1、2019 英語四級仔細(xì)閱讀練習(xí)題 (19)In a country that defines itself by ideals, not by shared blood, who should be allowed to come work and live here? In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks these questions have never seemed more pressing.On Dec. 11, 2001, as part of the effort to increase homeland security, federal a

2、nd local authorities in 14 states staged “Operation Safe Travel ” raids on airports to arrest employees with false identification （身份證明 ）. In Salt LakeCity there were 69 arrests. But those captured were anything but terrorists, most of them illegal immigrants from Central or South America. Authoriti

3、es said the undocumented workers illegal status made them open to blackmail （訛詐） byterrorists.Many immigrants in Salt Lake City were angered by the arrests and said they felt as if they were being treated like disposable goods.Mayor Anderson said those feelings were justified to a certain extent.“We

4、re saying we want you to work in theseplaces, we re going to look the other way in terms of whatour laws are, and then when its convenient for us, or whenwe can try to make a point in terms of national security, especially after Sept. 11, then youre disposable. There arewhole families being uprooted

5、 for all of the wrong reasons,Anderson said.If Sept. 11 had never happened, the airport workers would not have been arrested and could have gone on quietly living in America, probably indefinitely. Ana Castro, amanager at a Ben & Jerry s ice cream shop at the airport had been working 10 years with t

6、he same false Social Security card when she was arrested in the December airport raid. Now she and her family are living under the threat of deportation ( 驅(qū)逐出境 ). Castro s case is currently waiting to be settled. While she awaits the outcome, the government has granted her permission to work here an

7、d she has returned to her job at Ben & Jerry s.62. According to the author, the United States claims to be a nation .A) composed of people having different valuesB) encouraging individual pursuitsC) sharing common interestsD) founded on shared ideals63. How did the immigrants in Salt Lake City feel

8、about “Operation Safe Travel ”?A) Guilty.B) Offended.C) Disappointed.D) Discouraged.64. Undocumented workers became the target of “Operation Safe Travel ” because .A) evidence was found that they were potential terroristsB) most of them worked at airports under threat of terroristsC) terrorists migh

9、t take advantage of their illegal statusD) they were reportedly helping hide terrorists around the airport65. By saying “.we re going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are” (Line 2, Para. 4), MayorAnderson means “”.A) we will turn a blind eye to your illegal statusB) we will examine the laws in a different wayC) there are other ways of enforcing the lawD) the existing laws must not be ignored66. What do we learn about Ana Castro from the last paragraph?A) She will be dep