【正文】 It may pose a threat to their economic status.C)They are more likely to encounter interracial conflicts.C)They can get consumer goods at lower prices.C)s a different story.C) access to certain benefits.The irony is that for all the overexcited debate, the net effect of immigration is minimal. Even for those most acutely affected – say, lowskilled workers, or California residents – the impact isn39。 impact on the economy and the reality?There are a number of familiar theories. Some argue that people are anxious and feel threatened by an inflow of new workers. Others highlight the strain that undocumented immigrants place on public services, like schools, hospitals, and jails. Still others emphasize the role of race, arguing that foreigners add to the nation39。 ve done so far.Here39。 one last edit and it39。Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)In America, people are faced with more and more decisions every day, whether it39。 Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) They think travel has bee a trend.B) C) To relieve her feelings.B) To teach them a lesson.s a rare chance for them to see the boss lose face.D) They have seen this many times in old films.22. A) To irritate them.t know how to cope with the situation.D) They don39。It won39。A) She phoned Fred about the book.They cannot afford the high tuition.C)C) their classes are generally smallerB)D) Sixtyseven percent.5.Fiftysix percent.What is the risk facing America?A) Its schools will be overwhelmed by the growing number of illegal immigrants.B)The poor academic performance of students.2.s main concern about American higher education?A)s efforts to recruit minority students. Since 2003 the small, elite liberal arts school in Brunswick, Maine, has boosted the proportion of socalled underrepresented minority students in entering freshman classes from 8% to 13%. It is our responsibility to reach out and attract students to e to our kinds of places, he told a NEWSWEEK reporter. But Bowdoin has not done quite as well when it es to actually graduating minorities. While 9 out of 10 white students routinely get their diplomas within six years, only 7 out of 10 black students made it to graduation day in several recent classes.If you look at who enters college, it now looks like America, says Hilary Pennington, director of postsecondary programs for the Bill amp。 (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Certificate Craze. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below.1．現(xiàn)在許多人熱衷于各類證書考試2．其目的各不相同3．在我看來(lái)……The Certificate Craze注意：此部分試題在答題卡1上。 Part II Melinda Gates Foundation, which has closely studied enrollment patterns in higher education. But if you look at who walks across the stage for a diploma, it39。 Students don39。 The man should make his own copies.C) t be easy for Mark to win the election.D)It was left behind in the hotel.15. A) Just make use of whatever information is available.B)The woman isn39。A) They are both to blame.B)A) They are in desperate need of financial assistance.B)We wish to hide our indifference to their misfortune.C)t want to reveal their own frustration.21. A) They themselves would like to do it but don39。 He took away Kumar39。C) Check the passenger list.B) Find Alfred Foster.Introduce travel packages for young travelers.C)The changing roles played by men and women.C)Speak loudly enough to attract attention.D) Raise issues on behalf of women.31. A) To prove that she could earn her living as a gardener.B)Reporting criminal offenses in Greenville.C)Assaults often happen on school campuses.D) It has fewer violent crimes than big cities.34. A) There are a wide range of cases.B)s picking one of 31 ice cream (36) _____ or deciding whether and when to get married. That sounds like a great thing. But as a recent study has shown, too many choices can make us (37) _____, unhappy – even paralyzed with indecision.That39。 s finished. Enter the executive editor, who makes a suggestion requiring a morethanmodest rearrangement of the design and the addition of an information box. You want to scream: No! It39。s another case. Your leastfavorite reporter suggests a dumb story idea. This one should be easy, but it39。One way of responding to your boss39。s fears and insecurities. There39。t all that dramatic. The unpleasant voices have tended to dominate our perceptions, says Daniel Tichenor, a political science professor at the University of Oregon. But when all those factors are put together and the economists calculate the numbers, it ends up being a net positive, but a small one. Too bad most people don39。People are making too big a fuss about something of small impact.D) There is no essential difference between seemingly opposite opinions.Passage TwoQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.Picture a typical MBA lecture theatre twenty years ago. In it the majority of students will have conformed to the standard model of the time: male, middle class and Western. Walk into a class today, however, and you39。Those who are opposed to it turn out to benefit most from it.C)The American economy used to thrive on immigration but now it39。 savings probably translate into lower prices at the grocery store, but how many consumers make that mental connection at the checkout counter? As for the drawbacks of illegal immigration, these, too, are concentrated. Native lowskilled workers suffer most from the petition of foreign labor. According to a study by George Borjas, a Harvard economist, immigration reduced the wages of American highschool dropouts by 9% between 19802000.Among highskilled, bettereducated employees, however, opposition was strongest in