六级练习2012.06.03 western, settled, brought, increase, sharp

Rebecca949

After the early period of settlements, the first sharp increase in immigration took place in the 1830’s and 1840’s. This brought to America flocks of people from northern Europe (1)________________________, and then a great number of Irish people who fled from famine. (2)________________________. Many immigrants from northern and western Europe settled on farms in the Middle-west. The Irish became construction laborers on roads, bridges, and railroads.
In the 1880’s, a tremendous flood of immigrants began coming in, this time largely from southern and eastern Europe. To most Americans, (3)__________________________. Their languages, customs, and ways of life were very different from those of Americans.

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riverfeng

一天听两份。
1、who lost their ..in.. revolution
2、German from ..arrived shortly after
3、These newcomers seem far more stronge than the early settlers

susan.sui

1.who lost employment in the Industrial Revolution
2.German political * arrived shortly after.
3.these newcomers seem far more strange