InonlytwodecadesAsianAmericanshavebecomethefastest-growingUSminority.Astheirchildrenbeganmovingupthroughthenation&rsquosschools，itbecameclearthatanewkindofculturewascomingout.Theirachievementsaremadeinthenation&rsquosbestuniversities，wheremathematics，scienceandengineeringdepartmentshavetakenonadecidedlyAsiancharacter.ThisspeciallikingformathematicsandscienceispartlyexplainedbythefactthatAsian-AmericanstudentswhobegantheireducationabroadarrivedintheU.S.withasolidgroundinginmathematicsbutlittleornoknowledgeofEnglish.Theyarealsoinfluencedbythepromiseofagoodjobaftercollege.Asiansfeeltherewillbelessunfairtreatmentinareaslikemathematicsandsciencebecausetheywillbejudgedmoreobjectively（客观）.Andthemoneyspentoneducationismoreimmediatelyreturnedinsomethinglikeengineeringthanwithanartsdegree.

MostAsian-AmericanstudentsowetheirsuccesstotheinfluenceofparentswhoaredeterminedthattheirchildrenshouldtakefulladvantageofwhattheAmericaneducationalsystemhastooffer.Aneffectivemeasureofparentalattentionishomework.AsianparentsspendmoretimewiththeirchildrenthanAmericanparentsdo，andithelps.ManyresearchersalsobelievethereissomethinginAsianculture，suchasfamilyvalue，theimportanceofeducationandsoonthatleadtotheirsuccess.

BothexplanationsforacademicsuccessworryAsianAmericansbecauseoffearsthattheycouldcausethenativeAmericans&rsquounhappiness.ManycanrememberwhenChinese，JapaneseandFilipinoimmigrants（移民）wereunequallytreatedbecauseofsocialseparation.Indeed，itwasnotuntil1952thatlawswerelaiddowngivingallAsianimmigrantstherighttocitizenship.

小题1:FewAsian-Americanstudentsmajorinhumansciencesmainlybecause.A.theyareafraidtheymightmeetwithunfairjudgementintheseareas

B.thereisawidedifferencebetweenAsianandWesterncultures

C.theyknowlittleaboutAmericanculturesandWesterncultures

D.theirEnglishisnotgoodenough

小题2:Asian-Americansprefersomethinglikeengineeringtoanartsdegreebecause（）（）.A.peoplemajoringinengineeringarerespected

B.peoplewithanartsdegreearelookeddownupon

C.theycan&rsquotfindajobwithanartsdegree

D.theycanearnmoremoneyaftergraduation

小题3:Whilemakinggreatachievementsatcollege，Asian-Americanstudents（）（）.A.areafraidthattheiracademicsuccessestakeonastrongAsiancharacter

B.stillworryaboutunfairtreatmentinsociety

C.generallyfeelitashametohavetodependontheirparents

D.feeltheyaremistreatedbecauseoflimitedknowledgeofEnglish

小题4:Accordingtothepassage，themajorfactorsdeterminingthesuccessofAsian-Americansare.A.AsiancultureandtheAmericaneducationalsystem

B.Asiancultureandasolidbaseinbasicmathematics

C.hardworkandparentalhelp

D.hardworkandalimitedknowledgeofEnglish

答案

小题1:A

小题1:D

小题1:B

小题1:A

小题1:根据文章第一段倒数第二句可知，既然在理科他们会得到更客观的评价，不公正待遇少一些，言外之意即在人文学科他们得不到客观评价，受不到公正待遇。

小题1:根据文章第一段最后一句可知，用于教育上的钱，学理科，如工程学比学文科回报得更快，所以选D项。

小题1:文章第三段说他们担心自己的成功会使美国人不高兴，并联想到华人在美国受到社会分隔的不公平待遇，从而推知其忧虑之所在。

小题1:从文中描述可判断出，亚裔美国人在本国文化背景中，奠定了良好的数学基础，在美国最好的大学学习，取得了学术成就，其父母敦促他们充分利用美国的教育体制，以及研究人员的发现，从中推知，本土文化与美国教育制度二者缺一不可。