全国职称英语考试综合类C级课堂笔记阅读理解第1讲_职称英语阅读理解

全国职称英语考试综合类C级课堂笔记阅读理解第1讲

　　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 citys 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 citys population.

　　补充：

　　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)_____.

　　A. put forward ways to control New Yorks population.

　　B. concerned itself with the growth of New Yorks population.

　　C. studied the structure of New Yorks population.

　　D. suggested ways to increase New Yorks 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 citys 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 citys population.