- 阅读理解A
题干：Inacountrythatdefinesitselfbyideals，notbysharedblood，whoshouldbeallowedtocome,workandlivehere?InthewakeoftheSept.11attacksthesequestionshaveneverseemedmorepressing.OnDec.11，2001，aspartoftheefforttoincreasehomelandsecurity,federalandlocalauthoritiesin14statesstaged“OperationSafeTravel”-raidsonairportstoarrestemployeeswithfalseidentification(身份证明).InSaltLakeCitytherewere69arrests.Butthosecapturedwereanythingbutterrorists,mostofthemillegalimmigrantsfromCentralorSouthAmerica.Authoritiessaidtheundocumentedworkers，illegalstatusmadethemopentoblackmail(讹诈)byterrorists.ManyimmigrantsinSaltLakeCitywereangeredbythearrestsandsaidtheyfeltasiftheywerebeingtreatedlikedisposablegoods.MayorAndersonsaidthosefeelingswerejustifiedtoacertainextent.“We’resayingwewantyoutoworkintheseplaces,we’regoingtolooktheotherwayintermsofwhatourlawsare，andthenwhenit’sconvenientforus，orwhenwecantrytomakeapointintermsofnationalsecurity,especiallyafterSept.11，thenyou’redisposable.Therearewholefamiliesbeinguprootedforallofthewrongreasons,”Andersonsaid.IfSept.11hadneverhappened，theairportworkerswouldnothavebeenarrestedandcouldhavegoneonquietlylivinginAmerica,probablyindefinitely.AndCastro,amanagerataBen&Jerry'sicecreamshopattheairport,hadbeenworking10yearswiththesamefalseSocialSecuritycardwhenshewasarrestedintheDecemberairportraid.Nowsheandherfamilyarelivingunderthethreatofdeportation(驱逐出境).Castro'scaseiscurrentlywaitingtobesettled.Whilesheawaitstheoutcome,thegovernmenthasgrantedherpermissiontoworkhereandshehasreturntoherjobatBen&Jerry’s.
题目：By saying “… we’ re going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are “( Line 2，Para.4)，Mayor Anderson means “_____ - A 、we will turn a blind eye to your illegal status
- B 、we will examine the laws in a different way
- C 、there are other ways of enforcing the law
- D 、the existing laws must not be ignored
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参考答案【正确答案：A】
语义题。第四段引言中的 We’ re saying we want you to work in these places 和 then you' redisposable表明, and连接的前后两句实际上是转折关系。look the other way的本意是指“有意忽视某些不好的事情”，结合后面的“一旦国家安全被提上日程，移民工人的安危就被置于不顾了”推测，look the other way in terms of what our laws are应是指“美国在劳动力紧缺时期对移民工人的非法地位睁一眼闭一眼”。
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