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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.
The author’s attitude toward the immigration into America is ________.
选项
A、doubtful
B、indifferent
C、pessimistic
D、supportive
答案
D
解析
作者先是否定了两个关于移民的谣言,接着论证移民不仅没有阻碍美国社会的发展。反而为美国社会作出了贡献,最后更提出要运用移民的创造性、乐观态度和坚韧不拔的精神来系统地为美国社会创造更多的机会,指出美国需要更多的移民,由此可以推断出作者是支持移民的。D项正确。第三段第一句说,移民家庭是否阻碍社会进步,事实摆在眼前,也就是说作者很确定移民的作用,A项 “怀疑的”不正确。作者在第一段第三句说,这份调查提醒我们为什么移民如此重要,可见他认为移民问题非常重要,如果是漠不关心的,就无需进行分析讨论了,B项“漠不关心的”与逻辑不符。第三段第四句说移民给社会带来了贡献,说明作者觉得这是积极的,C项“悲观的”与此相反,故可排除。
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