(A) barrier reefs
(B) fringing reefs
(C) land masses such as Australia
(D) ring-shaped reef islands
(E) barrier islands26. What does the passage suggest about the image of coral islands in popular culture?(F) It is widely held but totally inaccurate.
(G) It is justified except in the case of fringing reefs.
(H) It is the product of divers with rich imaginations.
(J) It is a perception most scientists would like to correct.
(K) It is more accurate from an underwater perspective.At the end of the nineteenth century, a new wave
of immigration caused a massive population explosion
in the United States. Between 1880 and 1910, 18
million immigrants flooded into the U.S. from
( 5 ) southern and eastern Europe, attracted by economic
opportunity, religious freedom and political
democracy. Few immigrants of this period found life
in America easy, however. Many of those who lacked
professional skills and did not speak English found
( 10 )themselves living in slum conditions in the sprawling
cities of the Northeast, exploited by their employers
and trapped at poverty level.
Around the turn of the century a number of
different organizations made efforts to help these
( 15 )newly arrived immigrants adapt to American life. Two
groups in particular emerged as leaders in these
efforts. These two groups, however, had very
dissimilar ideas about how to go about assimilating
the immigrants.
( 20 )One organization that contributed to assimilation
efforts was a conservative group called the Daughters
of the American Revolution. This group approached
immigrants with the expectation that newcomers
should completely adopt American customs and