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
考研
Despite its name, Smugglers’ Gulch is one of the toughest places to sneak into America. The narrow valley near San Diego is divi
Despite its name, Smugglers’ Gulch is one of the toughest places to sneak into America. The narrow valley near San Diego is divi
admin
2021-02-21
87
问题
Despite its name, Smugglers’ Gulch is one of the toughest places to sneak into America. The narrow valley near San Diego is divided by a steel wall and watched day and night by agents of the border patrol, who track would-be illegal immigrants with the help of helicopters and underground pressure sensors. Rafael, a cement worker, has already been caught jumping over the fence five times. Yet he still wanders on the Mexican side of the fence, waiting for nightfall and another chance to cross. How much longer will he keep trying? "Until I get through," he says.
Last week the Senate tried, and failed, to deal with the problem of illegal immigration. After much debate it abandoned a bill that would have provided more money for border security but also allowed many illegal immigrants to obtain visas. Yet the collapse of the Senate bill does not mean illegal immigration will go away, either as a fact or as an urgent political issue. Indeed, one likely consequence will be an outbreak of ad hoc law-making in cities and states.
One such place is Arizona, where the governor, signed a bill this week imposing rigid penalties on employers who hire illegal immigrants. Those who are caught once will have their licenses suspended; a second offence will put them out of business. Even the governor admits the bill is too broadly drawn and will be hard to enforce. She signed it, she explained, because the federal government has shown itself to be incapable of dealing with illegal immigration.
One in ten workers in Arizona is illegal, according to the Pew Hispanic Centre. So the law, if rigorously enforced, could disrupt the state’s economy, which suggests it will not be. One landscape gardener in Scottsdale who worked illegally for three decades and now pays illegal workers $7 an hour thinks the measure is ridiculous. "Who else is going to pick lettuces and trim trees in this heat?" he asks, pointing to the sun on a 47°C day. He has no plans to change his ways, and says he will simply move if he is caught.
Laws such as Arizona’s will make life more unpleasant and unpredictable for illegal workers. But they will not curtail either illegal immigration or illegal working as much as supporters claim. In any case, the border has been so porous for so long that people now have plenty of reasons to steal across it other than work. Of five aspiring immigrants who spoke to the correspondent in Smugglers’ Gulch earlier this week, three were trying to join their families.
We can learn from Paragraph 1 that _____.
选项
A、people are misled by the name Smugglers’ Gulch
B、Smuggler’s Gulch is the toughest entrance to steal into USA
C、Rafael will continue his risky attempt to jump the fence
D、Smuggler’s Gulch is secured by advanced tracking tools
答案
C
解析
事实细节题。第一段最后两句提到,当Rafael被问及还会尝试多久时。他回答说“直到我成功越境”。由此可见,C项是正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/RhY4777K
0
考研英语二
相关试题推荐
Thegoodsconfiscatedbythecustomsaregoingtobeputupat______tomorrowmorning.
Hisfatherhasbeenworkinghardformanyyearstosupporthimatuniversitysohedidnotwantto______.
Nowadays,wehavetechnologythat’simprovedsothatwecanbringpeoplebacktolife.Infact,therearedrugsbeingdeveloped
JohnDeweybelievedthateducationshouldbeapreparationforlife,thatapersonlearnsbydoing,andthatteachingmust_____
TheUnitedStateshashistoricallyhadhigherratesofmarriagethanthoseofotherindustrializedcountries.Thecurrentannual
TherearemoredifferencesbetweentheUnitedStatesandJapanthanconflictingvaluesduringWorldWarII.Culturalandsocieta
OlympicGamesareheldeveryfouryearsatadifferentsite,inwhichathletes【1】differentnationscompeteagainsteachotherin
Whatmakesagreathighschool?Americansthinkalotofthingsdo,fromoutstandingacademicsorasupportiveenvironmentfors
WhenrecruitingatBritishuniversities,PricewaterhouseCoopers,oneoftheBigFourauditingfirmswithitsheadquartersinthe
Youwrinkleyournoseandnarrowyoureyelidsifyouseeadeadratintheroad,butyouopenyoureyesandmouthwideifyouse
随机试题
已知市场指数方差为0.4股票计算这两种股票资产组合的方差。
A.白细胞数5×106/L,蛋白0.3g/L,糖3.5mmol/LB.白细胞数5×106/L,蛋白0.8g/L,糖3.0mmol/LC.白细胞数2000×106/L,中性粒细胞为主;蛋白0.8g/L;糖1.5mmol/LD.白细胞数50×106/L,
海藻玉壶汤出自何书
关于血液分析仪性能评价,下列说法不正确的是
最为常见的口腔颌面部恶性肿瘤是
阿司匹林的不良反应除了
某订购合同300t水泥的合同内列明第一批供货200t,第二批供货100t,并约定了逾期交货的违约金。第一批水泥按时交货,第二批水泥虽迟于合同约定15天交货,但未对工程施工产生不利影响,则采购方()。
下列关于无形资产计价的表述中,符合规定的有()。
A注册会计师是甲公司2017年财务报表审计项目合伙人。在对甲公司实施风险评估程序时发现甲公司提供的审计前财务报表中存在与关联方之间虚构销售行为(注册会计师已经识别了舞弊嫌疑或舞弊事实,可以视为与已有问题的信息发生牵连)。按照诚信原则,A注册会计师应当采取适
根据乔姆斯基于20世纪50年代建立的形式语言的理论体系,语言的文法被分为 4种类型,即0型(短语文法),1型(上下有关文法)、2型(上F文无关文法)和3型(正规文法)。其中,2型文法与(56)等价,所以有足够的能力描述多数现今程序设计的语言的句法结构。一个
最新回复
(
0
)