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 Fishkin.

　　1.What do we 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.

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