题目内容
（请给出正确答案）
[判断题]
Today, white Americans are no longer a numerical majority of the population.（)
答案
查看答案
重要提示：请勿将账号共享给其他人使用，违者账号将被封禁！
查看《购买须知》>>>
请输入或粘贴题目内容
搜题
拍照、语音搜题，请扫码下载APP
题目内容
（请给出正确答案）
答案
更多“Today, white Americans are no longer a numerical majority of the population.()”相关的问题
第1题
A、the White Hall
B、the White House
C、the White Palace
D、the white mansion
第2题
A.prefer
B.like
C.buy
D.dislike
第3题
The Indians today live in【61】【62】their ancestors (祖先), most of whom were famers.【63】 work in the mines, for mining is the most important industry in Bolivia.【64】all the mining products,【65】is the most important, which【66】three fourths of all Bolivia's exports (出口). The eastern slopes (斜坡) of the Andes, since there are very few roads there, are fertile (富饶的)【67】not highly developed. The two primary【68】of transportation are river boats and porters. East of the hill region【69】the great plains【70】tropical (热带的) plants【71】. A【72】problem for Bolivia is the transport of food from the warm regions, where it is grown, to the mountainous regions, where most of the people live.
Bolivia 【73】 its independence from Spain about a hundred years ago. It has been slow in developing,【74】its rich resources【75】a better future in it.
(41)
A．three and a half millions
B．a half three millions
C．three and a half million
D．a half three million
第4题
(41)
A．by
B．in
C．for
D．with
第5题
Considering how jazz is transcribed in Chinese (jueshi) , you may be misled into assuming that it is an aristocratic cultural form. Nothing could be further from the truth. It originated among black Americans at the end of the 19th century, at a time when they occupied the very bottom of the American social heap.
So how has something that was created by a once downtrodden and despised minority acquired a central place in today's American culture？ Mr. Darrell A. Jenks, director of the American Center for Educational Exchange, and also a drummer in the jazz band Window, analyses the phenomenon for us here.
Perhaps the essence of America is that you could never get two Americans to agree on just what that might be. After thinking about it for a while, we might chuckle and say, "Hmm, seems like being American is a bit more complicated than we thought. " Certainly things like individualism, success (the "American Dream"), innovation and tolerance stand out. But these things come together because of our ability to work with one another and find common purpose no matter how diverse we might be.
Some, like African-American writer Ralph Ellison, believe that jazz captures the essence of America. For good reason, for in jazz all of the characteristics I mentioned above come together. The solos are a celebration of individual brilliance that can't take place without the group efforts of the rhythm section. Beyond that, though, jazz has a connection to the essence of America in a much more fundamental way. It is an expression of the African roots of American culture, a musical medium that exemplifies the culture of the Africans whose culture came to dominate much of what is American.
That's right, in many respects America's roots are in Africa. Read Ralph Ellison's perceptive description of the transformation of separate African and European cultures at the hands of the slaves:
"…the dancing of those slaves who, looking through the windows of a plantation manor house from the yard, imitated the steps so gravely performed by the masters within and then added to them their own special flair, burlesquing the white folks and then going on to force the steps into a choreography uniquely their own. The whites, looking out at the activity in the yard, thought that they were being flattered by imitation and were amused by the incongruity of tattered blacks dancing courtly steps, while missing completely the fact that before their eyes a European cultural form. was becoming Americanized, undergoing a metamorphosis through the mocking activity of a people partially sprung from Africa. " (Ralph Ellison, Living with Music, pp 83-84).
Jazz brought together elements from Africa and Europe, fusing them into a new culture, an expression unique to the Americans.
Out of this fusion came an idea that we Americans believe central to our identity: tolerance. Both cultures represented in Ellison's passage eventually came to realize each other's value. Americans acknowledge that in diversity is our strength. We learn every day that other cultures and peoples may make valuable contributions to our way of life. Jazz music is the embodiment of this ideal, combining elements from African and European cultures into a distinctly American music.
Jazz reflects two contradictory facets of American life. On the one hand it is a team effort, where every musician is completely immersed in what the group does together, listening to each of the other players and building on their contributions to create a musical whole. On the other hand, the band features a soloist who is an individual at the extreme, a genius like Charlie Parker who explores musical territory where no one has ever gone before. In the same sense, American life is also a combination of teamwork and individualism, a combination of individual brilliance with the ability to work with others.
&nb
A．aristocratic
B．bottom
C．misled
D．heap
第6题
The French and Indian War was fought between 1754 and 1763. The name of this war is not accurate because the war was actually between England and France. The Indians fought on the side of the French.
France and England were trying to gain control of North America. France held Canada, and England held part of what is now the United States. However, France tried to expand its land by moving southward into New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Virginia. When the French built a fort on the Ohio, River, the residents in Virginia sent George Washington to attack the fort in 1754. However, the French defeated Washington.
The French, aided by the Indians, outsmarted the English and won many early battles. Later, the British began to do well against the French. In the final battle in Quebec, Canada, General Wolfe of England faced General Montcalm from France. Both generals died in this battle, but the English outlasted the French and won the battle. Thus, most of North America today has the English culture and language.
The word "gain" in Para. 3 means ______.
A．get
B．buy
C．lose
D．sell
第7题
【B4】 its economy continues to recover, the U.S. is increasingly becoming a nation of part-timers and temporary workers. This " 【B5】 " work force is the most important 【B6】 in American business today, and it is 【B7】 changing the relationship between people and their jobs. The phenomenon provides a way for companies to remain globally competitive 【B8】 avoiding market cycles and the growing burdens 【B9】 by employment rules, healthcare costs and pension plans. For workers it can mean an end to the security, benefits and sense of 【B10】 that came from being a loyal employee.
【B1】
A．swarm
B．stride
C．separate
D．slip
第8题
As the society became more complex, the status of children in the family and in the society became more important. In the complex, technological society that the United States has become, each member must fulfill a number of personal and occupational roles and be in constant contact with a great many other members. Consequently, viewing children as potentially acceptable members of society means that they are regarded more as people in their own right than as utilitarian organisms. This acceptance of children as equal participants in the contemporary family is reflected in the variety of statutes protecting the rights of children and in the social public welfare programs devoted exclusively to their well-being.
This new way of children and the increasing contact between the members of society has also resulted in a great interest in child-rearing techniques. People today spend a considerable portion of their time on the proper way to bring up children. It is now possible to influence the details of the socialization of another person’ s child by spreading the principle of current and fashionable theories and methods of child-rearing. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage？
A.The Child as a Utilitarian Organism.
B.The Development of Cultural Values.
C.The Children of Colonial North America
D.The Place of Children in American Society.
____Children in colonial North America were mainly valued for their.A.survival ability
B.physical characteristics
C.productive capacity
D.academic achievements
____It can be inferred from the passage that formal schooling in colonial North America was____.A.highly disciplined
B.generally required by law
C.improperly administered
D.considered relatively unimportant
According to the passage, parents have become increasingly interested in____.A.their children’ s future occupations
B.having smaller families
C.adoption programs for childless couples
D.child-rearing techniques
第9题
Today all that has changed. On many modern farms machines now supply 96 percent of the power, human labor 3 percent, and horses 1 percent. Modern farms are enterprising businesses which keep only the livestock that can pay its way. The children go to school by bus every morning, the parents work on the farm or in the house, and hired help is seldom needed. Their work has been replaced by a whole army of farm machines.
Farmers in the machine age also use the new fertilizers, new sprays, new feeds, new hybrid seeds, and other helps developed by farm sciences. As a result the farmers are able to produce more food with less labour. This means fewer but larger farms and fewer but more prosperous farmers.
In old days, most of the work on a farm was done by______.
A．all the farm family
B．livestock
C．farm machines
D．both A and B
第10题
B. Four years later， Amazon"s annual revenue and stock price have both nearly tripled，but for many onlookers， the long wait for understanding continues. Bezos"s companyhas grown from its humble Seattle beginnings to become not only the largestbookstore in the history of the world， but also the world"s largest online retailer， thelargest Web-hosting company in the world， the most serious competitor to Netflix instreaming video， the fourth-most-popular tablet （平板电脑 ） maker， and a sprawlingintemational network of fulfillment centers for merchants around the world. It is nowrumored to be close to launching its own smartphone and television set-top box. Theevery-bookstore has become the store for everything， with the global ambition tobecome the store for everywhere.
C. Seriously: What is Amazon？ A retail company？ A media company？ A logistics （物流 ） machine？ The mystery of its strategy is deepened by two factors. Firstis the company"s communications department， which famously excels at notcommunicating. （Three requests to speak with Amazon officials for this articlewere delayed and， inevitably， declined.） This moves discussions of the company"sintentions into the realm of mind reading， often attempted by the researchdepartmentsof investment banks， where even optimistic analysts aren"t really sure what Bezos isup to. "It"s very difficult to define what Amazon is，" says R. J. Hottovy， an analystwith Momingstar， who nonetheless champions the company"s future.
D. Second， investors have developed a seemingly unconditional love for Amazon，despite the company"s reticence （沉默寡言 ） and， more to the point， its financialperformance. Some 19 years after its founding， Amazon still barely turns a profit——when it makes money at all. The company is pinched between its low margins as adiscount retailer and its high capital spending as a global logistics company. Lastyear， it lost $39 million. By comparison， in its latest annual report， Apple announceda profit of almost $42 billion——nearly 22 times what Amazon has eamed in its entirelife span. And yet Amazon"s market capitalization， the value investors place on thecompany， is more than a quarter of Apple"s， placing Amazon among the largest techcompanies in the United States.
E."I think Amazon"s efforts， even the seemingly eccentric ones， are centered on securingthe customer relationship，" says Benedict Evans， a consultant with Enders Analysis.The Kindle Fire tablet and the widely rumored phone aren"t boring experiments，he told me， but rather purchasing devices that put Amazon on the coffee table soconsumers can never escape the tempting glow of a shopping screen.
F.In a way， this strategy isn"t new at all. It"s ripped from the mildewed playbooks of thefirst national retail stores in American history. Amazon appears to be building nothingless than a global Sears， Roebuck of the 21st century——a large-scale operation thataims to dominate the future of shopping and shipping. The question is， can it succeed？
G.In the late 19th century， soon after a network of rail lines and telegraph wires hadstitched together a rural country， mail-order companies like Sears built the firstnational retail corporations. Today the Sears catalog seems about as innovativeas the prehistoric handsaw （手锯 ） ， but in the 1890s， the 500-page "Consumer"sBible" popularized a truly radical shopping concept: The mail would bring stores toconsumers.
H.But in the early 1900s， as families streamed off farms and into cities， chains like J.C. Penney and Woolworth sprang up to greet them. Sears followed. The company"sfocus on the emerging middle-class market paid off so well that by mid-century，Sears"s revenue approached 1 percent of the entire U.S. economy. But its dominancehad deflated by the late 1980s， after more competitors arose and as the blue-collarconsumer base it had leaned on collapsed.
I.Now that Internet cables have replaced telegraph wires， American consumers arereverting to their turn-of-the-century shopping habits. Families have rediscovered theConsumer"s Bible while sitting on their couches， and this time， it"s in a Web browser.E-commerce has nearly doubled in the past four years， and Amazon now takes inrevenue of more than $60 billion annually. The Internet means to the 21st centurywhat the postal service meant to the late 1800s: it welcomes retailers like Amazoninto every living room.
J."Sears took advantage of the U.S. postal system and railways in the early 20th centuryjust as transportation costs were falling，" says Richard White， a historian at Stanford，"and Amazon has done the same with the Web." Its national logistics machineimitates Sears"s pneumatic-tube-powered （气动管驱动的 ） Chicago warehouse， butis more powerful， and much faster.
K.Like the mail-order giants did a century ago， Amazon is moving to the city. In thepast few years， the company has added warehouses in the most-populous metrosto cut shipping times to urban customers. People subscribing to Amazon Prime orAmazonFresh （which， in exchange for an annual payment， provides fast deliveryof most goods or groceries you"d like to order） commit themselves financially， withPrime members spending twice as much as other buyers. If those subscriptions grownumerous enough， Amazon"s search bar could become the preferred retail-shoppingengine.
L.At least， that"s the vision. Defenders say Amazon is trading the present for the future，spending all its revenue on a global scatter plot of warehouses that will make thecompany indomitable. Eventually， the theory goes， investors expect Amazon tocomplete its construction project and， having swayed enough customers and destroyedenough rivals， to "flip the switch"， raising prices and profits greatly. In the meantime，they"re happy to keep buying stock， offering an unqualified thumbs-up for heavyspending.
M.But this theory assumes a practically infinite life span for Amazon. The modernhistory of retail innovation suggests that even the giants can be overtaken suddenly.Sears was still America"s largest retailer in 1982， but just nine years later， its annualrevenues were barely half those of Walmart.
N.Amazon is not as insulated from its rivals as some think it is. Walmart， eBay， and lotsof upstarts （新贵） are all in the race to dominate online retail. Amazon"s furiousspending on new buildings and equipment isn"t an elective measure; it"s a survivalplan. The truth is Amazon has won investors" trust with a reputation for spendingeverybody to death， and it can spend everybody to death because it has won investors"trust. For now.
O."Amazon， as best I can tell， is a charitable organization being run by elements ofthe investment community for the benefit of consumers，" Slate"s Matthew Yglesiasjoked earlier this year. Of course， Amazon is not a charity， and its investors are notphilanthropists （慈善家） . Today， they are funding an effort to fulfill the dreamsof the turn-of-the-century retail kings: to build the perfect personalized shoppingexperience for the modern urban household. For once， families are reaping thedividends of Wall Street"s generosity. The longer investors wait for Amazon to fulfilltheir orders， the less we have to wait for Amazon to fulfill ours.
The fact that Walmart surpassed Sears and became America‘s largest retailer in 9years‘ time proves that today even the giants can be overtaken suddenly. 查看材料
