The main problem of the round-the-clock working system lies in
A. the inconveniences brought about to the workers by the introduction of automation.
B. the disturbance of the dally cycle of workers who have to change shifts too frequently.
C. the fact that people working at night are often less effective.
D. the fact that it is difficult to find a number of good night workers.
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What is the "invisible revolution" mentioned in the third paragraph?
Academia begins to take animal-rights movement seriously
B. Violence should sometimes be used to protect animal rights.
C. An attempt has been made to stop animal husbandry altogether.
D. The bill of rights for animals has been written into the law.
The author seems to be in favor of
A. the nativists.
B. the multiculturalists.
C. Gregory Rodriguez.
D. mainstream America Part Ⅵ WRITING
Gregory Rodriguez, a fellow at the New America Foundation, says it is wrong to measure assimilation against impossible standards. Immigrants have always taken time to move into the mainstream, both geographically and culturally. And assimilation has always been a two-way process, with each new wave of immigrants contributing something to what it means to be American, from Jewish humor to German beer. The proper measure of assimilation is not whether ethnic groups have cut their ties to their homeland completely, but whether they have put down roots in the United States. Mr. Rodriguez argues that if you lo0k at the four most important measures of "roots"--citizenship, home ownership, language acquisition and intermarriage--then assimilation is going on much as it always has.
Much of what Mr. Rodriguez has to say is common sense. The United States is the most culturally powerful nation in the world, striking terror into chauvinists from Paris to Tehran; it is hardly surprising that it should be able to absorb people within its own borders, particularly since most people come to the United States with the express purpose of getting ahead. It is perhaps not surprising either that nativists should ignore common sense; at bottom, much of their objection to immigration is based on race. But why multiculturalists should seek to deny the obvious is a subject worthy of study in itself.
The nativists think that
A. immigrants can no longer be brought into mainstream America.
B. mainstream America refuses to assimilate immigrants any more.
C. immigrants will eventually be assimilated into mainstream America.
D. assimilation ironically strengthens cultural identities of immigrants.
What brought about the great expansion of literacy in the Renaissance?
A. The religious reforms.
B. The tradition and popularization of the Bible.
C. The availability of printing technology and cheap paper.
D. The renovations of the teaching methods.