Springfield, a community in the state of Virginia, is about 24 kilometers down the road from the U.S. Capitol building. There you will find what could be the face of the next generation in America. In a word, this is the face of diversity(多样性), the face of many races and ethnic backgrounds.

Thirty languages are spoken at Crestwood Elementary School in Springfield, Virginia. With about 660 students from kindergarten to sixth grade, many are recent immigrants who came with their families, looking for a new life in America.

They came from Afghanistan and Korea, Vietnam and El Salvador, Ethiopia and Indonesia. At home, they still speak the 30 languages of the countries from which they came.

Four states, California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Texas and Washington D.C., now have minority-majority populations. That means that there are more minority people than white people. Minorities are people who identified(识别) themselves as black, Native American, Asian, and Hispanic(西班牙的).

Within the next generation, minorities will be in the majority across the United States. The U.S. will become very different than the one current people have seen in their lifetimes, says William Frey of the Brookings Institution. He says there will be many more people of color in the United States.

"Hispanics, Asians, African Americans. And it's that part of the population is going to grow rapidly, especially among people in the younger ages and that's really important because this growth of minorities is happening just in time to counter the very slow growth and rapid aging of the white population."

In just the last decade, the population has become more racially and ethnically diverse. The Census Bureau said the percentage of minorities climbed from 32.9 percent in 2004 to 37.9 percent in 2014.

With the declining white population, Mr. Frey says that the growth of the young minority population is important to keep the U.S. economy strong.

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1.It is known in the first paragraph that the next generation in America may be_____.

A racial

B facial

C colored

D varied

解析：选D。D。细节理解题。由第1段最后1句In a word, this is the face of diversity(多样性), the face of many races and ethnic backgrounds.可知，diversity和many都含许多的意思，所以选varied多种多样的，故选D。

2.From the passage we know many people moved to America to_____.

A look for a new life

B learn languages

C study

D work

解析：选A。A。细节理解题。由第2段最后1句话…looking for a new life in America可知答案。

3.What does “minority-majority population” mean in this passage?

A The population is made up minority and majority people.

B The number of minority people is larger than the majority.

C The minority people are stronger than the white people.

D White people are made up of the minority in these places.

解析：选B。B。词语理解题。由该词后的解释That means that there are more minority people than white people. 可知White people是指美国现在的majority。

4.According to William Frey, which of the following will happen?

A The minorities will unite to beat the majority across the United States.

B The population in the United States is going to grow rapidly.

C The growth of the young minority will slow the growth of the white population.

D The population of colored people will be larger than the white population.

解析：选D。D。推理判断题。B答案，文章没有提到美国总人口是否会增长，只报道说外来人口会增长而本地白人人口在下降；再排除其它两个选项，故选D。

5.What is William Frey’s attitude towards the growth of the minority in the United States?

A worried

B doubted

C pleased

D disappointed

解析：选C。C。观点态度题。从文中William Frey几处谈及美国人口组成的变化趋势看，他是高兴的，尤其是从文章最后一句话Mr. Frey says that the growth of the young minority population is important to keep the U.S. economy strong.可知。故选C。