2006年考研英语阅读理解.doc

文档介绍：2006年考研英语阅读理解Text1Inspiteof"endlesstalkofdifference,""thedemocratizinguniformityofdressanddiscourse,andthecasualnessandabsenceofdeference""acultureofconsumption"launchedbythe19th-centurydepartmentstoresthatoffered"."thesewerestores"anyonecouldenter,."Themassmedia,advertisingandsportsareotherforcesforhomogenization. monculture,,GregoryRodriguezreportsthattoday’;in1900,,,000residents;inthe10yearspriorto1890,,,considerthreeindicesofassimilation------language,homeownershipandintermarriage. The1990Censusrevealedthat"moncountriesoforiginspokeEnglish‘well’or‘verywell’aftertenyearsofresidence."ThechildrenofimmigrantstendtobebilingualandproficientinEnglish."Bythethirdgeneration,theoriginallanguageislostinthemajorityofimmigrantfamilies."Hencethedescriptionofasa“graveyard"-bornimmigrantswhohadarrivebefore1970hadah