Question

Next year marks the 150th anniversary of when large numbers of Chinese started working on a huge project in the United States. They help to build America’s first transcontinental railroad between 1863 and 1869, connecting the East Coast with the West.

People know little about the Chinese railroad workers and what happened to them after the project was finished. Stanford University in California wants to learn more about the lives of these men by reaching out to their families.

Bill Yee’s ancestors came from southern China. He said, “My great-great-grandfather came to America during the‘gold rush’days and he returned to China as a wealthy man. And then my great-grandfather came to work on the railroad and died there.”

But that did not stop his grandfather from coming to the US on false papers. He operated a laundry. Bill Yee’s father continued to run the business and has never returned to China.

“Things were pretty bad in some parts of China in the 1860’s. They came to America at all costs in order that they no longer had to bear hunger,” Bill Yee said.

Shelley Fisher Fishkin is helping to direct the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project at Stanford University. She said, “Many of the Chinese workers who came to work on the transcontinental and other railroads returned to China after their work was done and created families there. Some of them settled in America and created new families, but they had families who they left when they came here and they may have descendants in China.”

There is a need to create a record of the object and spoken history from the families of the railroad workers.

“The US could not have become the modern industrial nation without the railroads. And the railroads would not have come together without the work of these Chinese workers,” said Shelley Fisher Fishkin.

1.What do you know about Bill Yee?

A. His family was rich in the 1860’s.

B. His father settled in the USA.

C. He knows little about his ancestors and hopes to know more.

D. His grandfather came to America with his great-grandfather.

2.According to Bill Yee, many Chinese went to America in the 1860’s mainly .

A. to run their own businesses

B. to find their ancestors

C. to make a living

D. to dig gold

3.According to Shelley Fisher Fishkin, .

A. the descendants of the Chinese railroad workers all live a good life

B. they expect to find all the descendants of the Chinese railroad workers

C. some Chinese railroad workers hope they can find their descendants in China

D. some Chinese railroad workers have descendants both in China and the US

4.Why did Stanford University carry out the project?

A. Because they want to help the Chinese railroad workers’ descendants to get together.

B. Because they want to show the importance of America’s first transcontinental railroad.

C. Because they want to learn more about how to build a railroad in the past in America.

D. Because they want Americans to remember the Chinese railroad workers’ role in US history.

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.D

【解析】

試題分析： 將近150年前，大批華人開始在橫貫美國大陸的鐵路上工作，使得美國成為一個現(xiàn)代工業(yè)國家。不過，人們對這些華工的境況和命運知之甚少。美國斯坦福大學正在開發(fā)一個項目，通過聯(lián)絡華工后裔，從他們那里了解、拼湊起美國鐵路華工的生活。

1.小題1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段得知，但是這沒有阻止他的祖父持假證件來到美國。他經(jīng)營了一家洗衣店，后來他的父親繼續(xù)了這個行當。選B。

2.小題2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段得知，當時60年代中國一些地區(qū)的情況很糟糕。為了不忍受饑餓，他們不惜一切代價來到美國。選C。

3.小題3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第六段得知，許多華工來橫貫美洲大陸鐵路和其他鐵路上工作......鐵路修好后他們回到中國，并且在中國成家立業(yè)。有些人在美國定居，結婚成家�！边xD。

4.小題4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段得知通過斯坦福大學的這個項目，我們可以記住這些人的生活；這樣他們在美國歷史中的作用也不會被他們的后人所遺忘。選D。

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