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Over the past two decades America’s broken immigration system has confounded one Congress after another, because it never seemed

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问题     Over the past two decades America’s broken immigration system has confounded one Congress after another, because it never seemed possible to create a law that satisfied the right balance of interests. But some Republicans changed their minds after the 2012 presidential election, when Mitt Romney took just 27% of the Latino vote. It did not take a brilliant strategist to understand the threat: Latinos were growing in number, were increasingly likely to vote, and were turning away from Republicans in droves.     Last June, 14 Republicans in the Senate joined the majority Democrats to pass a comprehensive immigration-reform bill. The effort stalled when the Republican-led House of Representatives said it would not take up the measure. But last week it roared back to life when John Boehner, the House Speaker, issued a brief memo to his caucus outlining principles for reform.
    Although short on specifics, in most respects Mr Boehner’s note echoes the Senate bill. It calls for a secure border, biometrics to track comers and goers, and a digitized system for employers to check the immigration status of workers. It urges the allocation of visas to suit the demands of American firms. It says that most of the 1. 5m "Dreamers"(illegal immigrants brought to America as children)should be allowed to become citizens. How the ground has shifted; only three years ago Senate Republicans put a Dream Act to death.
    These provisions are not universally loved—many think America already spends too much money keeping people out—but they can command support from both parties in Congress. That may not apply to the knottiest part of reform: what to do about America’s 11m—12m illegal immigrants, two-thirds of whom have lived in the country for over a decade.
    The Senate bill would allow most undocumented immigrants to apply for citizenship after paying back-taxes, displaying English proficiency, passing a background check and so forth. That, though, was too much for House Republicans to stomach, so Mr Boehner proposes merely to remove the threat of deportation from those who can satisfy a similar laundry list; there will, he says, be " no special path to citizenship".
We can learn from the first paragraph that______.
选项 A、Mitt Romney is a presidential candidate
B、America’s law system has been confusing
C、most Americans turn away from Republicans
D、more and more young people are likely to vote
答案A
解析 选项[A]对应第一段第二句：But some Republicans changed their minds after the2012 presidential election，when Mitt Romney took just 27％ of the Latino vote．由此可以推断MittRomney是总统选举的候选人，故选项[A]表述正确。选项[B]则原文没有提及，原文只是提到broken immigration system，而没有提到law system，故该项错误。选项[C]对应该段最后一句：Latinos were growing in number，were increasingly likely to vote，and were turning away fromRepublicans in droves．该句指出拉丁美洲人厌恶共和党，而[C]项却说大多数美国人厌恶共和党，显然这是对原文的过度夸大，故错误。选项[D]对应“Latinos were growing in number，wereincreasingly likely to vote”一句，原文提到的是“越来越多拉丁美洲人参与投票”，而不是“越来越多年轻人参与投票”，故该项是偷换概念的错误。
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