2025年专业英语四级(阅读)模拟试卷17(题后含答案及解析).pdf

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专业英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷17(题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1.5percentinthe2025sto8to10percenttoday.Suchaprofound

demographicshiftcouldtakeplacewhilenoonewaswatchingbecause,officially,no

onewaswatching.Federalagenciestraditionallycollectedracialdatausingaformula

—oneperson,onerace—similartothetime-honoredvotingprinciple.Thus,the

CensusBureaucouldestimatethatoncensusformsnomorethantwopercentofthe

populationwouldclaimtobemultiracial.Intheabsenceofamorestraightforward

count,noonecouldknowforsurewhatthedemographicsare.Meanwhile,inthe

absenceofofficialnumbers,withtheheightenedtensionsurroundingracialissues,

andwiththemutualsuspicionthatexistsamongcompetingracialandethnicinterest

groups,there’slittleagreementonwhatintermarriagewillmeanforUSsocietyinthe

future.SomesociologistscallAsian-whiteandHispanic-Anglointermarriage

simplythelatestadditiontothemeltingpotthat,sincethestartofthiscentury,has

fusedsomanyIrish,Italian,GermanandotherfamiliesofEuropeanorigin.But

despitetheriseinblack-whitemarriage,manydoubtthatAfricanAmericanswillbe

includedinthismix.RamonaDouglass,PresidentoftheAssociationof

MultiEthnicAmericans,enthused,We“’relivingproofthatpeoplewithtwodifferent

racesorethnicbackgroundscanlivetogetherinharmony,that(interracial)families

actuallydofunction.“Douglass’smotherisItalian-American,andherfatherisa

multiracialblendofAfricanAmericanandNativeAmerican.Ofcourse