Question

read the passage and listen to the audio clip. then choose the best answer to each question. passage 1: arrivals from asia by kathiann m. kowalski (1)\wow! i like this place,\ liying zheng thought as she gazed out the airplane flying from seattle, washington, to portland, oregon. \im going to stay here as long as i can.\ zheng arrived from china in 1991 to study information technology. after decades of restricting emigrants, china had just recently begun letting more scholars study abroad. once earning her graduate degree, zheng stayed in the united states to work. now washington is her home. (2)c.n. les family came to california when he was five years old. \we were refugees from vietnam at the end of the vietnam war,\ le says. \we were very fortunate to be able to come to the united states.\ today le is a sociologist and heads the asian american studies program at the university of massachusetts, amherst. (3)zheng and le are two of the united states 11.6 million asian immigrants. hailing from about 20 countries, asian americans recently became the countrys largest immigrant group. (4)that wasnt always the case. (5)thousands of chinese and japanese workers came during he second half of the 19th century to build railroads and ork on farms. filipinos came after the united states which two choices explain why the author includes information about zheng and le in passage 1? to prove how well asian immigrants speak english to connect the statistics in the text with real people to reveal the latest trends in immigration from asia to introduce well - known figures from american history to show diverse examples of asian immigrants experiences

Explanation:

1. The passage later states there are 11.6 million Asian immigrants in the U.S. Zheng and Le are real-life examples that make this statistical data tangible and relatable.
2. Zheng is a student from China who came for education and stayed for work, while Le is a Vietnamese refugee who arrived as a child and became an academic. Their stories represent different origins, immigration reasons, and experiences within the broad group of Asian immigrants.

Answer:

• to connect the statistics in the text with real people
• to show diverse examples of Asian immigrants' experiences