There are about 22 million non-European Americans, mainly Black Americans, Red Indians, Latin Americans and other peoples.

  The Red Indians number about 600,000.They are the natives of America.They look somewhat like Tibetans.They are not red, but brown.They were called Indians by mistake.When Columbus landed in the New World in 1492, he thought he had landed in India and called the people Indians.

  The Black people had a sad history.Nearly all of them are descendants(后裔)of Africans brought from Africa to America sold as slaves in the 17th and 18th centuries.Today, they are about 21 million in number or 11 percent of total American population.Most of them lived in the South till the 1930s and since then more and more were leaving the South to look for work in the industrial North.Today, 60 percent of Black Americans live in New York, Chicago and other big cities.

  Mexicans who belong to Latin Americans are the 2nd biggest minority nationality.Most of them are immigrant(移民)farm workers.The Puerto Ricans, from the island of Puerto Rica off the coast of Florida, live mostly in the slums(贫民窟)of big cities like New York and Chicago.These two peoples like the Afro-Americans mostly live below the poverty line.

  There are Chinese people living in America, too-almost a quarter of million(the exact figure is 236,000).Many of them went to America about 100 years ago to build the railways there.They suffered a great deal.Today, most Chinese Americans live in California(a state facing the Pacific Ocean)and New York, and also in Hawaii, and archipelago(群岛)in the mid-Pacific, which is counted as the 50th state of the U.S.A.

(1)

Which of the following shows the right relationship among the population of American minorities?

[  ]

A.

American natives>Blacks>Mexicans>Chinese

B.

Red Indians>Afro-Americans>Chinese

C.

Blacks>Mexicans>European Americans>American Indians

D.

Black Americans>Mexicans>Indians>Chinese

(2)

Which of the following shows the right historical order?

a.The Afro-Americans were brought to American.

b.Lots of Chinese people built the railways in the U.S.A.

c.Columbus found the "New World".

d.Hawaii became one of the states of the U.S.A.

e.The Black Americans left the South for the North.

[  ]

A.

c-a-b-e-d

B.

c-b-e-d-a

C.

a-e-c-d-b

D.

d-c-b-a-e

(3)

According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

[  ]

A.

Puerto Rica is among the 50 states of the U.S.A.

B.

Columbus was the first to call American Indians Red Indians.

C.

Most of the American minorities used to live a happy life.

D.

Black Americans and Puerto Ricans have begun to move from the countryside to big cities.

(4)

Which of the following maps gives the fight positions of the given places?(  )

(C-California;F-Florida;H-Hawaii;N-New York:P-Puerto Rica Island)

阅读理解

  The first Europeans came to America in 1492 with Christopher Columbus.Since that time people have come to America from all over the world, from Europe, Africa, and Asia, and they have brought their music with them.This mixing of people and music has created American music.

  Music is a very important part of our lives.Music is for dancing, drinking, eating, loving and thinking.Some songs remind us of our childhood or youth.Others remind of the people we love.Many important occasions, like weddings and funerals have special music.Every nation has a national song like the American “The Star-Spangled Banner”.In the US, high schools and colleges have school songs, too.

  Music is a part of the history of America.It expresses the problems and feelings of its people.As the years pass, the music grows and changes.

  Modern science has also changed music.Inventions like records, radios, movies, electric instruments, tape recorders, and videos have changed the way we play and listen to music.They have helped to make music an important form of international communication.

  American music, from the earliest folk songs to modern“pop”, is known around the world.Music is one of America’s most important exports.It brings the people of the world together.Even when people cannot understand the same language, they can share the same music.Many people learn and practice English by singing songs, understanding American music can help you understand American people.“Put a dime(10 cents)in the juke box(自动点唱机), baby.” Let’s listen to the music!

(1)

The article mainly tells us about ________.

[  ]

A.

how American music developed

B.

when American music developed

C.

what American music is

D.

why American music is so popular

(2)

From the text we know that ________.

[  ]

A.

American music has spread all over the world

B.

American music began in the 1550s

C.

American music is special

D.

American music has changed modern science in the US

(3)

The last paragraph probably means that ________.

[  ]

A.

American music is very popular

B.

American music is not known by people all over the world

C.

Ameican music can help us understand American people, their history and culture

D.

American music is important in our lives

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