首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Latino youths need better education for Arizona to take full advantage of the possibilities their exploding population offers. A
Latino youths need better education for Arizona to take full advantage of the possibilities their exploding population offers. A
admin
2013-05-04
51
问题
Latino youths need better education for Arizona to take full advantage of the possibilities their exploding population offers. Arizona’s fast-growing Latino population offers the state tremendous promise and a challenge. Even more than the aging of the baby boomers, the Latino boom is fundamentally reorienting the state’s economic and social structure.
Immigration and natural increase have added 600,000 young Latino residents to the state’s population in the past decade. Half of the population younger than 18 in both Phoenix and Tucson is now Latino. Within 20 years, Latinos will make up half of the homegrown entry-level labor pool in the state’s two largest labor markets.
What is more, Hispanics are becoming key economic players. Most people don’t notice it, but Latinos born in Arizona make up much of their immigrant parents’ economic and educational deficits. For example, Second-generation Mexican-Americans secure an average of 12 grades of schooling where their parents obtained less than nine. That means they erase 70 percent of their parents’ lag behind third-generation non-Hispanic Whites in a single generation.
All of this hands the state a golden opportunity. At a time when many states will struggle with labor shortages because of modest population growth, Arizona has a priceless chance to build a populous, hardworking and skilled workforce on which to base future prosperity. The problem is that Arizona and its Latino residents may not be able to seize this opportunity. Far too many of Arizona’s Latinos drop out of high school or fail to obtain the basic education needed for more advanced study. As a result, educational deficits are holding back many Latinos--and the state as well. To be sure, construction and low-end service jobs continue to absorb tens of thousands of Latino immigrants with little formal education. But over the long term, most of Arizona’s Latino citizens remain ill-prepared to prosper in an increasingly demanding knowledge economy.
For the reason, the educational uplift of Arizona’s huge Latino population must move to the center of the state’s agenda. After all, the education deficits of Arizona’s Latino population will severely cramp the fortunes of hardworking people if they go unaddressed and could well undercut the state’s ability to compete in the new economy. At the entry level, slower growth rates may create more competition for low-skill jobs, displacing Latinos from a significant means of support. At the higher end, shortages of Latinos educationally ready to move up will make it that much harder for knowledge-based companies staff high-skill positions.
"Educational deficits" (Line 6, Para. 4) most probably means that ______.
选项
A、the state did not put much money into education
B、many Latinos are too poor to obtain education
C、education is not a profitable enterprise
D、many Latinos are not well-educated
答案
D
解析
词义题。第4段第5句开头的As a result表明本句与上一句形成因果关系,由此可见,本句中的educational deficits与上一句提到的拉丁裔美国人受教育程度较低有关,由此可推断,educational deficits指的应该是受教育不足。因此,D为正确的理解。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/FkB7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
Ahappymarriageapparentlyisgoodmedicine,but【B1】______spousesmaybeharmfultooneanother’shealth.Couplesinconflict-
TheRevolutionaryWar,whichbeganofficiallyonApril19,1775,draggedonformorethansixbitteryears.Itwasa【B1】______f
TheRevolutionaryWar,whichbeganofficiallyonApril19,1775,draggedonformorethansixbitteryears.Itwasa【B1】______f
InorOut?Britishfurthereducationcollegesdidnottraditionallyhaveanyconcernsaboutstudentdropout,becausetheori
A、Undergroundinthemountain.B、Onrockcliffs.C、Inmountainspring.D、Inmountainforest.C在对话中女士提到,在山间的小溪中能够发现金子。故答案为C)。
LibraryVS.Internet1.随着网络的普及.有人认为图书馆将会被网络取代2.有人则持反对意见,其理由是……3.我的看法
Formostpeople,fatisaburden.Itdoesntreallymatterwhereitappears,wejustdon’twantit.Butitturnsoutthatourbo
Allthemembersaredisappointed,for______(在此问题上仍未达成一致).
A、Afarmer.B、Apoliceman.C、Acountrydoctor.D、Anewspaperreporter.C根据上题分析,说话者很可能是一位乡村医生,故答案为[C]。
随机试题
洞式渗沟施工时要求采取的措施有()。
下列选项中,用人单位可以单方解除合同的情形包括()。
根据《收购管理办法》的规定,收购要约的有效期一般不得超过的期限是()。
清真寺的教长称为()。
锡的熔点是232℃,那么232℃的锡()。
刑事案件证人出庭作证,应列入司法机关业务经费的有:
价格歧视实质上是一种价格差异,通常指商品或服务的提供者在向不同的接受者提供相同等级、相同质量的商品或服务时,在接受者之间实行不同的销售价格或收费标准。经营者没有正当理由,就同一种商品或者服务,对条件相同的若干买主实行不同的售价,则构成价格歧视行为。根据价格
有形磨损,是指设备在使用或闲置的过程中所发生的实体上的磨损或损失。根据上述定义,下列属于有形磨损的是:
ManypeoplewonderwhysomemenwanttoliveonthemoonItis【C1】______notthekindofplacewheremostmenwouldchoosetoliv
A、Gotosummerschool.B、Takeavacation.C、Stayathome.D、Earnsomemoney.D推断题。男士说他不能只是闲着(sitaround),但又没有现成的工作(jobsavailabl
最新回复
(
0
)