答案及解析：来源：考试大
　　1．文章标题分析：New York -- the melting pot

　　借助文章开头相关的语句进一步了解文章的标题/中心：
　　Recently the Department of Planning of New York issued a report which laid bare a full scale of change of the city. In 1970, 18 percent of the city’s population was foreign-born. By 1995, the figure had risen to 33 percent, and another 20 percent were the US-born offspring of immigrants. So immigrants and their children now form a majority of the city’s population.(提示：可借助简单句句意获知文章标题—中心)

　　补充：来源：考试大
Bare adj.赤裸的, 无遮蔽的, 空的
Synonyms: naked, open
e.g. a bare room （没有家具的）空房间
on a large scale大规模

　　2．接看问题句和备选项，注意它们的句意和用词的特点。

1．The report（核心词） issued by the Department of Planning of New York（特征结构/线索结构）_____.来源：考试大
A. put forward ways to control New York’s population.
B. concerned itself with the growth of New York’s population.
C. studied the structure of New York’s population.
D. suggested ways to increase New York’s population.

C．分析：发现备选项都包含“population”，利用题干中的线索结构作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：
　　Recently the Department of Planning of New York issued a report which laid bare a full scale of change of the city. In 1970, 18 percent of the city’s population was foreign-born. By 1995, the figure had risen to 33 percent, and another 20 percent were the US-born offsprings （子孙）of immigrants. So immigrants and their children now form a majority of the city’s population.
发现在相关句所在的段落中主要提到了人口的组成，所以C是答案。
考点：考察考生的总结归纳能力。
出题点：段落中的总结归纳句—通常由so, thus, therefore, accordingly, consequently, as a result, in consequence, hence等引导。
补充：
Majority n （常与of连用）多数；半数以上
e.g. The majority of children in our class have brown eyes
我们班大多数孩子是棕色眼睛。
比较：minority n.少数, 少数民族
major n.<美>[教]主修课adj.主修的vi.主修
major in主修
minor n. 副修科目 adj.较小的, 次要的, 二流的vi.辅修

2. According to the second paragraph, which of the following is true of the immigrants in New York (核心结构)?
A. One can not find his place in New York unless he is ready to work.
B. They found life in New York harder than in their own countries.
C. Most of them have difficulty finding jobs.
D. One can live on welfare if he does not want to work. *

A．分析：注意到备选项主要涉及到移民的生活/工作问题, 所以注意段落中出现的有关“工作”或“生活”方面的内容，这样发现答案相关句：
　　Who are these New Yorkers? Why do they come here? Where are they form? (OK, time to drop the “they”. I’m one of them. The last question at least is easy to answer: we come from everywhere. In the list of the top 20 source nations of those sending immigrants to New York between 1990 and 1994 are six countries in Asia, five in the Caribbean, four in Latin America, three in Europe, plus Israel and the former Soviet Union. ) And when we immigrants get here we roll up our sleeves. “If you’re not ready to work when you get to New York,” says a friend of mine, “you’d better hit the road（开始流浪）.”（画线句的内容与A一致）（提示：可以借助相临语句的句意获得对复杂句子句意的理解）
考点：短语hit the road
出题点：包含特殊词汇或特殊短语或句子结构复杂的句子。
补充：来源：考试大
roll up ones sleeve v.卷起袖子, 准备行动
hit the road v.开始流浪

3. The mayor of New York （线索结构）considers immigration to be ____.
A. a big problem in the management of the city.
B. a push needed to develop the city.
C. a cause of disintegration （瓦解）of the city’s social structure.
D. an obstacle to the development of the city.*

B．分析：首先判断D的说法违背常识，判断它不是答案。利用mayor of New York和 immigration和作为答案线索，发现答案相关句：　　
　　The mayor of New York once said, “Immigration continues to shape the unique character and drive the economic engine of New York City.” He believes that immigrants are at the heart of what makes New York great. （画线句的句意B的含义一致。）
考点：对画线结构（比喻结构）的理解。
出题点：包含特殊词汇或特殊短语或句子结构复杂的句子。
补充：
make/keep/leave + o. + adj.
e.g.  make me happy/sad; keep healthy/alive; leave the door open;

4. Where are the New Yorkers from?
A. Asia.
B. Europe.
C. All over the world.来源：考试大
D. Latin America.
分析：该题是细节题，顺着上题的答案位置往下，发现答案相关句：
　　Who are these New Yorkers? Why do they come here? Where are they from? (OK,  it’s time to drop the “they”. I’m one of them. The last question at least is easy to answer: we come from everywhere（与C含义一致）
考点：考察代词they的指代内容。
出题点：包含代词的句子结构。

5. What is the author’s attitude towards immigration to New York?
A. Negative.
B. Worried.
C. Indifferent.
D. Positive.来源：考试大

D．分析：遇到问及文章主题的题时，注意从文章的开头和/或结尾中找答案线索。
　　（文章最后一句）Since these immigrants are purposeful and hard working, they will help America to make a fresh start in the next century.（从该句的时态（一般现在时态陈述客观事实）和句意上能直接得出结论）