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1、黑暗版考研英語歷年閱讀真題解析★★★黑暗版★★★考研英語歷年閱讀真題解析（1994－2006）內(nèi)部資料滬江考研試題研究中心95黑暗版考研英語歷年閱讀真題解析95黑暗版考研英語歷年閱讀真題解析2006Text1Inspiteof“endlesstalkofdifference”，Americansocietyisanamazingmachineforhomogenizingpeople.Thereis“thedemocratizinguniformityofdressanddiscourse，andth
2、ecasualnessandabsenceofdeference”characteristicofpopularculture.Peopleareabsorbedinto“acultureofconsumption”launchedbythe19th——centurydepartmentstoresthatoffered“vastarraysofgoodsinanelegantatmosphere.Insteadofintimateshopscateringtoaknowledgeableelite，
3、”thesewerestores“anyonecouldenter，regardlessofclassorbackground.Thisturnedshoppingintoapublicanddemocraticact.”Themassmedia，advertisingandsportsareotherforcesforhomogenization.Immigrantsarequicklyfittingintothiscommonculture，whichmaynotbealtogethereleva
4、tingbutishardlypoisonous.WritingfortheNationalImmigrationForum，GregoryRodriguezreportsthattoday’simmigrationisneitheratunprecedentedlevelsnorresistanttoassimilation.In1998immigrantswere9.8percentofpopulation；in1900，13.6percent.Inthe10yearspriorto1990，3.
5、1immigrantsarrivedforevery1，000residents；inthe10yearspriorto1890，9.2forevery1，000.Now，considerthreeindicesofassimilation–language，homeownershipandintermarriage.The1990Censusrevealedthat“amajorityofimmigrantsfromeachofthefifteenmostcommoncountriesoforigi
6、nspokeEnglish“well”or“verywell”aftertenyearsofresidence.”ThechildrenofimmigrantstendtobebilingualandproficientinEnglish.“Bythethirdgeneration，theoriginallanguageislostinthemajorityofimmigrantfamilies.”HencethedescriptionofAmericaasa“graveyard”forlanguag
7、es.By1996foreign–bornimmigrantswhohadarrivedbefore1970hadahomeownershiprateof75.6percent，higherthanthe69.8percentrateamongnative-bornAmericans.Foreign-bornAsiansandHispanics“havehigherratesofintermarriagethandoU.S–bornwhitesandblacks.”Bythethirdgenerati
8、on，onethirdofHispanicwomenaremarriedtonon-Hispanics，and41percentofAsian–Americanwomenaremarriedtonon-Asians.RodrigueznotesthatchildreninremotevillagesaroundtheworldarefansofsuperstarslikeArnoldSchwarzeneggerandGarthBrooks，yet“som
