山西人事考试网 山西银行招聘考试英语阅读练习六.pdfVIP

山西人事考试网 山西银行招聘考试 英语阅读练习六 山西人事考试网，为各位考生精心整理了2014 山西银行招聘考试备考资料。希望为迎 战2014 山西银行招聘考试的各位考生提供帮助，祝各位考生在2014 山西银行招聘考试中获 得优异的成绩，取得自己理想的职位。 Immigrants All AvisitortoLibertyIslandinNewYorkHarborwould seeoneofthemost important national monuments in the United States. Rising three hundred five feet above the island stands the Statue of Liberty, which since its formal unveiling (揭幕) on October 28, 1886, has served constantly to remind Americans of the long-lasting friendship that has existedbetween theUnited States and France. As immigrants to the United States pass the statue with its enormous torch pointing skyward, they may notice thebroken chainat the statuesfeet, symbolizingthepeople ofanation bursting the bonds in their mighty struggle for a free form of government and the ensuing liberties. To theforty-onemillion immigrantswho have arrivedupon our shoresduring the past one hundred forty years, these lines indicated that the poor, hungry, and persecuted couldfindfreedomandopportunity intheNewWorld. Theyarrived insuch large numbers that by the end of the nineteenth century some Americans had doubts concerning the policy of admitting unlimited numbers of immigrants.By 1921, this viewpointwaswidely accepted.During the 1930swe discoveredthatemigrationfrom thisnationwasattimeslargerthan immigrationtothisnation.Thehistoryofthese significant developments divides itself into the three clearly defined periods. Period of Early Immigration The period from 1790 to 1861 is considered as the period of early immigration. In1790,oneyearafterthenewgovernmentwasorganized,thepopulationoftheUnited States was approximately 4,000,000. Of that number more than seventy-fiveper cent were descendants of immigrants who had sailed westward from England and northern Ireland. By 1810 there were probably 5,000 to 6,000 immigrants per year. At about 1820therate began to increase.By 1840the