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In spite of " endless talk of difference," American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people. There is" the democra
In spite of " endless talk of difference," American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people. There is" the democra
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2014-11-24
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In spite of " endless talk of difference," American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people. There is" the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of deference" characteristic of popular culture. People are absorbed into " a culture of consumption" launched by the 19th-century department stores that offered " vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere. Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite, " these were stores " anyone could enter,regardless of class or background. This turned shopping into a public and democratic act. The mass media, advertising and sports are other forces for homogenization.
Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which may not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the National Immigration Forum, Gregory Rodriguez reports that today’ s immigration is neither at unprecedented levels nor resistant to assimilation. In 1998 immigrants were 9. 8 percent of population; in 1990,13. 6 percent. In the 10 years prior to 1990,3. 1 immigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents; in the 10 years prior to 1890,9. 2 for every 1,000. Now, consider three indices of assimilation—language , home ownership and intermarriage.
The 1990 Census revealed that "a majority of immigrants from each of the fifteen most common countries of origin spoke English ’ well’ or ’ very well’ after ten years of residence. "The children of immigrants tend to be bilingual and proficient in English. "By the third generation, the original language is lost in the majority of immigrant families. " Hence the description of America as a "graveyard"for languages. By 1996 foreign-born immigrants who had arrived before 1970 had a home ownership rate of 75.6 percent,higher than the 69.8 percent rate among native-born Americans.
Foreign-born Asians and Hispanics" have higher rates of intermarriage than do U. S. -born whites and blacks. "By the third generation, one third of Hispanic women are married to non-Hispanics, and 41 percent of Asian-American women are married to non-Asians.
Rodriguez notes that children in remote villages around the world are fans of superstars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks, yet" some Americans fear that immigrants living within the United States remain somehow immune to the nation’ s assimilative power.
Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething anger in America? Indeed. It is big enough to have a bit of everything. But particularly when viewed against America’ s turbulent past,today’ s social indices hardly suggest a dark and deteriorating social environment.
The text suggests that immigrants now in the U. S.______.
选项
A、are resistant to homogenization
B、exert a great influence on American culture
C、are hardly a threat to the common culture
D、constitute the majority of the population
答案
C
解析
推理判断题。该题利用题干中的“immigrants”定位到文章第二段Immigrants arequickly fitting into this common culture,which may not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous.“移民很快适应了这一共同文化,虽然这种文化可能不会引人向上,但也不会毒害人们。”选项A“抵制同质化”,与上述句子内容没有关联;选项B“对美国文化产生重大影响”,文章中的意思是移民来到美国后并不抵制美国大众文化,移民更多的是融入美国当地的文化,也谈不上对美国文化产生巨大影响,故选项B不正确;选项D“占美国绝大多数人口”,文章中的意思是移民所占人口比例历年来只在10%上下,算不上美国人口的多数,故选项D不正确;选项C“对公共文化几乎没有威胁”,与前面的信息句意思一致,因此正确答案为C。
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