion of opportunity in America To do that, as history shows and recent studies confirm, it’ll help to have more immigrants around.
It can be learned from the last two paragraphs that ________.
选项
A、immigration is more a challenge than an opportunity
B、immigration can be harnessed to serve the nation
C、immigrants can hardly be assimilated into America
D、the more immigrants America takes in, the better
答案
B
解析
根据题干可直接定位至最后两段。第四段第五句提出,使移民成为美国人的办法就是鼓励移民参与公共及公民服务,为国为家尽力。B项中的serve the nation与此语义相符,故B项为答案。A项中的opportunity出现在第四段第三句,原文明确指出对今天的“移民血统”来说,此刻是一个机会,A项强调了移民问题是挑战,而非机会,与原文不符。第四段第四句指明今天的移民可以证明任何人都可以变成纯粹的美国人,也就是说可以融入美国社会,C项与文中描述相反。第五段强调要利用移民的创造性、乐观态度和坚韧不拔的精神,系统性地为美国社会创造更多的机会,美国需要更多的移民,但这并不代表移民越多越好,D项过度推断。
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