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普渡哥

       Traditional research has confronted only Mexican
       and United States interpretations of Mexican-American
       culture. Now we must also examine the culture as we
       Mexican Americans have experienced it, passing from
5     a sovereign people to compatriots with newly arriving
       settlers to, finally, a conquered people—a charter
       minority on our own land.
       When the Spanish first came to Mexico, they inter-
       married with and absorbed the culture of the indigenous
10   Indians. 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. In the 1820‘s, United States citizens
       migrated to Texas, attracted by land suitable for cotton.
15   As their numbers became more substantial, their policy of
       acquiring land by subduing native populations began to
       dominate. The two ideologies clashed repeatedly,
       culminating in a military conflict that led to victory for the
       United States. Thus, suddenly deprived of our parent
20   culture, we had to evolve uniquely Mexican-American
       modes of thought and action in order to survive.


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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


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


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.

sxldos

C A B?

普渡哥

正确答案：
1. C 2. A 3. E

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