【正文】 he inedible canteen food or the chairman39。s advice to Americans? 　　A)They treat the dollar with a little respect B)They try to win in the weakdollar gamble 　　C)They vacation at home rather than abroad　 D)They treasure their marriages all the more. 56 What does the author imply by saying “currencies don39。t afford to join the merrymaking. 　　The money tourists spend helps decrease our chronic trade deficit. So do exports, which thanks in part to the weak dollar, soared 11 percent between May 2006 and May 2007. For first five months of 2007, the trade deficit actually fell 7 percent from 2006. 　　If you own shares in large American corporations, you39。 and it especially must be highly regarded by people who are themselves admired, the educated not least among them. In an odd way, however, it is the educated who have claimed to have given up on ambition as an ideal. What is odd is that they have perhaps most benefited from ambition — if not always their own then that of their parents and grandparents. There is a heavy note of hypocrisy in this, a case of closing the barn door after the horses have escaped — with the educated themselves riding on them. Certainly people do not seem less interested in success and its signs now than formerly. Summer homes, European travel, BMWs — the locations, place names and name brands may change, but such items do not seem less in demand today than a decade or two years ago. What has happened is that people cannot confess fully to their dreams, as easily and openly as once they could, lest they be thought pushing, acquisitive and vulgar. Instead, we are treated to fine hypocritical spectacles, which now more than ever seem in ample supply: the critic of American materialism with a Southampton summer home。 those things happen pretty much on their own, but as arguments about immigration hear up the campaign trail, we also ought to ask some broader question about assimilation, about how to ensure that people , once outsiders , don’t forever remain marginalized within these shores. That is a much larger question than what should happen with undocumented workers, or how best to secure the border, and it is one that affects not only newers but groups that have been here for generations. It will have more impact on our future than where we decide to set the admissions bar for the latest ware of wouldbe Americans. And it would be nice if we finally got the answer right.1. How were immigrants viewed by . Congress in early days?A) They were of inferior races.B) They were a Source of political corruption.C) They were a threat to the nation’s security.D) They were part of the nation’s bloodstream.2. What does the author think of the new immigrants?A) They will be a dynamic work force in the .B) They can do just as well as their predecessors.C) They will be very disappointed on the new land.D) They may find it hard to fit into the mainstream.3. What does Edward Telles’ research say about MexicanAmericans?A) They may slowly improve from generation to generation.B) They will do better in terms of educational attainment.C) They will melt into the AfricanAmerican munity.D) They may forever remain poor and underachieving.4. What should be done to help the new immigrants?A) Rid them of their inferiority plex.B) Urge them to adopt American customs.C) Prevent them from being marginalized.D) Teach them standard American English.5. According to the author, the burning issue concerning immigration is_______.A) How to deal with people entering the . without documentsB) How to help immigrants to better fit into American societyC) How to stop illegal immigrants from crossing the borderD) How to limit the number of immigrants to enter the .Passage FourEarly in the age of affluence (富裕) that followed World War Ⅱ，an American retailing analyst named Victor Lebow proclaimed, “Our enormously productive economy...demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfaction, our ego satisfaction, in consumption. We need things consumed, burned up, worn out, replaced and discarded at an ever increasing rate. 
Americans have responded to Lebow39。s native peoples have fared worse than any of its other ethnic groups. They make up over 60 percent of the state39。s homeless, suffer higher levels of unemployment and their life span is five years less than the average Hawaiians. They are the only major US native group without some degree of autonomy.But a sovereignty advisory mittee set up by Hawaii39。s call, and much of the world has followed. Consumption has bee a central pillar of life in industrial lands and is even embedded in social values. Opinion surveys in the world39。 the publisher of radical books who takes his meals in threestar restaurants。re a winner in the weakdollar gamble. Last week CocaCola39。t turn on a dime” (Line 2, Para 7)? 　　A)The dollar39。s notorious bad taste in ties. With other audiences you mustn39。s the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a lighthearted remark. Look for the humor. It often es from the unexpected. A twist on a familiar quote “If at first you don39。s value will drop, but within a small margin. 　　D) Few Americans will change dollars into other currencies. Passage Eight If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different. If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries。s beve