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 note that children in remote villages around the world are fans of superstars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks, yet “some Americans fear that immigrant 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 induces suggest a dark and deteriorating social environment.

　　23. The text suggests that immigrants now in the U.S.

　　[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

　　[解题思路]

　　首先，A和D选项的内容在文章中没有涉及，可以排除。而B和C选项的意思基本上是想相反的，因此只有一项是正确答案。文章的第三、四段主要谈论了关于移民的问题，其中指出了移民们经过了几代之后都已经失去了原来的语言、而且移民与美国本族人的通婚也越来越频繁，这些都说明了美国移民们很好地融入了美国文化、几乎都被美国的大众文化同化了。他们不仅没有对美国文章带来很大的影响，反而对美国文化丝毫不构成威胁。因此，可以判断C选项是正确答案。

　　[题目译文]

　　文章指出现在的美国移民们

　　[A] 反对单一化

　　[B] 对美国文化有很大的影响

　　[C] 对大众文化几乎没有什么威胁

　　[D] 构成人口中的大多数

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