Reading Comprehension Check

1. What do you think are the main reasons for immigration?

2. When and where were the first colonies established in America?

3. What do you know about a ceiling on immigration? Does it exist in the USA today?

4. Do you believe that immigration restrictions become necessary in modern world?

5. Why is the United States often called a melting pot? Is it really so?

2. Decide whether these statements are true or false. Elaborate your argument.

1. Most immigrants have never succeeded in preserving their customs, traditions and beliefs in the USA.

2. Religion has hardly influenced the formation of the American nation.

3. Nowadays American Indians habitually call themselves Native Americans.

4. International jet travel has facilitated travel to the USA since the 1960s.

5. Immigration has never been difficult, expensive or dangerous for those who cross the U.S. border illegally.

6. The history of immigration to the USA is mainly the history of the country itself

7. During the last of the 19^lh century, many Russian immigrants came to the USA attracted by gold and good farmland.

8. The Hispanic population is older than the national average and their birth rate is generally lower than the national average.

9. Puerto Rico known as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is the largest insular territory of the United States

10. Traditionally, Hispanics are the most successful immigrant community in the USA.

11. In 1986, the U.S. government chose not to introduce penalties for businesses that hired illegal immigrants.