C．Chinese immigration were working on their own field

D．Chinese immigration formed small areas of Chinese culture

答案　D　[细节理解题。由第一段最后一句"As in California，they formed small pockets of Chinese culture that were known as'Chinatowns'．"看出，他们在加州建立了自己的文化区域。]

3．According to the passage，Chinese immigrants ________.

A．lost their hopes of returning to their country

B．tried to find a place in the larger society

C．went on with their own traditions in spite of social changes

D．were free to take whatever jobs they like

答案　C　[细节理解题。由第二段第二句中的". . . foreigners in the United States，keeping to their cultural traditions，living in the larger society in which they existed. "看出，他们继续保持自己的传统。]

4．What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Chinatowns experienced great changes after gold was discovered in 1848.

B．Exclusion Acts brought great sufferings to the Chinese laborers.

C．Chinese laborers were cruelly exploited by the white people.

D．Chinese immigration to America resulted in the forming of Chinatowns.

答案　D　[主旨大意题。从第一段的最后一句和第二段看出，本文是在讨论Chinatowns是如何形成的。]

Hawaii's earliest residents were Polynesian voyagers，living there for more than 1,000 years before European explorers visited. The English explorer captain James Cook called them the Sandwich Islands in 1778 for the English Earl(伯爵)of Sandwich. Thankfully，that name didn't last. How would you like to tell your friends you're going to Sandwich on vacation?

In 1820，New England missionaries(传教士)arrived and began to westernize the islands. In 1840，Britain，France，and the United States recognized Hawaii as an independent kingdom，headed by King Kamehameha Ⅲ. Yet Britain and France wanted to control the islands，and thus Kamehameha Ⅲ placed Hawaii under US