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By the 1870s the easygoing cordiality that greeted the first Chinese in America had been replaced by an ugly resentment that oft
By the 1870s the easygoing cordiality that greeted the first Chinese in America had been replaced by an ugly resentment that oft
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2010-03-25
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By the 1870s the easygoing cordiality that greeted the first Chinese in America had been replaced by an ugly resentment that often boiled into violence. Racism and economic fear led many Westerners to believe that the Chinese, who were willing to work cheap, were stealing their jobs.
Legal persecution took the form of taxes and statutes aimed at their livelihood, their customs and even their looks. Chinese families had to pay special taxes. Their children were barred from local public schools. A San Francisco ordinance, vetoed by the mayor at the last moment, would have required that the queues of Chinese jail inmates be cut off. Other harassments included laws making it illegal to carry baskets suspended from poles while walking on sidewalks, as Chinese laundrymen did, or to rent rooms with less than 500 cubic feet of space per person, as most Chinese had to do. The courts even prohibited Chinese from giving testimony in cases that involved whites.
By 1880 Chinese immigrants represented only 0. 002 percent of the population, yet the "Chinese Question" -- which boiled down to finding ways to keep them out -- had become a major national issue.
The Chinese responded to prejudice and persecution in two ways. First, they created an insulated society-within-a-society that needed little from the dominant culture. Second, they displayed a stoic willingness to persevere, and to take without complaint or resistance whatever America dished out.
From the passage we can tell that many Americans were fearful because they thought the Chinese were
选项
A、hard-working and rich.
B、an inferior people.
C、lazy and stupid.
D、impossible to understand.
答案
B
解析
美国人当时害怕中国人的原因在第一段中可以找到:“Racism and economic fear led many Westerners to believe that the Chinese,who were willing to work cheap, were stealing their jobs.”正是中国人的吃苦耐劳,劳动致富,引起了白人的嫉妒。
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