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Migrant Workers In the past twenty years, there has been an increasing tendency for workers to move from one country to anot

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问题                          Migrant Workers
    In the past twenty years, there has been an increasing tendency for workers to move from one country to another.【C1】______some newly independent countries have understandably restricted most jobs to local people, others have attracted and welcomed migrant workers. This is particularly the case in the Middle East,【C2】______increased oil incomes have enabled many countries to 【C3】______outsiders to improve local facilities.【C4】______the Middle East has attracted oil-workers from the USA and Europe. It has brought in construction workers and technicians from many countries,【C5】______South Korea and Japan.
    In view of the difficult living and working conditions in the Middle East, it is not【C6】______that the pay is high to attract suitable workers. Many engineers and technicians can earn at least【C7】______ money in the Middle East as they can in their own country, and this is a major attraction. An allied benefit is the low taxation or complete lack of it. This increases the net amount of pay received by visiting workers and is very popular with them.
    Sometimes a disadvantage has a compensating advantage.【C8】______, the difficult living conditions often lead to increased friendship when workers have to depend on each other【C9】______safety and comfort.【C10】______, many migrant workers can save large sums of money partly【C11】______the lack of entertainment facilities. The work is often complex and full of problems but this merely presents greater challenge to engineers who prefer to find solutions【C12】______problems rather than do routine work in their home country.
    One major problem which【C13】______migrant workers in the Middle East is that their jobs are temporary ones. They are nearly always on contract, so it is not easy for them to plan ahead with great confidence. This is to be expected since no country welcomes a large number of foreign workers as permanent residents.【C14】______, migrant workers accept this disadvantage, along with others, because of the 【C15】______financial benefits which they receive.
【C7】
选项 A、twice as much
B、twice as many
C、as much as twice
D、as many as twice
答案A
解析 选项C和D是错误的表达方式，可以排除。选项A和B都表示“……的两倍”，但区别是twice as much用于不可数的物质名词，twice as many用于可数名词。money为不可数名词，故选A。
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