英语六级阅读强化训练

　　英语六级阅读强化训练原文

　　Immigration and natural increase have added 600,000 young Latino residents to the state'spopulation in the past decade.Half of the population younger than 18 in both Phoenix andTucson cs now Latino. Within 20 years. Latinos will make up half of the homegrown entry-levellabor pool in the state's two largest labor markets.

　　What is more, Hispanics are becoming key economic players. Most people don't notice it. butLatinos born in Arizona make up much of their immigrant parents' economic and educationaldeficits. For example. second-generation Mexican-Americans secure an average of 12 grades ofschooling where their parents obtained lessthan nine. That means they erase 70 percent oftheir parents' lag behind third-generation non-Hispanic Whites in a single generation.

　　A11 of chis hands the state a golden opportunity. At a time when many states will strugglewith labor shortages because of modest population growth. Arizona has a priceless chance mbuild a populous, hardworking and skilled workforce on which to base future prosperity. Theproblem is that Arizona and its Latino residents may not be able to seize this opportunity. Fartoo many of Arizona's Latinos drop out of high school or fail to obtain the basic educationneeded for more advanced study. As a result,educational deficits areholding back manyLatinos-and the state as well. To be sure, construction and low-end service jobs continue toabsorb tens of thousands of Latino immigrants with little formal education. But over the longtern. most of Arizona's Latino citizens remain ill-prepared to prosper in an increasinglydemanding knowledge economy.

　　For the reason, the educational uplift of Arizona's huge Latino population must move to thecenter of the state's agenda. After all, the education deficits of Arizona's Latino populationwill severely cramp the fortunes of hardworking people if they go unaddressed and could wellundercut the state's ability to compete in the new economy. At the entry level, slower growthrates may create more competition for low-skill jobs. displacing Latinos from a significantmeans of support. At the higher end. shortages of Latinos educationally ready to move up willmake it that much harder for knowledge-based companies staff high-skill positions.

　　英语六级阅读强化训练题目

　　1. The Latino population is changing Arizona's__________________.

　　A) aging problem

　　B) educational system

　　C) economic structure

　　D) financial deficits

　　2. What can be inferred from the third paragraph?

　　A) The Latino population in Arizona is made up of Hispanics and Mexican-Americans.

　　B) The first-generation Latinos are immigrants instead of being born in America.

　　C) 70 percent of the first-generation Latinos had less schooling than nine years.

　　D) The educational system used to be in favor of the non-Hispanic Whites.

　　3. "Educational deficits" (Line 7. Para. 4) most probably means that______________.

　　A) the state did not put much money into education

　　B) many Latinos are too poor to obtain education

　　C) education is not a profitable enterprise

　　D) many Latinos are not well-educated

　　4. According to the author. Arizona should give highest priorityto________________.

　　A) controlling the Latino population

　　B) enhancing the educational level of the Latino population

　　C) improving the knowledge-based economy

　　D) building the Latino population into hardworking and skilled workforce

　　5. It is implied that in the long run most Latinos in Arizona will_______________.

　　A) be jobless

　　B) be badly-paid

　　C) do low-skill jobs

　　D) do high-skill jobs

　　英语六级阅读强化训练答案

　　1.拉丁裔人口改变了亚利桑那的___________________。

　　A) 人口老龄化问题

　　B) 教育体系

　　C) 经济结构

　　D)财政赤字

　　[C]原文首段末句中的reorienting与changing为近义同，而该句表明拉丁裔人口在两方面改变着亚利桑那州，选项C就是这两方面的其中一个。选项A中的aging，选项B中的educational和选项D中的deficits都在文中出现，但都与题干的要求无关。

　　2.我们可以从第三段推断出哪一个看法?

　　A) 亚利桑那的拉丁裔人口是由西班牙裔和墨西哥裔美国人所组成。

　　B) 第一代的拉丁裔是移民而不是在美国土生土长的。

　　C) 第一代的拉丁裔中有70%只受过不到9年的教育。

　　D) 教育体系过去只对非西班牙裔的白人有利。

　　[B]第3段第3句表明第二代墨西哥裔美国人比他们的父母获得更好的教育。而这一句是为了举例说明第2句提到的在Arizona出生的拉丁裔和他们的移民父母之间的区别，由此可见，第2句提到的immigrant parents就是第一代的拉丁裔美国人，immigrant一词表明他们并非在美国出生，因此选项B为正确的推断。

　　3.“教育赤字”(第4段第7行)最可能的意思是__________________。

　　A) 州政府没有在教育上投入大量资金

　　B)许多拉丁裔穷得无法受教育

　　C) 教育不是一个能够盈利的产业

　　D)许多拉丁裔都没有受过良好的教育

　　[D]第4段第5句开头的As a result表明本句与上一句形成因果关系，由此可见。本句中的educationaldeficits与上一句提到的拉丁裔美国人受教育程度较低有关，由此可推断，educational deficits指的应该是受教育不足。因此.选项D为正确的理解。

　　4.作者认为，亚利桑那应该最关注______________。

　　A) 控制拉丁裔人口

　　B) 提高拉丁裔人口的教育水平

　　C) 改善知识经济

　　D) 将拉丁裔人口发展成努力工作的技术性劳动力

　　[B]第5段首句中的move to the cemnter为题干中give highest priority的同义替换，选项B与原文该句的主语educational uplift也意思一致，因此选项B为本题答案。选项A在文中并无提及，选项C和D都在文中提到，但不符合题意，与highest priority无关。

　　5.文章暗示，从长远来看，亚利桑那大部分的拉丁裔人口将会_______________。

　　A) 失业

　　B)工资很低

　　C) 做低技能的工作

　　D) 做高技能的工作

　　[C]第4段末句中的ill-prepared和第5段末句中的shortages of Latinos educationally ready都表明从长远来看，拉丁裔美国人受的教育仍然保持较低的水平，由此可推断，他们只能做一些技术要求不高的工作，所以选项C为本题答案。