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  3. American Immigrants The percentage of immigrants (including those unlawfully present ) in the United states has been creepin

American Immigrants The percentage of immigrants (including those unlawfully present ) in the United states has been creepin

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问题                       American Immigrants
    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 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 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 hear up the campaign trail, we also ought to ask some broader question about assimilation, 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 ware of would-be Americans. And it would be nice if we finally got the answer right.
How were immigrants viewed by U.S. congress in early days?
选项 A、They were of inferior races.
B、They were a source of political corruption.
C、They were a threat to the nation’s security.
D、They were part of the nation’s bloodstream.
答案A
解析 根据题目中的U.S.Congress查找到第二段句首。第二段句首提到，(早期)美国国会公然担心劣等民族会污染美国的血统。追溯到上一段可知inferior races正是指代immigrants，这和A相匹配。美国国会的观点并没有涉及政治腐败或国家安全问题，所以B和C是干扰项。选项D说“新移民是美国民族血统的一部分”，这与美国国会认为劣等民族会污染美国的血统相矛盾。
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