单选题 Traditional research has confronted only Mexican and United States interpretations of Mexican-American culture. Now we must also examine the culture as we Mexican Americans have experi-enced it, passing from a sovereign people compatriots with newly arriving settlers to, finally a conquered people—a charter minority on our own land. When the Spanish first came to Mexico, they intermarried with and absorbed the culture of the indigenous Indians. This policy of colonization through acculturation was continued when Mexico acquired Texas in the early 1800" s and brought the indigenous Indians into Mexican life and government. In the 1820" s United State citizens migrated to Texas, attracted by land suitable for cotton. As their numbers became more substantial, their policy of acquiring land by subduing native populations began to dominate. The two ideologies clashed repeatedly, culmination in a military conflict that led to victory for the United States. Thus, suddenly derived of our parent culture, we had to evolve uniquely Mexican-Mexican modes of thought and action in order to survive.

单选题 The author"s purpose in writing this passage is primarily to______.

A、 suggest the motives behind Mexican and United States intervention in Texas
B、 bring to light previously overlooked research on Mexican Americans
C、 provide a historical perspective for a new analysis of Mexican-American culture
D、 document certain early objectives of Mexican-American society

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：根据文章第一段：Traditional research has confronted only Mexican…as we Mexican Americans have experienced it，即“传统研究面对的只是墨西哥人和美国对墨美文化的诠释。现在我们也必须从我们墨西哥裔美国人的角度对所经历过的文化进行一番审视”。重新审视过去的老观点，答案选C。

单选题 The author most probably uses the phrase "charter minority" to reinforce the idea the Mexican Americans______.

A、 are a native rather than an immigrant group in the United States
B、 played an active political role when Texas first became part of the United States
C、 have been misunderstood by scholars trying to interpret their culture
D、 identify more closely with their Indian heritage than with their Spanish heritage

单选题 According to the passage, a major difference between the colonization policy of the United States and that of Mexico in Texas in the 1800" s was the______.

A、 degree to which policies were based on tradition
B、 form of economic interdependency between different cultural groups
C、 treatment of the native inhabitants
D、 relationship between the military and the settlers

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：根据第二段可知，美国和墨西哥对德克萨斯的殖民化的主要不同在于，墨西哥人和土著印第安人通婚，并吸收他们的文化。而美国却征服当地人。因此，主要区别是对待当地居民的态度不同。

单选题 Which of the following statements most clearly contradicts the information in this passage?

A、 While Texas was under Mexican control, the population of Texas quadrupled, in spite of the fact the Mexico discouraged immigration from the United States.
B、 Most Indians living in Texas resisted Spanish acculturation and were either killed or enslaved.
C、 By the time Mexico acquired Texas, many Indians had already married people of Spanish Heritage.
D、 Many Mexicans living in Texas returned to Mexico after Texas was annexed by the United States.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：考察与原文内容冲突的选项。由文章第二段第一句：When the Spanish first came toMexico，they intermarried with and absorbed the culture of the indigenous Indians可知，西班牙人与墨西哥人通婚，而墨西哥人也并没有抵制或者被残杀。B为正确答案。