2019学年度人教版选修八 Unit 1 A land od diversityPeriod2Language points阅读学案

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 1880's, American industrialization brought changing economic realities, resulting in an explosion of resentment toward the Chinese laborers. They were accused of taking jobs away from the white men. The government issued Chinese Exclusion Acts(《排华法案》)to stop the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States. Many workers fled from the concentrated Chinese communities in the West and scattered(spread)to the Mid-west 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 their cultural traditions, living in the larger society in which they existed. The sojourners came to America for the promise of supporting their family in China, where they expected to return one day. Those who did stay lived separately from the society-the Chinese Exclusion Acts did not allow laborers to bring their wives to America. So they remained in Chinatown, an enclosed community holding on traditions in the tides of change.

【语篇概述】本文主要讲述了唐人街的形成。

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

A. brought out　　　　　　　 B. meant to

C. made a life D. mixed with

【解析】选A。词义猜测题。从issued的宾语Chinese Exclusion Acts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, 生产。

2. Before the Chinese Exclusion Acts, most of the Chinese in the United States lived_______.

A. in the West B. in the East

C. in the Mid-west D. in the Mid-east

【解析】选A。细节理解题。由第一段中的"Many workers fled from the concentrated Chinese communities in the West and scattered(spread)to the Mid-west and the East. "推断出在法案公布之前, 他们大多数住在西部。

3. From the first paragraph, we can see_______.

A. Chinese immigrants published the Chinese Exclusion Acts, too

B. Chinese immigrants fought against the white men

C. Chinese immigrants were working on their own field

D. Chinese immigrants formed small areas of Chinese culture