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阅读理解： 　　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 right positions of the given places?(　　) (C——California; F——Florida; H——Hawaii; N——New York; P——Puerto Rica Island)

Answer 1

答案：1．D;2．A;3．B;4．C;
解析：

(1)	美国少数民族人口关系：Black people－21 million，Mexicans－second biggest，Indians－600,000，Chinese－236,000。
(2)	文中讲到哥伦布发现美洲大陆是在1492年，非洲黑人被贩往美国是在17和18世纪之间，中国劳工去美国修铁路是在100多年前，美国黑人从南方移居北方工业化城市是在20世纪30年代，最后Hawaii成为美国－一个州。
(3)	根据“哥伦布原认为自己到了印度，他就把美国的当地人叫做Indians”。
(4)	根据地理知识判断几个地理位置。