【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文17-20]
　　Recently the Department of Planning of New York issued a report which laid bare a full scale of the city. In 1970，18 percent of the city's population was foreign-born．By l995，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 city' s population．
　　Who are these New Yorkers? Why do they come here? Where are they from? OK，time to drop the "they"．I'm one of them．The last question at least is easy to answer：we come from everywhere． In the list of the top 20 source nations of those sending immigrants to New York between 1990 and 1994 are six countries in Asia，five in the Caribbean，four in Latin America，three in Europe，plus Israel and former Soviet Union．The mayor of New York once said，“Immigration continues to shape the unique character and drive the economic engine of New York City." He believes that immigrants are at the heart of what makes New York great．In Europe，by contrast，it is much more common to hear politicians worry about the loss of“unity”that immigration brings to their societies．In the quarter century since 1970，the United States admitted about 125 million legal immigrants，and has absorbed them into its social structures with an ease beyond the imagination of other nations．Since these immigrants are purposeful and hard-working，they will help America to make a fresh start in the next century.
What is studied in the report issued by the Department of Planning of New York?
[解析]推理判断题。根据文章开头：Recently the Department of Planning of New York issued a report which laid bare a full scale of the city．．．．and another 20 percent were the US-born offspring of immigrants．可知该报告研究的是纽约人口的构成状况。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]
What does the mayor of New York think about immigration?
[解析]事实细节题。根据文章的第三段开头两句话：The mayor of New York once said，“Immigration continues to shape the unique character and drive the economic engine of New York City.”He believes that immigrants are at the heart of what makes New York great．即纽约市长认为移民可以推动纽约的经济，正是移民才使纽约变得了不起。由此可见，正确答案为B)。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Where are the new New Yorkers from?
[解析]事实细节题。根据文章第二段：Who are these New Yorkers? Why do they come here? Where are they from? The last question at least is easy to answer：we come from everywhere．可见纽约人来自世界各地，所以正确答案为C)。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文]
What is the author's attitude towards immigration to New York?
[解析]观点态度题。题目问作者对纽约移民的态度，根据文章最后一句话：Since these immigrants are purposeful and hard-working，they will help America to make a fresh start in the next century．(因为移民具有目的性又勤劳肯干，将会有助于美国在下个世纪里有一个新的开端。)可见，作者对移民的态度是认可和赞成的，故选D)。