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GRE阅读题目解析:墨西哥裔美国人文化

2017-04-03 08:48:00来源:新东方在线整理

  P1

  1

  Traditional research has confronted only Mexican and United States interpretations of Mexican-American culture.

  传统的对墨西哥裔美国人文化的研究,素来只注意从墨西哥和美国视角来解读。

  2

  Now we must also examine the culture as we Mexican Americans have experienced it, passing from a sovereign people to compatriots with newly arriving settlers to, finally, a conquered people — a charter minority on our own land.

  现在,我们也必须从墨西哥裔美国人的历史经验出发,考察这种文化,从自治到成为一国的国民,随着新的殖民者登陆,又变成被征服者——成为自己土地上的少数族群。

  (sovereign 至高无上的,完全独立自主的,有主权的,极好的

  compatriot 同胞)

  3

  When the Spanish first came to Mexico, they inter-married with and absorbed the culture of the indigenous Indians.

  西班牙人刚到墨西哥就与当地人通婚,并吸收了当地的印第安文化。

  4

  This policy of colonization through acculturation was continued when Mexico acquired Texas in the early 1800‘s and brought the indigenous Indians into Mexican life and government.

  这种文化融合的殖民政策,直到 1800 年代早期,墨西哥统治德州时,仍发挥作用,(德州)当地的印第安人也就得以进入墨西哥人的生活与治理。

  (acculturation 文化适应,文化融合

  indigenous 当地的,本土的,内在的,固有的)

  5

  In the 1820‘s, United States citizens migrated to Texas, attracted by land suitable for cotton.

  1820 年代,美国人迁徙到德州,发现这片土地很适合种棉花。

  6

  As their numbers became more substantial, their policy of acquiring land by subduing native populations began to dominate.

  美国人越来越多,他们的政策变成以强征当地人的土地为主。

  (subdue 克制(情绪等),征服,制伏,击败)

  7

  The two ideologies clashed repeatedly, culminating in a military conflict that led to victory for the United States.

  两种意识形态不断冲突,最终爆发了武装冲突,以美国的胜利告终。

  (culminate 最终获得某种结局,在 … 中达到高潮)

  8

  Thus, suddenly deprived of our parent culture, we had to evolve uniquely Mexican-American modes of thought and action in order to survive. (168 words)

  因此,我们(作者这样的墨西哥裔美国人)突然失去了原有的文化,不得不发展出一种,墨西哥裔美国人特有的思维和行为方式,以图生存。

  1. The author‘s purpose in writing this passage is primarily to

  (A) suggest the motives behind Mexican and United States intervention in Texas

  (B) document certain early objectives of Mexican-American society

  (C) provide a historical perspective for a new analysis of Mexican-American culture

  (D) appeal to both Mexican and United States scholars to give greater consideration to economic interpretations of history

  (E) bring to light previously overlooked research on Mexican Americans

  选 C

  A 暗示了墨西哥和美国干涉德州事物背后的动机,搞笑

  B 记录了墨美社会特定的早期目标,瞎聊

  C 提供了一种新的分析墨美文化的史学视角,正确项,句 1,2

  D 呼吁墨西哥和美国的学者更重视从经济角度解释历史,瞎聊

  E 揭示了一直被忽略的关于墨美人的研究,瞎聊

  2. The author most probably uses the phrase “charter minority” (lines 6-7) to reinforce the idea that Mexican Americans

  (A) are a native rather than an immigrant group in the United States

  (B) played an active political role when Texas first became part of the United States

  (C) recognized very early in the nineteenth century the need for official confirmation of their rights of citizenship

  (D) have been misunderstood by scholars trying to interpret their culture

  (E) identify more closely with their Indian heritage than with their Spanish heritage

  选 A

  挺精致的一题。

  关于 charter 我们在很早以前的一个填空题里讲过 “ 黄热病肆虐北美,以致费城 lost its charter ”,charter 是指当时英国颁发给海外殖民者,建立聚居城市的特许状,赋予殖民城市武装、税收等权力。

  从有 charter 的时候,这群人(墨美人的祖先)已经在这生活了,比美国白人来的还早。charter minority 就这个意思。

  结合本段内容,墨西哥人是西班牙人加南美土著,他们来到德州,接纳了德州当地的土著,这几伙人相处是比较融洽的,他们通婚,文化上也融合。

  但这群倒霉蛋后来碰上来种棉花的美国人,美国人就不那么友好了,通过武力强抢当地人的土地。而一旦建立了 Texas ,美国人获得了英王的 charter,是不太可能保障前者的权益的,他们在这个新建立的政权中,自然就成了少数派 minority 。

  A 墨美人是当地人,而不是外来族群

  B 墨美人在墨西哥时期的德州是统治阶层的一部分,美国人来了就不是了

  C 十九世纪早期,是个非常模糊的范围,1800 年其实是承认当地人权力的,1820 年代美国人来了,情况开始转变,所以这个描述不清晰,不选

  D 不能看出其他学者 misunderstood 了,也可能只是忽略了

  E 看不出与西班牙更近还是印第安人更近,更类似于联合政府,西班牙换成美国就对了

  3. Which of the following statements most clearly contradicts the information in this passage?

  (A) In the early 1800‘s, the Spanish committed more resources to settling California than to developing Texas.

  (B) While Texas was under Mexican control, the population of Texas quadrupled, in spite of the fact that Mexico discouraged immigration from the United States.

  (C) By the time Mexico acquired Texas, many Indians had already married people of Spanish heritage.

  (D) Many Mexicans living in Texas returned to Mexico after Texas was annexed by the United States.

  (E) Most Indians living in Texas resisted Spanish acculturation and were either killed or enslaved.

  选 E

  A 不一定,文中没说加州的事,无法判断

  B quadurpled 四倍于,不能判断

  C 墨西哥统治德州以前,当地人就与西班牙裔通婚,不能判断

  D 美国吞并德州,很多墨西哥人逃回墨西哥,不能判断

  E 多数印第安人反抗西班牙人的文化融合政策,被杀被奴役,这个正好说反了,是美国人动粗的,墨西哥统治德州时,当地人的待遇不错,还能参与城市管理,见句 4 。

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