英语四级考试模拟试题及答案（4）

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Passage Two
9 m6 A6 ~( i- ^4 T( B3 B1 NQuestions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
% H$ ^  r* V8 E: p; D, RIn a country that defines itself by ideals,not by shared blood,who should be allowed to come worl and live here?In the wake of the Sept.11 attacks these questions have never seemet more pressing.
- _. x" V8 ?" O3 Z' J7 B- Kon December .11,2001,as part of the effort to increase homeland securty ,federal and local authorities in 14 states staged "Operation Safe Travel" -raids on airports to arrest employees with false identification(身份证明).In Salt Lake City there were 69 arrests.But those captured were anything but terrorists,most of them illegal immigrants from Central or Sounth American .Authorities said the undocumented worker's illegal status made them open to blankmall(讹诈)by terrorists Many immigrants in Salt Lake City were angered by the arrests and said they felt as if they were being treated like disposable goods.
/ e; s5 T" J0 s+ E. K, q% z0 i9 v" r. U, yMayor Anderson said those feelings were judtified to a certain extent."We're saying we want you to work in these places,we're going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are,and then when it's convenient for us,or when we can try to make a point in terms of national security,especially after Sept.11,then you'er disposable There are whole families being uprooted for all of the wrong reasons,"Anderson said.
1 W: i; z$ G& o8 a  Z7 r- m0 RIf 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,a ,amanager at a Ben & Jerry'sice cream shop at the airport.had been working 10 years with the same false Social Aecurity card when she was arrested in the December airport raid.Now she and her family are living under the threat of deporation(驱逐出境)。Castro's case is currently waiting to be settled.While she awaits the outcome ,the government has granted her permission to work here and she has returned to her job at Ben&Jerry's.
62.Accroding to the author ,the United States claims to be a nation____________.
* S. O+ X& p  u: }A)composed of people having different vaules
B)encouraging individual pursuits
: r" |- e9 Y0 T) x$ z  i( T# [( @C)sharing common interests
D)founded on shared ideals
, ^* N  X7 n& d63.How did the immigrants in Salt Lake City feel about "Operation Safe Travel" ?
A)Guilty
% R$ d. J" Y7 _1 @$ C9 o3 UB)Offended
C)Disappointed
D)Discouraged
64.Undocumented workers became the target of"Operation Safe Travel" because__________.
& D7 D4 Y) x* x1 Y' pA)evidence was found that they were potential terrorists
B)most of them worked at airports under threat of terrorists
2 j6 [0 H6 T8 x  tC)terrorists might take advantage of their illgal status
D) they were reportedly helping hide terrorists around the airport.
8 o5 I& Z1 ^1 ~- x& ]65.By saying"...we're going to look the other way in terms of what pur laws are"(Line 2 ,Para.4),Mayor Aiderson means"________________".
A)we will turn a blind eye to your illegal atatus
9 B  T; H8 V0 D" m- |2 P  ZB)we will examine the laws in a different way
/ }3 i2 x( [9 Z, Q' cC)there are other ways of enforcing the law
D) the existing laws must not be ignored
66.What do we learn about Ana Castro from the last paragraph?
A)she will be deported sooner or later.
B)She is allowed to stady permanently .
1 F9 Q6 e  Z; |" g9 d# n8 hC)Her case has been dropped
( k1 |) S* ]& F9 JD)Her fate remains uncertain.