【CYoumayhaveheardtheterm"theAmericanDream".In1848,JamesW.MarshallfoundgoldinCaliforniaandpeoplebeganhavinggoldendreams.That19thcentury"AmericanDream"motivated(激发起)theGoldRushandgaveCaliforniaitsnickname】

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　　Youmayhaveheardtheterm"theAmericanDream".In1848,JamesW.MarshallfoundgoldinCaliforniaandpeoplebeganhavinggoldendreams.That19thcentury"AmericanDream"motivated(激发起)theGoldRushandgaveCaliforniaitsnicknameofthe"GoldenState".

　　TheAmericanDreamdrovenotonly1800sgold-rushprospectorsbutalsowavesofimmigrantsthroughoutthatcenturyandthenext.PeoplefromEurope,andalargenumberofChinese,arrivedintheUSinthe19thcenturyhopingthatinAmericatheywouldfindgoldinthestreets.Butmost,instead,workedasrailroadlabourers.TheycreatedtheoldestChinatown,inSanFrancisco,andgavethecityaChinesename"theoldgoldhill".

　　Inthe20thcentury,somecriticssaidthatitwasnolongerpossibletobecomeprosperousthroughdeterminationandhardwork.UnfaireducationforstudentsfrompoorfamiliesandracialdiscriminationalmostmadetheAmericanDreamanightmare.

　　Then,inthe1990s,CaliforniasawanewwaveofdreamersinSiliconValley.PeoplepouredtheirenergyintotheInternet.ThisnewchapteroftheAmericanDreamattractedmanybusinesspeopleandyoungtalentsfromChinaandIndiatoformstart-upsandseekfortunesinAmerica.

　　Betterpay,anicehouse,andarisingstandardoflivingwillalwaysbeattractive.However,thenewAmericanDreamisnolongerjustaboutmoney.ItencouragesAmericanstoconsumewiselytoprotecttheenvironment,improvethequalityoflife,andpromotesocialjustice.

　　TheGovernorofCalifornia,ArnoldSchwarzenegger,hasbecomethemodelofthenewAmericanDream.Afteryearsofhardwork,hegrewfromapooryoungmanfromAustriaintoamoviesuperstarandthengovernor.ManypeoplehopehisstorycansavetheAmericanDreamandgiveCaliforniaabrighterfuture.

　　1.Itcanbeinferredthat_____.

　　A.America’sgoldendreamcouldneverberealized

　　B.America’sgoldendreamhadboughtgreatfortunestoChineseimmigrants

　　C.eachperiodoftimehasitsowntasteoftheAmericandream

　　D.determinationandhardworkarethebestwaytorealizetheAmericandream

　　2.Whydidmostoftheearlyimmigrantsworkasrailroadlaborers?

　　A.Becausetheycouldearnmoremoneyasrailroadlaborers.

　　B.Becausetheyhadtomakealivingbyworkingasrailroadlaborer