4、Immigrants Suffer from Losing Their Identity

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 identity and, even more, they are ignoring their parents whose English is not very good.

I think most immigrants are trying to preserve their native language in their new country, but this doesn’t help very much in getting a good job. My aunt taught Korean to her children not to help them succeed in the U. S.; she did so, hopefully, to help them establish a Korean identity. Though the second generation is born in the new country, they often get confused about their identity because they look different from others, and also, if they visit their parents’ country, they will probably feel different from other people there too. My cousins told me that when they visited Korea a few years ago, they felt different from other Koreans. They could even feel it just strolling around the street because they wore different clothes and walked differently.

We must realize that language is important and valuable for many reasons. Immigrants should make an effort not to be ignored by their children and to make their children understand their background by teaching them the parents’ language. This is very important, not only for the harmony of the family, but also in helping the second generation establish their identity.

1. According to the text, what is the problem of the first generation immigrants?

A. Their children are losing their identity.

B. They have lost their identity.

C. Their children speak different languages.

D. They cannot speak their native language.

2. It can be inferred from the text that ______.

A. most of the immigrants can’t understand English

B. most of the immigrants are not successful in careers

C. to some degree, the parents are to blame for their kids’ loss of identity

D. the second generation immigrants can’t understand their parents’ language

3. My aunt taught her children Korean _____.

A. so that they knew they were of Korean origin

B. so that they would be more successful in the U. S.

C. because she didn’t want them to speak English

D. because she wanted them to respect her

4. According to the text, the native language is important and valuable to immigrants in that ______.

A. it gives them self-confidence and better chance

B. it makes the second generation love their motherland

C. it helps the second generation to understand their parents

D. it strengthens the family ties and reminds them of their identity

3、Rich or poor, we all have problems: that unfaithful mate, that irritating(恼人的) colleague, that persistent disease, the investment that is turning into a huge loss.

How do we remain calm, positive and even elegant in the face of all these difficulties of life?

The following suggestions may help.

It comes with the pay. I have a friend who used to complain about her dead-end job and unreasonable boss. Sound familiar? One day I told her. "Look at it this way. You are getting paid for the annoyance as well as the work. It comes with the pay."

This has become my favorite saying for work-related frustrations. "Take every day as a bonus." When we learn to treasure every moment of what we have, we begin to see life in a whole new perspective.

It's all in the mind. Sure, the psychologists tell us it is important we work at resolving problems. But they also say if you try to resolve a problem that would not go away, it would only compound(使更复杂) the frustration.

If you tell yourself there isn't a problem, there won't be one. It's all in the mind.

Stop thinking about your own problem—help others instead. A lady who is combating a life-threatening disease revealed she coped with her illness by making herself useful, by offering help to others in a similar situation.

She has spoken to at least five other women with breast cancer. She says that the sharing has helped her to find fresh meaning in her own life.

Never give up on your dream. Why do we give in and give up when we meet difficulties? Is it because we have no confidence in our cause and no commitment for what we pursue?

It was said that Albert Einstein's last request on his death bed was to be given his equations and his unfinished statement declining the presidency of Israel.

Einstein first picked up his equations and lamented to his son, "If only I had more mathematics!" What a great persistent spirit!

One strong-hearted lady was the late head of the tragic Kennedy family, Rose Kennedy. She said this on nationwide television one week after losing yet another son to an assassin's bullet—Boddy Kennedy: "And we go on our way with no regrets not looking backwards to the past, but we shall carry on with courage."

Not the end of the world. Do you know something else? I've learned that care as you might, love as you might, some people just don't care back.

And it's not the end of the world. After all, it's not the event that makes a person, is it? It's what we do about that happens to us.

1. Which of the following may serve as an appropriate title for this passage?

A. How to Face Problems.               B. How to Resolve Problems.

C. How to Hold on to Your Dream.        D. How to Remain Cheerful.

2. "Take every day as a bonus" (Para.5, Line 1) is most likely to mean ______.

A. we should see life from a new perspective

B. we should treasure every day in our life

C. we should regard every day as the last day in our life

D. we should enjoy ourselves every day

3. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned by the author?

A. Helping others will make it easier for us to solve our own difficulties.

B. We can learn to see life from a fresh light.

C. We should have confidence in our cause so that we won't give in easily.

D. We should not be overwhelmed by problems in our life.

4. The author seems not to believe that _______.

A. everyone living in this world, poor or rich, has some problems

B. we should not give in and give up in the face of difficulties

C. we must work hard at solving some problems which can't be solved easily

D. we should remain calm and positive when confronted with problems

1、西部许多儿童由于贫困而辍学，帮助他们是我们中学生义不容辞的责任。假如你是

校学生会主席，准备发起救助西部贫困失学儿童的活动，根据如下提示，代表学生会向全体学生发出一份倡议。

提高认识；节约每一分钱；捐赠个人物品；加强联系交流……

注意：

1.词数：100左右；

2．内容要适当发挥，注意行文连贯；

3．题目和开头已给出。

A Letter to the Students in Our School

Dear students，

Many students in China's West drop out of school because of poverty．______________

25、—What do you think of that tea set as a gift for Mary’s birthday?

—_______,but I am afraid she won’t like the design

A. Let me look at it                  B. It’s quite ugly  

C. Let me think it over                D. It’s not so bad

24、What do you imagine ______to Johnson ?.

A. happening         B. having happened         C. has happened         D. to have happened

22、Many students in this school make __________ a rule to come to the evening classes even on Saturdays and Sundays.

A．this           B．that            C．it             D．them

21、When it comes to bringing up children, some people say       strict control produces

       well-behaved children.

A．不填；the        B．the；不填         C．不填；不填        D．the; the