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Some say that our <u>economy</u> would crumble almost immediately if all the <u>illegal</u> aliens, an estimated 20-million people left our nation tomorrow. One cannot <u>deny</u> that at the current 5.5% <u>unemployment</u> figure we need <u>additional</u> labor for our economy and our standard of living to continue. However,
we must also <u>point out</u>: that does not mean we should not find
a way to control our <u>borders</u>. We need some way to <u>keep track of</u> all those entering our nation. Not only due to the crime — 33% illegal aliens fill our prisons. But also because we need to guard against diseases, which we <u>were supposed to</u> have eradicated. Small Pox, Polio, etc. And what about Hepatitis C and TB, STDs and the pending Bird Flu? You see we do not live with our chickens here like others in the world that do. We do not need those issues here either. For those who have studied the illegal immigration issue since the Jordan Commission Era, they know that this is a serious issue and one we must
<u>address</u> and not one we can go any longer without doing something about it. We need the problem fixed and if we do not, we will surely pay the price in the future.
Recently the Department of Planning of New York issued a report which laid bare a full scale of the city. In 1970, 18% of the city's population was foreign-born. By 1995, the figure had risen to 33%, and another 20% were the US-born offsprings of immigrants. So immigrants and their children now form a majority of the city's population. Who are these New Yorkers? Why do they come here? Where are they from? (OK, time to drop the "they." I'm one of them.) The last question at least is easy to answer: we come from everywhere. In the list of the top 20 source nations of those sending immigrants to New York between 1990 and 1994 are six countries in Asia, five in the Caribbean, four in Latin America, three in Europe, plus Israel and former Soviet Union. And when we immigrants get here we roll up our sleeves. "If you're not ready to work when you get to New York," says a friend of mine, "you'd better hit the road." The mayor of New York once said, "Immigration continues to shape the unique character and drive the economic engine of New York City." He believes that immigrants are at the heart of what makes New York great. In Europe, by contrast, it is much more common to hear politicians worry about the loss of "unity" that immigration brings to
their societies. In the quarter century since 1970, the United States admitted about 125 million legal immigrants, and has absorbed them into its social structures with an ease beyond the imagination of other nations. Since these immigrants are purposeful and hard-working, they will help America to make a fresh start in the next century. Following the lead of
Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Britain, America would adopt a
points system that will give priority to the sort of young, employable
immigrants who are most likely to contribute to the economy.
The report issued by the Department of Planning of New York ________.
put forward ways to control New York's population</option>
2">concerned itself with the growth of New York's population</option>
<option id="3">studied the structure of New York's population</option>
<option id="4">suggested ways to increase New York's population</option>
<prompt>According to the second paragraph, which of the following is true of the immigrants in New York?</prompt>
-<choice>
<option id="1">One can not find his place in New York unless he is ready to work.</option>
<option id="2">They found life in New York harder than in their own countries.</option>
<option id="3">Most of them have difficulty finding jobs.</option>
<option id="4">One can live on welfare if he does not want to work.</option>
<prompt>The mayor of New York considers immigration to be _________.</prompt>
-<choice>
<option id="1">a big problem in the management of the city</option>
<option id="2">a push needed to develop the city</option>
<option id="3">a cause of disintegration of the city's social structure</option>
<option id="4">an obstacle to the development of the city</option>
<prompt>Where are the new New Yorkers from?</prompt>
-<choice>
<option id="1">Asia.</option>
<option id="2">Europe.</option>
<option id="3">All over the world.</option>
<option id="4">Latin America.</option>
<prompt>What is the author's attitude towards immigration to New York?</prompt>
-<choice>
<option id="1">Negative.</option>
<option id="2">Worried.</option>
<option id="3">Indifferent</option>
<option id="4">Positive.</option>
<text>Large companies need a way to reach the savings of the public at large. The same problem, on a smaller scale, faces practically every
company trying to develop new products and create new jobs. There can be little prospect of raising the sort of sums needed from friends and
people we know, and while banks may agree to provide short-term
finance, they are generally unwilling to provide money on a permanent basis for long-term projects. So companies turn to public, inviting people to lend them money, or take a share in the business in exchange for a
share in future profits. This they do by issuing stocks and shares in the business through The Stock Exchange. By doing so they can put into
circulation the savings of individuals and institution, both at home and overseas. When the saver needs his money back, he does not have to go to the company with whom he originally placed it. Instead, he sells his shares through a stockbroker to some other saver who is seeking to
invest his money. Many of the services needed both by industry and by each of us are provided by the Government or by local authorities.
Without hospitals, roads, electricity, telephones, railways, this country could not function. All these requ
ire continuous spending on new
equipment and new development if they are to serve us properly,
requiring more money than is raised through taxes alone. The
government, local authorities, and nationalized industries therefore
frequently needed to borrow money to finance major capital spending, and they, too, come to The Stock Exchange. There is hardly a man or
woman in this country whose job or whose standard of living does not depend on the ability of his or her employers to raise money to finance new development. In one way or another, this new money must come
from the savings of the country. The Stock Exchange exists to provide a channel through which these savings can reach those who need
finance.</text>
<prompt>Almost all companies involved in new production and development must ________.</prompt>
-<choice>
<option id="1">rely on their own financial resources</option>
<option id="2">persuade the banks to provide long-term finance</option>
<option id="3">borrow large sums of money from friends and people we know</option>
<option id="4">depend on the population as a whole for finance</option>
<prompt>The money which enables these companies to go ahead with their projects is _______.</prompt>
-<choice>
<option id="1">repaid to its original owners as soon as possible</option>
<option id="2">raised by the selling of shares in the companies</option>
<option id="3">exchanged for part ownership in The Stock Exchange</option>
<option id="4">invested in different companies on The Stock
<prompt>When the savers want their money back they _______.</prompt>
-<choice>
<option id="1">ask another company to obtain their money for them</option>
<option id="2">look for other people to borrow money from</option>
<option id="3">put their shares in the company back on the market</option> <option id="4">transfer their money to a more successful company</option>
<prompt>All the essential services on which we depend are
________.</prompt>
-<choice>
<option id="1">run by the Government or our local authorities</option>
<option id="2">in constant need of financial support</option>
<option id="3">financed wholly by rates and taxes</option>
<option id="4">unable to provide for the needs of the population</option>
<prompt>The Stock Exchange makes it possible for the Government, local authorities and nationalized industries ________.</prompt>
-<choice>
<option id="1">to borrow as much money as they wish</option>
<option id="2">to make certain everybody saves money</option>
<option id="3">to raise money to finance new developments</option>
<option id="4">to make certain everybody lends money to them</option>
<prompt>The couple has moved most of their stuff; there are just a few ________ left.</prompt>
-<choice>
<option id="1">odd and end</option>
<option id="2">odds and end</option>
<option id="3">odd and ends</option>
<option id="4">odds and ends</option>
<prompt>Leave my house now, or I will ________ the police.</prompt>
-<choice>
<option id="1">send back</option>
<option id="2">sent out</option>
<option id="3">send in</option>
<option id="4">send for</option>
<prompt>I should like to rent a house, modern, cozy and ________ in a quiet environment.</prompt>
-
<choice>
<option id="1">after all</option>
<option id="2">before all</option>
<option id="3">above all</option>sort of house翻译
<option id="4">first of all</option>
<prompt>The police found some stolen ________ hidden in the thief's apartment.</prompt>
-<choice>
<option id="1">fortune</option>
<option id="2">wealth</option>
<option id="3">properties</option>
<option id="4">property</option>
<prompt>As we ________ the wood a rabbit ran out of the trees.</prompt> -<choice>
<option id="1">approaching</option>
<option id="2">approached</option>
<option id="3">approximated</option>
<option id="4">approximating</option>
<prompt>Tom will have to ________ the weak points in his French if he wants to pass the final exam.</prompt>
-<choice>
<option id="1">work out</option>
<option id="2">work on</option>
<option id="3">work to</option>
<option id="4">work over</option>
<prompt>Some of the most important concepts in physics ________ their success to these mathematical systems.</prompt>
-<choice>
<option id="1">oblige</option>
<option id="2">contribute</option>
<option id="3">owe</option>
<option id="4">attribute</option>
<prompt>Stand _______ when you're being spoken to.</prompt>
-<choice>
<option id="1">highly</option>
<option id="2">upright</option>
<option id="3">primly</option>

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