B．The Two Arab Immigration Waves to America

C．Arab­Americans' special sense

D．Arab­Americans' Education and Income

答案　A　[主旨大意题。整篇文章都在讲述在美国的阿拉伯人的过去和现在的生活状况。其他选项属细节问题。]

2．The first wave of immigrants took place because ________.

A．all Arabs were Christian at that time

B．Arabs wanted to hunt for a better development

C．the Second World War broke out

D．Arabs wanted to gain higher income

答案　B　[细节理解题。在第三段中的". . . came to America in search of better opportunities"暗示了本题的答案。]

3．The writer of this passage mentioned Titanic ________.

A．to tell us that taking ship at that time was dangerous

B．because Titanic became a well­known disaster

C．to show us there were many Arabs flocking into America at that time

D．to inform us that Arabs are brave enough

答案　C　[细节理解题。作者为了说明当时有很多阿拉伯人蜂拥到美国去淘金举了一个例子，即当年Titanic上有将近一百个阿拉伯人要去美国。]

4．From the last paragraph we can infer that ________.

A．Arab­Americans are much more clever than native Americans

B．Arab­Americans are hard­working people

C．the higher education you receive，the higher income you will get in America

D．Arab­Americans play the most important role in the American average in both education and income

答案　C　[推理判断题。最后一段作者列举了阿拉伯人有很多高学历的，在美国的阿拉伯人所受的教育程度比美国平均值更高，而且所得的收入也相应更高。]