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1、 选修选修 8 8Unit1AlandofdiversityReadingAlltheleavesarebrown.Andtheskyisgrey.Ivebeenforawalk.Onawintersday.Idbesafeandwarm.IfIwasinL.A.Californiadreaming!#Onsuchawintersday!#Stoppedintoachurch.Ipassedalongtheway.WellIgotdownonmyknees.AndIpretendtopray.Ipretendtopray.Youknowthepreacherlikesthecold.Hekno

2、wsImgonnastay.IfIdidnttellher.Icouldleavetoday.CaliforniadreamingCALIFORNIA（the Golden State）LyingonthePacificOcean,CaliforniaisonthewestcoastoftheUnitedStates,whichisdiverseintopography（地形地形）,climateandecologicalenvironment.Ithasanareaof411squarekilometers,Pre-readinganditisoneoftheUSstatesofthelar

3、gestpopulation,withthemostdevelopedeconomy.Meanwhile,itspleasantweather,longbeach,andgracefulnaturallandscapemakethetourismprosperous.CaliforniaMississippiPacificOceanAtlanticOceanCANADAMEXICOTheGoldRushPosterLosAngelesGraumans Chinese Theatre HOLLYWOOD好莱坞星光大道好莱坞星光大道Native California IndiansCaliforn

4、ia gold miners around 1849Chinatowns in CaliforniaGeneralquizabouttheUSAandCalifornia.1.Themostimportantandlargestriverin2.theUnitedStatesofAmericais_?#A.theOhioRiverB.theColoradoRiverC.TheMissouriRiverD.theMississippiRiverD2.Californiaisthe_largeststateintheUSA.A.thirdB.secondC.fourthD.fifth3.Calif

5、ornia,astateinthewesternUSA,borders_.A.thePacificOceanB.theIndianOceanC.theAtlanticOceanD.theArcticOcean4._isCaliforniaslargestandthenationssecondlargestcity.A.SacramentoB.LosAngelesC.SanDiegoD.SanFranciscoAAB5.Californiasofficialnicknameisthe_?#A.SunflowerStateB.GoldenStateC.LandofopportunityD.Ever

6、greenState6._hasthelargestpopulationintheUSA.A.CaliforniaB.AlaskaC.WashingtonD.Texas7.CaliforniaenteredtheUniononSeptember9,1850,asthe_state.A.thirtiethB.thirty-eighthC.thirty-secondD.thirty-firstBADCaliforniaListentothetapeandfindoutthemainidea.Thetextmainlyintroduces_ofCalifornia.Itdescribes_happe

7、nedinvarioustimes.Italsotellsus_,_and_differentpeoplefromallovertheworldhavingbeenimmigratingtoCalifornia.Itexplainstous_whyitwillbeasimplemulticulturalcommunityinthe21stcentury.the short historythe great historywhenhowwhythe reasonseventsThemainideaofeachpart:#Part1Part2Part3TheintroductionofCalifo

8、rniaThehistoryofsettlementofCaliforniaThefutureNativeAmericansTheSpanishRussiansGoldminersLaterarrivalsMostrecentarrivalsChoosethecorrectanswerafterreadingthetext.1.WhyistherestrongSpanishinfluenceinCalifornia?#_A.BecausethereweremanySpanishstayinginCalifornia.B.BecauseSpanishwasoneofthesettlerslivi

9、ngthere.C.BecausethelocalpeoplelovedSpanishculture.D.BecauseCaliforniawasonceruledbySpan.D2.AfterthearrivaloftheEuropeansinthe16thcentury,_.A.Nativepeoplewerekilledorforcedintoslavery.B.ManynativepeoplediedfromdiseasesbroughtbyEuropeans.C.Noneofthenativepeoplecouldsurvivetheterribletimes.D.BothAandB

10、.D3.Whichofthefollowingisfalseaccordingtothetext?#_A.DuringtheGoldRushPeriodmanypeoplewenttoCaliforniainthehopeofbecomingrich.B.Actuallyeveryfewgoldminersbecamerich.C.DuringtheGoldRushPeriodmanyChineseimmigrantsarrivedinCaliforniaonlytofindgold.D.CaliforniabecameastateoftheUStwoyearsafterthegoldwasd

11、iscoveredthere.CB4.Fromthepassagewecaninferthat_A.betweenthelate19thcenturyandtheearly20thcenturyItalianandDanishimmigrantscametoCaliforniatomakewine.B.bythe1920smanyJewishpeoplecametoCaliforniabecausetheywereattractedbythefilmindustry.C.MexicanpeoplecametoCaliforniatoworkintheshipandaircraftindustr

12、ies.D.therewillbemoreracialorculturalgroupsinCaliforniabecausemoreandmorepeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldarestillcomingtosettlethere.Answerthefollowingquestions.1.WhatarethechangesofnativeAmericans2.lifeafterthearrivalofEuropeans?#2.WhydidMexicohavetogiveCaliforniatotheUnitedStates?#Thenativepeopl

13、esufferedgreatlyandmanywerekilledorforcedintoslavery.Inaddition,manydiedfromthediseasesbroughtbyEuropeans.In1846,theUnitedStateddeclaredwaronMexico.Afteritlostthewar,MexicohadtogiveCaliforniatotheUnitedStated.3.WhowerethefirsttoarriveinCaliforniatorushforgold?#4.WhenandwhydidthelargenumberofChinesei

14、mmigratetoCalifornia?#SouthAmericansandpeoplefromtheUnitedStates.Duringthegoldrushperiod,manyChineseimmigratedtoCalifornia,andinthe1860s,alargenumberofChinesewenttheretobuildtherailwayfromthewesttoeastcoast.5.Between1942and1945,whydidsomanyAfricanpeoplegotoCalifornia?#Between1942and1945,evenmorepeop

15、lecametoCaliforniatoworkintheshipandaircraftindustries.6.WhatattractedpeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldtoimmigratetoCalifornia?#Thetemperateclimate,themodernlifestyleanditsdiverseculturesattractedimmigratestoCalifornia.RussiansLaterArrivalspeopleTheSpanishMostRecentArrivalsNativeAmericans7.Howmanyk

16、indsofpeoplearementionedinthistext?#GoldMiners1.CaliforniaisthelargeststateintheUSA2.andhasthelargestpopulation.2.ThenativeAmericansaretreatedwellafterthearrivalofEuropeans.3.OfthefirstSpanishtogotoCalifornia,themajoritywerereligiousmen.FFTTrueorFalse4.Intheearly1800s,RussiansbegansettinginCalifornia.5.DuringGoldRushPeriod,manyachievedtheirdreamofbeingrich.6.Inthelate19thcentury,ChineseimmigrantsarrivedinCalifornia.7.Itisbelievedthatbeforelongthemixofnationalitieswillbesogreatthattherewillbenomajorracialorcul