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It is a fact universally accepted that Britons dislike immigration. Sure enough, when travel restrictions on Romanians and Bulga
It is a fact universally accepted that Britons dislike immigration. Sure enough, when travel restrictions on Romanians and Bulga
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2018-03-01
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It is a fact universally accepted that Britons dislike immigration. Sure enough, when travel restrictions on Romanians and Bulgarians (imposed when their countries joined the EU) were lifted on January 1st, newspapers and politicians fretted. Two MPs even took it upon themselves to meet a morning flight from Bucharest and quiz its passengers. Yet a report published on January 2nd by Ipsos MORI, a polling firm, shows attitudes to be more varied.
A widening gap divides those born before 1965 from younger folk. Although immigrants are often said to deprive younger Britons of entry-level jobs and housing, members of Generation Y (born in 1980 or later) and Generation X (born between 1966 and 1979) are ambivalent towards them. By contrast, the baby boomers (born between 1945 and 1965) and the old, who benefit most from cheap carers and cleaners, counterintuitively think immigrants a drag. Age influences opinion more strongly than social class does.
This makes Britain an oddity. Ipsos MORI conducted the same study in Germany, and found the views of the young and the old to be converging. According to Robert Ford of the University of Manchester, the gap between the old and the young is larger in Britain than in America, France or Spain, too.
Different life experiences explain why. When baby boomers were in their politically formative teens and early 20s, Britain was a pretty homogeneous place; before the mid-1970s it was closer to the Commonwealth than to continental Europe. That generation grew up doubtful about diversity. East European immigrants, who began arriving in large numbers in the mid-2000s, doubly offend them. Bobby Duffy of Ipsos MORI, who has conducted focus groups with members of this generation, reports that the prospect of retirement makes people worry about their children’s chances.
For Generation X, mass immigration, European integration and multiculturalism are part of the furniture. They grew up in a more individualistic Britain; which, says Mr. Ford, explains their relative distaste for authority, homogeneity and flag-waving. This, like university attendance (more common among this group than their parents), tends to make people more tolerant of different races and nationalities. Thus Generation X’s experiences are closer to those of Generation Y than to the baby boomers—a fact reflected in Ipsos MORI’s findings.
Which one is NOT true about baby boomers?
选项
A、They are dubious about diversity.
B、They hate immigrants from Eastern Europe.
C、They worry about their own prospect when they retire.
D、They are concerned about their children’s opportunities.
答案
C
解析
根据题干中的“baby boomers”和出题顺序定位到第四段,该段围绕婴儿潮这一代人进行讨论。选项A与该段第三句“That generation grew up doubtful about diversity”对应。其中“that generation”指代上文提到的“baby boomers”,“doubtful对应该项的dubious”,故选项A表述正确,非答案。选项B对应该段“East European immigrants, who began arriving in large numbers in the mid-2000s, doubly offend them”这句话。其中“doubly offend them(加倍冒犯了他们)”相当于该项的“hate”,故该项表述正确,非答案。选项C和D对应该段最后一句:…reports that the prospect of retirement makes people worry about their children’s chances. 可见baby boomers担心的是自己子孙的问题,而非自身问题,故D正确,C错误,即C项为该题的答案。
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