[D] owed its emergence to the culture of consumption

　　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.

　　24. Why are Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks mentioned in Paragraph 5?

　　[A] To prove their popularity around the world.

　　[B] To reveal the public’s fear of immigrants.

　　[C] To give examples of successful immigrants.

　　[D] To show the powerful influence of American culture.

　　25. In the author’s opinion, the absorption of immigrants into American society is

　　[A] rewarding.

　　[B] successful.

　　[C] fruitless.

　　[D] harmful.

　　[第21题答案及题解页数] C 第页

　　[第22题答案及题解页数] A 第页

　　[第23题答案及题解页数] C 第页

　　[第24题答案及题解页数] D 第页

　　[第25题答案及题解页数] B 第页

　　[长难句突破]

　　There is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of consumption” launched by the 19th--century department stores that offered “vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere”.

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