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New York - the Melting Pot
Recently the Department of Planning of New York issued a report which laid bare a full scale of change of the city. In 1970, 18 percent of the city’s population was foreign-born. By 1995, the figure had risen to 33 percent, and another 20 percent were the US-born off springs of immigrants3. So immigrants and their children now form a majority of the city’s population.
Who are these New Yorkers Why do they come here Where are they from (OK, time to drop the "they". I’m one of them.) The last question at least is easy to answer: we come from everywhere. In the list of the top 20 source nations of those sending immigrants to New York between 1990 and 1994 are six countries in Asia, five in the Caribbean, four in Latin America, three in Europe, plus Israel and the former Soviet Union. And when we immigrants get here we roll up our sleeves. "If you’re not ready to work when you get to New York," says a friend of mine, "you’d bette
A. One can not find his place in New York unless he is ready to work.
B. They found life in New York harder than in their own countries.
C. Most of them have difficulty finding jobs.
D. One can live on welfare if he does not want to work.
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The great American melting pot (熔炉) is beautifully simple in theory: colors, creeds and cultures stirred together in the land of the free. But the dally details are more difficult. 41)______ There are 43.6 million children attending public schools in America, and 2.6 million of them don’t speak English, an increase of 76% in the past decade. 42)______ . Citing the close Quebec secession vote in Canada as a warning signal, U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said last week, "We should insist on English as a common language. That’s what binds us together." Senate majority leader and Republican presidential candidate Robert Dole recently made it an element of his campaign, declaring, "We must stop the practice of multilingual education as a means of instilling (渗透) ethnic pride or as a therapy for low self-esteems." Dole last week endorsed legislation to make English the "official language" of the U. S. 43) ______
44)_______But many cri
[填空题]Why America is known as a "melting pot"
[单项选择]Why was the United States called a "melting pot"
A. Most immigrants have settled in big cities.
B. Its population consists of people from various countries.
C. Most people tend to forget where their ancestors came from.
D. People gathered in racial groups.
[单项选择]The U.S. is known as a great "melting pot" because ______.
A. the weather in most part of land is hot
B. the land has several famous volcanoes
C. its people are of different nationalities from all over the world
D. its people are very friendly
[单项选择] New York
As a travel destination, New York has something to offer almost every visitor. Though tourism has dropped since September 11, 2001, there are still lots of reasons to visit what many consider the greatest city in the world.
City Overview
New York City (NYC )is located on the Eastern Atlantic coast of the United States. It rests at the mouth of the Hudson River. The city is often referred to as a "city of islands. " Greater NYC is made up of five distinct areas called boroughs. These boroughs include Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and the Bronx. The boroughs are separated from each other by various bodies of water and are connected by subways, bridges and tunnels.
When people refer to New York City, they are usually talking about Manhattan. Most of NYC’’s main attractions are located in this borough and the majority of visitors spend most of their vacation here.
A Short History of the Big Apple
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