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We are in the fight of our lives.
我们都在生命中奋斗着。
American farmers have been complaining of labor shortages for several years. The complaints are unlikely to stop without an overhaul of immigration rules for farm workers.
Congress has obstructed efforts to create a more straightforward visa for agricultural workers that would let foreign workers stay longer in the U.S. and change jobs within the industry. If this doesn’t change, American businesses communities, and consumers will be the losers.
What problem should beaddressed according to the first two paragraphs?A.Discrimination against foreign workers in the U.S.
B. Flaws inU.S. immigration rules for farm workers.
C. Biasedlaws in favor of some American businesses.
D. Declineof job opportunities in U.S. agriculture.
解题思路:
1. 审题:关键词抓住:the first two paragraph 和 a problemshould be addressed (应该被解决的问题),核心在于题目问的是“问题”
2. 一、段中讲到:complain oflaborshortage (劳动力的短缺)的一些怨言,但是这些怨言不会停止,除非有anoverhaul of immigration rulesfor farm workers.可以得知,存在的问题是劳动力不足,而劳动力不足的原因是政策的问题。
3.再看选项,没有讲到劳动力的问题,那只可能是政策的问题,所以看选项有政策的只有B
词汇速记
lobor 劳动力
shortage 短缺
immigrantion
visa 签证
agriculture 农业
obstruct 阻碍、妨碍
straightforward 直截了当的
discrimination 其实
flaw 瑕疵、缺点
biased 偏见的
in favor of 支持
Perhaps half of U.S. farm laborers are undocumented immigrants. As fewer such workers enter the country, the characteristics of the agricultural workforce are changing. Today's farm laborers, while still predominantly born in Mexico, are more likely to be settled rather than migrating and more likely to be married than single. They're also aging. At the start of this century, about one-third of crop workers were over the age of 35. Now more than half are. And picking crops is hard on older bodies. One oft-debated cure for this labor shortage remains as implausible as it's been all along: Native U.S, workers won't be returning to the farm.
One trouble with U.S. agricultural workforce is______.
A.the rising number ofillegal immigrants
B.the high mobility of cropworkers
C.the aging of immigrant farm workers
D.the lack of experiencedlaborers
解题思路:
1. 先审题:抓住关键词:trouble;agriculture workfoce
2. 回到原文找:agriculture workforce, "...the characteristics of the agricultural workforce are changing. " 劳动力的特征正在改变。什么特征呢?继续看
3. ...more likely to be settled rather than migrating and more likely to be married than single. They're also aging. 他们更想稳定下来,更想结婚,而且他们年纪也大了。一共三个问题。
4. 看选项:A 非法 (无中生有);B高流动性 (正反混淆,原文说更愿意安定下来)C年纪变大,为正确答案D 缺乏有经验的劳动力 (无中生有)
词汇速记
characteristic 特点
settle 定居
rather than 而不是... (否定后者)
instead of 而不是...(否定后者)
cure治疗、治愈
implausible 难以置信的、不真实的
native 本土的、本国的
Perhaps half of U.S. farm laborers are undocumented immigrants. As fewer such workers enter the country, the characteristics of the agricultural workforce are changing. Today's farm laborers, while still predominantly born in Mexico, are more likely to be settled rather than migrating and more likely to be married than single. They're also aging. At the start of this century, about one-third of crop workers were over the age of 35. Now more than half are. And picking crops is hard on older bodies. One oft-debated cure for this labor shortage remains as implausible as it's been all along: Native U.S, workers won't be returning to the farm.
What is the much-arguedsolution to the labor shortage in U.S. farming?
A. To get native U.S. workers back to farming.
B.To attract younger laborersto farm work.
C.To use more robots to growhigh-value crops.
D. To strengthen financialsupport for famers.
解题思路:
1. 审题,抓住关键词:the much-arguedsolution
2. 对应原文,找到第三段后面一句话。其中 oft-debated 和 much-argued 同义替换; solution 与 cure同义替换。
3. 原文的含义是:解决劳动短缺的一个办法依旧难以置信:土生土长的美国人不会回到农场工作。也就是说,其中一个办法就是让本土美国人回到农场工作。对比选项,A 选项为佳选项。
The H-2A visa has no numerical cap, unlike the H-2B visa for nonagricultural work, which is limited to 66,000 a year. Even so, employers complain they aren't given all the workers they need. The process is cumbersome, expensive, and unreliable. One survey found that bureaucratic delays led the average H-2A worker to arrive on the job 22 days late. The shortage is compounded by federal immigration raids, which remove some workers and drive others underground.
Agriculturalemployers complain about the H-2A visa for its ______.
A.control of annualadmissions
B.limit on duration of stay
C.tightened requirements
D.slow granting procedures
解题思路:
1. 根据题目关键词 “H-2Avisa” 和 agriculture employers complain 可以找到第六段第二行:employers complain they aren’t given all the workers they need.
2. 后面紧跟原因The process is cumbersome......bureaucratic delays......worker to arrive on the job 22 days late.
3. 对照选项 A. 每年发放数量控制,不对,控制的是 H-2B 签证;B. 停留时间的,未提及, 不对;C.高要求,未提及,不对;D.缓慢的发放程序,与原文符合,为正确
Which of the following couldbe the best title for this text?
A. Import Food or Labor?
B. U.S. Agriculture in Decline?
C. America Saved by Mexico?
D. Manpower vs. Automation?
解题思路:
1. 主旨题 全文按行文顺序讲了美国的农业生产面临劳动力短缺,劳动力老龄 化,机器也不能完全代替人力,美国为了吸引劳动力而发放 H-2A 签证,说的是 进口劳动力;而后面两段又提到了食物的进口,所以主旨应该选全面客观的表达。
2. BCD选项,均属于和文章大意相差十万八千里,不选