In recent years, teachers of introductory courses in Asian American studies have been facing a dilemma nonexistent a few decades ago, when hardly any texts in that field were available. Today, excellent anthologies (文选) and other introductory texts exist, and books on individual Asian Americans are published almost weekly. Even professors who are expels in the field find it difficult to decide which of these to assign to students; non-expels who teach in related areas and are looking for writings for and by Asian American to include in survey courses are in an even worse position.
A complicating factor has been the continuing lack of specialized one-volume reference works on Asian Americans, such as biographical dictionaries or desktop encyclopedias. Such works would enable students taking Asian American studies courses (and professors in related fields) to look up basic information on Asian American individuals, institutions, history, and culture without having to wade through (费力地阅读冗长或艰深的材料) mountains of primary source material. In addition, given such works, Asian American studies professors might feel more free to include more challenging Asian American material in their introductory reading lists, since good reference works allow students to acquire on their own the background information necessary to interpret difficult or unfamiliar material.

单选题 The author is primarily concerned with ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为主题分析题。A和B选项为无中生有。首先，如果作者是要回应一个批评，文章应该要引用批评的来源，并且讨论这些来源的基础。但是文章并没有引用这样的来源，故排除。其次，作者并未描述亚裔美国人研究中的一门专门的课程，而是指出了在这个领域中所有课程都有的问题，排除B选项。最后，D选项与原文相反：作者讨论的是现状，故排除。因此，C选项正确。

单选题 The "dilemma" (Line 2, Para.1) can best be characterized as being caused by the necessity to make a choice when faced with a ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为细节题。文章开头就说“几十年前不存在选择困境，因为当时几乎没有可用的材料。第二句话说现在几乎每周都会出版新的教材，由此可知，现在出现了选择的困境。A和C选项与原文意思正好相反，排除。B选项属无中生有。D选项符合原文意思，因此，D选项正确。

单选题 Biographical dictionaries and desktop encyclopedias are ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为细节题。定位第二段第一句话，“...specialized one-volume reference works on Asian Americans, such as biographical dictionaries or desktop encyclopedias.”可知，biographical dictionaries or desktop encyclopedias属参考书籍。因此，D选项正确。

单选题 Which of the following is implied about the introductory courses in Asian American studies a few decades ago?

A、 The range of different textbooks that could be assigned for such was extremely limited
B、 The texts assigned as readings in such courses were often not very challenging for students
C、 Students often complained about the texts assigned to them, in such courses
D、 Such courses were offered only at schools whose libraries were rich in primary sources

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为细节分析题。根据第一句话中的“In recent years, teachers of introductory courses in Asian American studies have been facing a dilemma nonexistent a few decades ago, when hardly any texts in that field were available.”可知，几十年前几乎没有教材可用，A选项符合原文意思。文中并未提及B、C和D项中的内容，属无中生有，故排除。因此，A选项正确。

单选题 According to the passage, the existence of good one-volume reference works about Asian Americans could result in ______.
A. increased agreement among professors of Asian American studies regarding the quality of the sources available in their field
B. an increase in the number of students sighing up for introductory courses in Asian American studies
C. increased accuracy in writings that concern Asian American history and culture

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为细节分析题。第二段讲解了有一本专门的关于亚裔美国人的参考文献的两大好处：第一，学生可以更容易地查询基本信息；第二，教授可以推荐更有挑战性的教材，因为学生有地方查询用于理解这些教材的信息。D选项符合第二个好处，所以D项正确。A、B和C选项均属无中生有。