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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 experienced it, passing from a sovereign people to 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 inter-married 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 States 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, culminating in a military conflict that led to victory for the United States. Thus, suddenly deprived of our parent culture, we had to evolve uniquely Mexican-American modes of thought and action in order to survive. (168 words)

1. The author‘s purpose in writing this passage is primarily to

　　(A) suggest the motives behind Mexican and United States intervention in Texas

　　(B) document certain early objectives of Mexican-American society

　　(C) provide a historical perspective for a new analysis of Mexican-American culture

　　(D) appeal to both Mexican and United States scholars to give greater consideration to economic interpretations of history

　　(E) bring to light previously overlooked research on Mexican Americans

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問文章結構，就是看每段的頭跟尾就好所以要讀的部分只有

• 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 experienced it, passing from a sovereign people to 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 inter-married with and absorbed the culture of the indigenous Indians.
• Thus, suddenly deprived of our parent culture, we had to evolve uniquely Mexican-American modes of thought and action in order to survive.

其實後面的兩句也不用看了，講那麼多地名人物的，這就是在舉例，道是前面兩句直接點到重點，分別是Traditional VS.Now 考試看到時間對比沒感覺就跟早射，性冷感沒兩樣，會造成嚴重後果低，所以直接看題目有沒有新舊之間的說明，答案秒選(C)

2. The author most probably uses the phrase “charter minority” (lines 6-7) to reinforce the idea that 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) recognized very early in the nineteenth century the need for official confirmation of their rights of citizenship

　　(D) have been misunderstood by scholars trying to interpret their culture

　　(E) identify more closely with their Indian heritage than with their Spanish heritage

這題看到“charter minority”先定位找到Now we must also examine the culture as we Mexican Americans have experienced it, passing from a sovereign people to compatriots with newly arriving settlers to, finally, a conquered people — a charter minority on our own land.，這裡重點是那個『--破折號』這個太重要了，看到他等於實當沖掛漲停爽哇哇，因為破折號的出現是同位語所衍伸出來了，為了在句尾達到一個醍醐灌頂的強烈氣勢才會放一條直線，不然一潘都只打『逗點』而已，而同位語的作用就是在做補充說明用的，所以假設知道這個文法定義的人一定會很輕鬆的找到答案，因為這一條線，使得答案區只能在這句話裡面找，所以可以用刪去法刪除不在這一區出現的內容，不然就來抓主幹，這裡主幹有sovereign people，compatriots，finally, a conquered people最後還被征服，有點慘，答案選(A)

3. Which of the following statements most clearly contradicts the information in this passage?

　　(A) In the early 1800‘s, the Spanish committed more resources to settling California than to developing Texas.

　　(B) While Texas was under Mexican control, the population of Texas quadrupled, in spite of the fact that Mexico discouraged immigration from the United States.

　　(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.

　　(E) Most Indians living in Texas resisted Spanish acculturation and were either killed or enslaved.

這是考邏輯單題，所以題目問取反，不是說文章沒提到的內容都可以選，而是不僅要文章都有提到而且還要跟原文相反含意才行，而且本題題目也沒說什麼關鍵字，也只能一個一個找了，用數學表示就是說文章內容是p，選項內容是~p

(A)很敏顯沒有看到California，你不是2pac沒必要搞California Love

(B)quadrupled哪來加四倍，亂加是要讓莊家慘賠嗎

(C)heritage這個問題很大，做邏輯單題就是不能亂推理，有寫到才能那入考慮，然後依照就有寫到的內容做"適度"的轉譯

(D) 經典台詞再現，瑞凡我們回不去了，選了他分數也回不來了，對應在這suddenly deprived of our parent culture, we had to evolve uniquely Mexican-American modes of thought and action in order to survive.如果按照題目說要取反表示為了活他們沒有evolve uniquely Mexican-American modes of thought，不能直接霸王硬上鉤說他們回去老家了，這樣就過度推理

(E) 他們和樂融融呢，證據是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.，對應吸收文化沒抵抗，一起生活沒有死，一起組政府沒有當奴，完全相反就決定是你了

來源：GRE考古題