Passage Five Language is a way to communicate with each other. We started to learn language when we were born. However, people are used to speaking their native language, so immigrants are having many problems between the first generation and the second generation because they don’t have the same native language. Also, the second generation is losing their identity. Especially in America, there are many immigrants that came from different countries to succeed in the States. Because they suffer in lots of areas such as getting a job and trying to speak English, they want their children to speak English, not only at school, but also at home in order to be more successful. Because of this situation, their children are losing their ethnic identity and, even more, they are ignoring their parents whose English is not very good. For example, my aunt, who has been living in Chicago for fifteen years, has three children and they were all born in the States. The eighteen-year-
A. Her oldest daughter only.
B. Her two daughters only.
C. All of her children.
D. Only to her son.
Passage Five Language is a way to communicate with each other. We started to learn language when we were born. However, people are used to speaking their native language, so immigrants are having many problems between the first generation and the second generation because they don’t have the same native language. Also, the second generation is losing their identity. Especially in America, there are many immigrants that came from different countries to succeed in the States. Because they suffer in lots of areas such as getting a job and trying to speak English, they want their children to speak English, not only at school, but also at home in order to be more successful. Because of this situation, their children are losing their ethnic identity and, even more, they are ignoring their parents whose English is not very good. For example, my aunt, who has been living in Chicago for fifteen years, has three children and they were all born in the States. The eighteen-year-
A. Many immigrant families have problems with communication.
B. Second generation Korean immigrants often speak only English.
C. The language spoken in immigrant households is often a mixture of two languages.
D. Teaching immigrant children the parents' native language helps them establish their ethnic identity.
Passage Five Danny was just tired about the way things were going. His mom came to the school and went on and on about Rick Jackson. It seemed that she would never stop talking. "Somebody’s got to stop that boy!" she was shouting. "Rick’s troubling everybody in the neighborhood. And he loves to pick on little boys like Danny." Mrs. Green, Danny’s teacher, was concerned a lot. "I didn’t know that Danny was being picked on," she answered. "He’s never said anything about this to me!" Mrs. Green looked at Danny. "How long has this been going on" she asked. Danny could only shake his head and look at the floor, He knew if he said a word about this, he would have trouble after school. Danny hadn’t said anything about the problem because he wanted to do things with the boys in the neighborhood. After all, most of them were nice to him. He hated to leave the gang just because of Rick. Maybe the t
A. was tired of the school and his friends
B. had no friends at all
C. was not sure what he should do with the problem
D. made some new friends in the neighborhood
Passage Five
Californian Michael Schwabe said goodbye to the gas pump two years ago. He leased an electric car. Schwabe says he gets more out of driving an electric car than just a charge.
"With the price of gasoline and with the problems with clean air, it’s important we get electric vehicles out on the road."
On California roads there are about two thousand electric cars. By 2003, ten percent of all new cars may be required to have zero emissions. This is a mandate automakers say it is way ahead of its time.
Gloria Bergquist of the Alliance of Auto Manufacturers says, "The technology (for zero emissions) isn’t here yet; it still needs advancement in driving range to make it more appealing to a wider consumer audience".
Automakers blame it on the batteries. Power runs out on most cars after about 70 miles. However, some cars can now go more than 100 miles on a charge. Batteries are expensive. Carmaker
A. 200
B. 2,000
C. 20,000
D. 200,000
Passage Five
Temperatures on December 12
City High Low
Cleveland .................. 37° 31°
Columbia, S. C ............ 60° 27°
Columbus, Ohio ............ 41° 34°
Dallas .................... 81° 50°
Dayton. ................... 41° 33°
Decatur ................... 39° 30°
Denver .................... 49° 33°
Des Moines ................ 34° 27°
Detroit ................... 37° 28°
Dubuque ................... 30° 23°
Duluth .................... 19° 10°
Eau Claire ................ 24° 19°
El Paso ................... 79° 36°
Evansville ................ 52° 36°
Fairbanks ................. -31° -40°
Fargo ..................... 17° -2°
Flint ..................... 31° 26°
Flagsta
A. Des Moines.
B. Flint.
C. Fairbanks.
D. Dulut
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