高三英语强档 2011届高考名校模拟分类汇编.

2010年8—9月高考名校最新模拟分类汇编之阅读理解篇（4）（附答

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56. 江西省樟树中学2011届高三年级（应届）第一次月考英语试题

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

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For many in the United States, Arab-Americans are an invisible part of the population．Though

Arab-Americans as a community have made great contributions to American society in fields from

literature to politics to medicine, many Americans know very little about Americans of Arab

backgrounds．

Arab history in the United States goes back to the late 1800’s when large numbers of Arab

immigrants first began making their journey to a land known simply as“Amreeka”．

Historians generally describe Arab immigration to America in two waves．The first wave took

place between 1860 and 1924．The first wave consisted of Lebanese and Syrian, and some Egyptian

immigrants．These new immigrants, who were mostly Christian, came to America in search of better

opportunities．Even the doomed Titanic, which set sail for America in 1912,had close to a hundred

Arab passengers aboard．The majority of Arab-Americans today are descendents of the first wave of

immigrants; they are the third or more generation Americans．

The second wave of immigrants followed after World War Ⅱ,caused by political unrest in the

Middle East．This second wave of immigrants consists of mainly Arab Muslims（穆斯林）and

continues to this day．

Arab-Americans make up 3 million of the population in the United States, according to

demographers．And quite different from popular belief,64 percent of them are

American-born．Eighty-two percent of Arab-Americans are US citizens．

Arab-Americans are beyond the national average in both education and income．Education is

important among Arab-Americans;82 percent have high school diplomas,36 percent have

bachelor’s degrees or higher, and 15 percent have graduate degrees．The-median（中位数的）

average income among Arab-Americans is $39 580,which is higher than the US average．

56．What would be the best title for the text?

A．Arabs in America． B．The Two Arab Immigration Waves to America．

C．Arab-Americans, Contributions to America．

D．Arab-Americans, Education and Income．

57．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

58．The writer of this passage mentioned Titanic______．

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

B．because Titanic became a well-known disaster

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

D．to inform us that Arabs are brave enough

59．From the last paragraph we can infer that______．