text 1in spite of “endless talk of difference,” american society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people. there is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of deference” characteristic of popular culture. people are absorbed into “a culture of consumption” launched by the 19th-century department stores that offered “vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere. instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite,” these were stores “anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. this turned shopping into a public and democratic act.” the mass media, advertising and sports are other forces for homogenization.
21.? the word “homogenizing” (line 2, paragraph 1) most probably means ________.
[a] identifying
[b] associating
[c] assimilating（c）
[d] monopolizing
根据段意，第一句尽管美国我们都说人人都有差异，可是其实是????? ,举例百货商铺，成果致使我们将购物变成民主行为，究竟促进着同质化，好了作者都自个说出来答案了，尽管差异，但其实是一个同质化国家，选c选项
22.? according to the author, the department stores of the 19th century ________.
[a] played a role in the spread of popular culture
[b] became intimate shops for common consumers
[c] satisfied the needs of a knowledgeable elite（a）
[d] owed its emergence to the culture of consumption
第一段有两道题，阐明其重要性
标题类型：细节题
a选项：正确选项，两者联络出题法，百货商铺和文明传达的联络
b选项：同义替换出题法
换目标，intimate是描述高手阶层的，而文顶用来描述一般群众花费者，必定差错，一般群众即公共商铺而非私家
c选项：推论出题法
归于推内容，文章中只说了百货商铺不是投合高手阶层的，而是面向群众的，那有没有满足高手阶层利益咱们无从得知，c选项打扫
d选项：语句出题法
因果倒置：
文中：先有百货商铺再有花费文明：因：百货商铺 果：花费文明
选项：将百货商铺归功于花费文明：因：花费文明 果：百货商铺
immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which may not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous. writing for the national immigration forum, gregory rodriguez reports that today’s immigration is neither at unprecedented levels nor resistant to assimilation. in 1998 immigrants were 9.8 percent of population; in 1900, 13.6 percent. in the 10 years prior to 1990, 3.1 immigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents; in the 10 years prior to 1890, 9.2 for every 1,000. now, consider three indices of assimilation — language, home ownership and intermarriage.
the 1990 census revealed that “a majority of immigrants from each of the fifteen most common countries of origin spoke english ‘well’ or ‘very well’ after ten years of residence.” the children of immigrants tend to be bilingual and proficient in english. “by the third generation, the original language is lost in the majority of immigrant families.” hence the description of america as a “graveyard” for languages. by 1996 foreign-born immigrants who had arrived before 1970 had a home ownership rate of 75.6 percent, higher than the 69.8 percent rate among native-born americans.
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.
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（c）
[d] constitute the majority of the population
标题类型：细节题
a选项：同义替换出题法
平平无奇换情绪，非常常见的差错方法，文中并未说移民反抗同质化
b选项：推论出题法
归于推定性，两者联络，a为：移民；b为：美国文明，那两者具有联络嘛？咱们可以从文章中晓得，移民关于群众文明，这儿b选项将群众文明推论成美国文明，这儿现已呈现差错，文中的群众文明包括后文说到的英国文明等等其他国家的文明；其次移民关于群众文明既无利也无害，所以并无好坏联络，那有没有彼此影响的联络呢？的确文中后边介绍了，移民关于文明的影响，可是第二点错在哪里呢？错在great，影响大不大呢？不晓得，所以great也归于推论，咱们直接打扫b选项
c选项：正确选项
咱们可以从文中事例中看到，移民和群众文明的两者联络，文中说到移民关于群众文明既无利也无害处，与c选项共同。
d选项：推论出题法
d选项：文中只给了数字，d选项照常是两者联络，a为移民，b为人员，数字并不能抉择许多，所以该选项错在了majority。
rodriguez notes that children in remote villages around the world are fans of superstars like arnold schwarzenegger and garth brooks, yet “some americans fear that immigrants living within the united states remain somehow immune to the nation’s assimilative power.”
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）
[d] to show the powerful influence of american culture.
标题类型：主旨标题
a选项：定位出题法
文中意图并非前

进他俩的出名度
b选项：主旨出题法+同义替换
可以铲除看到文中的小细节，文顶用的单词是“some american fear”而选项中说的是“大众”，这个规模直接变大，所以本差错归于同义替换，其次这篇文章全体概念，美国人是不忧虑移民的，所以主旨也是相反的
c选项：名词出题法
偏重施瓦辛格自己是一个移民而进行出题，归于暗含词汇出题，写他的众所周知并非是写移民的成功的比方，所以c选项打扫
d选项：正确答案，真实的主旨，表达了美国文明控制力气的健壮，也和最初相照顾。
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 indices hardly suggest a dark and deteriorating social environment.
25.? in the author’s opinion, the absorption of immigrants into american society is ________.
[a] rewarding
[b] successful
[c] fruitless（b）
[d] harmful
标题类型：主旨题
从文中最终一句可以看出，作者觉得比较于美国紊乱的曩昔，今日现已非常不错了，从作者立体思维来阅览，作者现已初步满足的点答应了，那么疑问来了，咱们选a仍是b呢？这儿就要初步分析中辞意义了，rewarding仅有一个与标题略微附近的意思是值得的，假定翻译成其他意义则直接打扫，值得的：我们必定要晓得，咱们是需要付出价值，才干换来值得的这么一个词，而文中并未付出任何价值，也没有介绍，所以咱们不能选a，最佳答案是b选项，成功的。
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