新GRE逻辑阅读 每日一练31

　　编辑点评： GRE阅读考试的材料，非常强调逻辑的关系，所以逻辑要点是大家在解GRE阅读题的时候的关键，本文就为大家例举了这样一篇逻辑短文，供大家参考和练习。

　　随着GRE阅读考试的难度日益增加，大家需要有针对性地进行练习，本文为大家例举的就是逻辑短文的练习，文末还附有答案，供大家更好地练习。

　　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-Americanmodes of thought and action in order to survive.

　　1. The author s purpose in writing this passage is primarily to

　　suggest the motives behind Mexican and United States intervention in Texas

　　document certain early objectives of Mexican-American society

　　provide a historical perspective for a new analysis of Mexican-American culture

　　appeal to both Mexican and United States scholars to give greater consideration to economic interpretations of history

　　bring to light previously overlooked research on Mexican Americans

　　2. The author most probably uses the phrase charter minority to reinforce the idea that Mexican Americans

　　are a native rather than an immigrant group in the United States

　　played an active political role when Texas first became part of the United States

　　recognized very early in the nineteenth century the need for official confirmation of their rights of citizenship

　　have been misunderstood by scholars trying to interpret their culture

　　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?

　　In the early 1800 s, the Spanish committed more resources to settling California than to developing Texas.

　　While Texas was under Mexican control, the population of Texas quadrupled, in spite of the fact that Mexico discouraged immigration from the United States.

　　By the time Mexico acquired Texas, many Indians had already married people of Spanish heritage.

　　Many Mexicans living in Texas returned to Mexico after Texas was annexed by the United States.

　　Most Indians living in Texas resisted Spanish acculturation and were either killed or enslaved.

　　正确答案：1. C 2. A 3. E

　　上文的题目大家答对了几题?大家不仅要多做题，更要善于总结，这样才会有针对性地提高。