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Tens of Thousands of couples across the United States are racing to get marred by April 30. This is the result of a new law that makes illegal(非法的) immigrants(移民) legal if they marry by then.
The law has sent marriage rising by 50 percent to 300 this year in immigrant-rich Los Angeles, Houston and New York. The new law, passed in the last days of the Clinton administration(任期), contains a large number of measures to help immigrants and their loved ones become legal.
Critics say it also brings many marriage fraud(诈骗). A key aspect allows immigrants to look for houses while remaining in the USA-if they are married to a citizen or legal resident and hand in applications by April 30After the date, applicants will have to return to their native countries to deal with their paperwork-a requirement that could take as long as 10 years.
Demand for marriage licenses in Manhattan this year jumped from 100 a day to more than 300. The Los Angeles County registrar(户籍员)-recorder's office supplied 12,997 marriage license during January and February, a 59 percent increase over last year.
Critics say the new law encourages false marriage. There are a lot of marriage frauds as people rush to make use of this window. In the past cases citizens or legal residents were paid US 10,000 or more to marry illegal immigrants in which immigration is concluded may be investigated for as long as two years after the vows.
“It's not worth the risk to attempt an illegal marriage,” says INS spokesman Bill Strassberger.
1.Couples race to get married so that ________.
[ ]
A.this can show their worship for the God
B.they can become American citizens
C.they can find true love there
D.they can find good places to pray
2.If a person misses the deadline(截止日期), he will ________.
[ ]
A.be put into prison as an illegal immigrant
B.find a proper job for him to do
C.be give a good beating by the local police
D.be forced to go back to his or her homeland
3.In the author's eyes, those couples who race to get married are ________.
[ ]
4.The underlined words “this window” probably refer to ________.
[ ]
A.the new law
B.the marriage full of love
C.the window of the Los Angeles County registrar recorder's office
D.the US government
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If the world were a village of 1 000 people it would include:
·584 Asians
·124 Africans
·95 Eastern and Western Europeans
·84 Latin Americans
·55 former Soviets(including Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, and other national groups)
·52 North Americans
·6 Australians and New Zealanders
The people of the village would speak:
·165 Mandarin
·86 English
·83 Hindu/Urdu
·64 Spanish
·58 Russian
·37 Arabic
The above list covers the mother tongues of only half the village.
One-third of the people in the village are children, and only 60 are over the age of 65.Just under half of the married women in the village have access to modern equipment.
This year 28 babies will be born. Ten people will die, three of them for lack of food, one from cancer. Two of the deaths will be of babies born within the year. With the 28 births and ten deaths, the population of the village next year will be 1 018.
In this village of 1 000 persons, 200 people receive 75 percent of the income; another 200 receive only 2 percent of the income.
About one-third have access to clean, safe drinking water.
Of the 670 adults in the village, half can not read nor write.
The village has a total yearly budget(预算),public and private, of over $3 million, that is,$3 000 per person if it is distributed evenly of the total $3 million:
$181 000 goes to weapons and warfare
$159 000 to education
$132 000 to health care
These weapons are under the control of just 100 of the people. The other 900 are watching them with deep anxiety, wondering whether they can learn to get along together.
1.Which of the following is true about Mandarin according to the text?
A. Nearly one-third of Asian people speak Mandarin in the village.
B.About 8.25 percent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.
C.About 16.5 percent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.
D.Nearly all the Mandarin-speaking people are from Asia in the village.
2.Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the text?
A.Poverty. B.Education.
C.Environment. D.Marriage.
3.The underlined part “have access to”(in Para.4) means_____________.
A.use B.buy
C.produce D.try
4.According to the passage, which continent has the second largest population?
A. Asia. B.America.
C.Africa. D.Australia.
5.The last sentence in the text implies that most of the people long for _____________.
A.a peaceful world B.good education
C.better health care D.a life without anxiety
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If the world were a village of 1 000 people it would include:
·584 Asians
·124 Africans
·95 Eastern and Western Europeans
·84 Latin Americans
·55 former Soviets(including Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, and other national groups)
·52 North Americans
·6 Australians and New Zealanders
The people of the village would speak:
·165 Mandarin
·86 English
·83 Hindu/Urdu
·64 Spanish
·58 Russian
·37 Arabic
The above list covers the mother tongues of only half the village.
One-third of the people in the village are children, and only 60 are over the age of 65.Just under half of the married women in the village have access to modern equipment.
This year 28 babies will be born. Ten people will die, three of them for lack of food, one from cancer. Two of the deaths will be of babies born within the year. With the 28 births and ten deaths, the population of the village next year will be 1 018.
In this village of 1 000 persons, 200 people receive 75 percent of the income; another 200 receive only 2 percent of the income.
About one-third have access to clean, safe drinking water.
Of the 670 adults in the village, half can not read nor write.
The village has a total yearly budget(预算),public and private, of over $3 million, that is,$3 000 per person if it is distributed evenly of the total $3 million:
$181 000 goes to weapons and warfare
$159 000 to education
$132 000 to health care
These weapons are under the control of just 100 of the people. The other 900 are watching them with deep anxiety, wondering whether they can learn to get along together.
1.Which of the following is true about Mandarin according to the text?
A. Nearly one-third of Asian people speak Mandarin in the village.
B.About 8.25 percent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.
C.About 16.5 percent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.
D.Nearly all the Mandarin-speaking people are from Asia in the village.
2.Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the text?
A.Poverty. B.Education.
C.Environment. D.Marriage.
3.The underlined part “have access to”(in Para.4) means_____________.
A.use B.buy
C.produce D.try
4.According to the passage, which continent has the second largest population?
A. Asia. B.America.
C.Africa. D.Australia.
5.The last sentence in the text implies that most of the people long for _____________.
A.a peaceful world B.good education
C.better health care D.a life without anxiety
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