In only two decades Asian Americans
have become the fastestgrowing the U. S. minority. As their children began
moving up through the nation’s schools, it became clear that a new class of
academic achievers was emerging. Their achievements are reflected in the
nation’s best universities, where mathematics, science and engineering
departments have taken on a decidedly Asian character. This special liking for
mathematics and science is partly explained by the fact’ that Asian-American
students who began their educations abroad arrived in the U.S. with a solid
grounding in mathematics but little or no knowledge of English. They are also
influenced by the promise of a good job after college. Asians feel they will be
judged more objectively. And the return on the investment in education is more
immediate in something like engineering than A. feel they are mistreated because of limited knowledge of English B. are afraid that their academic successes bear a strong Asian character C. still worry about unfair treatment in society D. generally feel it a shame to have to depend on their parents [单项选择]Only two animals have entered the human household otherwise than as prisoners and become domesticated by other means than those of enforced servitude(束缚): the dog and the cat. Two things they have in common, namely, that both belong to the order of carnivores and both serve man in their capacity of hunters.
In all other characteristics, above all in the manner of their association with man, they are as different as the night from the day. There is no domestic animal which has so rapidly altered its whole way of living, indeed its whole sphere of interests, that has become domestic in so true a sense as a dog; and there is no animal that, in the course of its century-old association with man, has altered so little as the cat. There is some truth in the assertion that the cat, with the exception of a few luxury breeds, such as Angoras, Persians and Siamese, is no domestic animal but a completely wild being. Maintaining its full independence, it has taken up its abode in the house an A. dogs are more domesticated than cats B. dogs are more lovable than cats C. though different, dogs and cats have their own charms D. both dogs and cats can be kept as pets in one house 我来回答: 提交
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