首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
The percentage of immigrants(including those unlawfully present)in the United States has been creeping upward for years. At 12.6
The percentage of immigrants(including those unlawfully present)in the United States has been creeping upward for years. At 12.6
admin
2014-11-24
20
问题
The percentage of immigrants(including those unlawfully present)in the United States has been creeping upward for years. At 12.6 percent, it is now higher than at any point since the mid-1920s.
We are not about to go back to the days when Congress openly worried about inferior races polluting America’ s bloodstream. But once again we are wondering whether we have too many of the wrong sort of newcomers. Their loudest critics argue that the new wave of immigrants cannot, and indeed do not want to, fit in as previous generations did.
We now know that these racist views were wrong. In time, Italians, Romanians and members of other so-called inferior races became exemplary Americans and contributed greatly, in ways too numerous to detail, to the building of this magnificent nation. There is no reason why these new immigrants should not have the same success.
Although children of Mexican immigrants do better, in terms of educational and professional attainment, than their parents, UCLA sociologist Edward Telles has found that the gains don’t continue. Indeed, the fourth generation is marginally worse off than the third. James Jackson, of the University of Michigan, has found a similar trend among black Caribbean immigrants, Telles fears that Mexican-Americans may be fated to follow in the footsteps of American blacks—that large parts of the community may become mired(陷入)in a seemingly permanent state of poverty and underachievement. Like African-Americans, Mexican-Americans are increasingly relegated to(降入)segregated(隔离), substandard schools, and their dropout rate is the highest for any ethnic group in the country.
We have learned much about the foolish idea of excluding people on the presumption of the ethnic/racial inferiority. But what we have not yet learned is how to make the process of Americanization work for all. I am not talking about requiring people to learn English or to adopt American ways; those things happen pretty much on their own. But as arguments about immigration heat up the campaign trail, we also ought to ask some broader questions about assimilation(同化), about how to ensure that people, once outsiders, don ’ t forever remain marginalized within these shores.
That is a much larger question than what should happen with undocumented workers, or how best to secure the border, and it is one that affects not only newcomers but groups that have been here for generations. It will have more impact on our future than where we decide to set the admissions bar for the latest wave of would-be Americans. And it would be nice if we finally got the answer right.
What does Edward Telles’ research say about Mexican-Americans?
选项
A、They may slowly improve from generation to generation.
B、They will do better in terms of educational attainment.
C、They will melt into the African-American community.
D、They may forever remain poor and underachieving.
答案
D
解析
细节题。第四段第四句提到,大部分美国黑人都深陷无望的贫困中,一事无成,Telles担心美籍墨西哥人可能也要步美国黑人的后尘。D项中的may forever remain poor andunderachieving是对原文中的a seemingly permanent state of poverty and underachievement的同义转述,故D项为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/CMK4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Withthepossibleexceptionofequalrights,perhapsthemost【C1】______issueacrosstheUnitedStatestodayisthedeathpenalty
AlltherecentnewsonAIDSisbad.ThedeathofRockHudson【C1】______publicconcernaboutthe【C2】______almosttothepointofp
AlltherecentnewsonAIDSisbad.ThedeathofRockHudson【C1】______publicconcernaboutthe【C2】______almosttothepointofp
Mostofthepeoplewhoappearmostoftenandmostgloriouslyinthehistorybooksaregreatconquerorsandgeneralsandsoldiers
Comparisonsweredrawnbetweenthedevelopmentoftelevisioninthe20thcenturyandthediffusionofprintinginthe15thand1
Comparisonsweredrawnbetweenthedevelopmentoftelevisioninthe20thcenturyandthediffusionofprintinginthe15thand1
______ofthetwinswasarrested,becauseIsawbothatapartylastnight.
TheRecessionEffectsanEmployedSmithCollege’scareerofficesentitsanxiousjob-huntingseniorsaletterlastmonthwit
TheWelfareConditionsandCommitmenttoWorkofBritishCitizensThatmythicalbeast,homoeconomicus,otherwisecalledEco
Massproduction,thedefiningcharacteristicoftheSecondWaveeconomy,becomesincreasinglyobsoleteasfirmsinstallinformat
随机试题
OneBritishschoolisfindingthatallowingchildrentolistentomusicoreventohavetheTVonwhilestudyingishelpingimpr
乳牙反患者的最佳矫治时间为
1~4个月小儿贫血的标准是6个月~6岁小儿贫血的标准是
在妊娠合并急性病毒性肝炎中,下列哪一项发生率低
《公路工程国内招标文件范本》规定的开工预付款扣回办法是,当期中支付累计金额达到合同价格30%之后,开始按工程进度以每完成合同价格的1%,扣回开工预付款的()的固定比例,从每月的期中支付证书中的扣回,全部金额在期中支付证书的累计金额达到合同价格的80
小张和他的双胞胎弟弟当年曾经同时考上了同一所大学的同一个专业,但是由于小张家庭贫困,结果只有小张一个人上了大学,小张的弟弟则去工作了,在小张上大学的这四年中,小张的弟弟一共挣了大约8万元收入,则( )。
【2015年】下列有关职业怀疑的说法中,正确的是()。
Theproblemisthatthelossofconfidenceamongthesoldierscanbehighlycontagious.
设随机变量X~P(λ),且E[(X-1)(X-2)]=1,则λ=______.
AsforhowmuchofIQcomesfromgenesandhowmuchcomesfromexperiences.RobertPlomindidthesurveyinvolvingtwogroupso
最新回复
(
0
)