Unit 3 A healthy life Learning about language课时作业

Ⅰ. 阅读理解

The first big wave of Chinese immigration to America came when gold was discovered in California in 1848. The Chinese called the new land "Mountain of Gold"．Those who did not become miners found work in railroad construction，farming and light industries，doing low paid jobs. By the 1880s，American industrialization brought changing economic realities，resulting in an explosion of resentment(仇恨)toward the Chinese laborers. They were accused of taking jobs away from the white men. The government issued Exclusion Acts(《排外法案》)to stop the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States. Many workers fled from the concentrated Chinese communities in the West and then went to the Midwest and the East. As in California，they formed small pockets of Chinese culture that were known as "Chinatowns"．

New York's Chinatown was created by men such as the Chinese laborers. Sociologists call them "sojourners"-foreigners in the United States，keeping to their cultural traditions，living in the larger society in which they existed. The sojourners came to America for the promise of supporting their families in China，where they expected to return one day. Those who did stay lived separately from the society. So they remained in Chinatown，an enclosed community holding on to traditions among the tides of change.

1．What does the underlined word "issued" mean?

A．brought out B．meant to

C．made a life D．mixed with

答案　A　[词义猜测题。从The government. . . 的宾语Exclusion Acts(《排外法案》)和不定式"to stop the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States"看出，此处表示出台一项法案。bring out"使显示，出版，推出"与之意义相符。]

2．From the first paragraph，we can see ________.

A．Chinese immigration published Exclusion Acts，too

B．Chinese immigration fought against the white men