2018_2019学年高中英语module5ethnicculture课下能力提升（二十）外研版

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1、课下能力提升(二十)Ⅰ.阅读理解Americancultureisuniquebecauseitisformedanddevelopedundercertainconditions.Themajorfactorscontributingtothemakingofthisnewnationandtheformingofanewculturearethehardenvironment,ethnicdiversity(多民族)andpluralreligion,whichisquitedifferentfromothernationsint

2、heworld.Whatismore,theseelementsarestillinfluencingtheAmericanculture.TheearlyimmigrantswhowereEnglishPuritanssettleddowninnortheastpartofAmerica.From1607to1892,frontierswerepushedfurtherwest.Thefrontiersmen(拓荒者)lookedforalandofrichresourcesandalandofpromise,opportunity

3、andfreedom.Actuallytheylookedforabetterlife.Soindividualism(个人主义),selfreliance,andequalityofopportunityhaveperhapsbeenthevaluesmostcloselyassociatedwiththefrontierheritage(遗产)ofAmerica.Inhistory,peoplefromdifferentcountriesintheworldrushedtoAmericathreetimes.Theybrought

4、theirownculturetoAmericaandlateron,differentculturesweremixedtogether.ThustheuniqueAmericancultureisformed,acommonculturallifewithcommonlysharedvalues.ThefundamentalAmericanbeliefinindividualfreedomandthefightofindividualstopracticetheirownreligionisatthecenterofreligio

5、usexperienceintheUnitedStates.Thegreatdiversityofethnicbackgroundshasproducedreligiouspluralism(多元化);almostallofthereligionsoftheworldarenowpracticedintheUnitedStates.Nowadays,wecanseethecontinualinfluenceofthethreeelementsinthecurrentAmericansociety.Americanfamilyistyp

6、icallyparentsandtheirunmarriedchildren.Middleagedandelderlypeoplegenerallydonotlivewiththeirmarriedchildren.ThepeopleinAmericahaveaverystrongdesiretostartanewlifeinanewplace.Quiteanumberofpeoplechangeresidenceseveryyear.TheaverageAmericanmovesfourteentimesinhislifetime.

7、1．Wecanlearnfromthisarticlethat________.A．thefrontiersmenleftimportantsocietyvaluesforAmericancultureB．theearlyimmigrantsbroughtabouttheuniqueAmericancultureC．peopleintheworldoncerushedtoAmericabecauseofitsuniquecultureD．theAmericanfamilymembersdon'tgetalongwellwitheach

8、other解析：选A　细节理解题。根据第二段的内容可知，美国早期的拓荒者对美国文化有深刻的影响。2．Fromthepassageweknow________.A．therearemanykindsofAmericanre