英語六級閱讀強化訓練原文

　　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.

　　英語六級閱讀強化訓練題目

　　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

　　英語六級閱讀強化訓練答案

　　1.拉丁裔人口改變了亞利桑那的___________________。

　　A) 人口老齡化問題

　　B) 教育體系

　　C) 經濟結構

　　D)財政赤字

　　[C]原文首段末句中的reorienting與changing為近義同，而該句表明拉丁裔人口在兩方面改變著亞利桑那州，選項C就是這兩方面的其中一個。選項A中的aging，選項B中的educational和選項D中的deficits都在文中出現，但都與題干的要求無關。

　　2.我們可以從第三段推斷出哪一個看法?

　　A) 亞利桑那的拉丁裔人口是由西班牙裔和墨西哥裔美國人所組成。

　　B) 第一代的拉丁裔是移民而不是在美國土生土長的。

　　C) 第一代的拉丁裔中有70%只受過不到9年的教育。

　　D) 教育體系過去只對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國人比他們的父母獲得更好的教育。而這一句是為了舉例說明第2句提到的在Arizona出生的拉丁裔和他們的移民父母之間的區別，由此可見，第2句提到的immigrant parents就是第一代的拉丁裔美國人，immigrant一詞表明他們并非在美國出生，因此選項B為正確的推斷。

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

　　A) 州政府沒有在教育上投入大量資金

　　B)許多拉丁裔窮得無法受教育

　　C) 教育不是一個能夠盈利的產業

　　D)許多拉丁裔都沒有受過良好的教育

　　[D]第4段第5句開頭的As a result表明本句與上一句形成因果關系，由此可見。本句中的educationaldeficits與上一句提到的拉丁裔美國人受教育程度較低有關，由此可推斷，educational deficits指的應該是受教育不足。因此.選項D為正確的理解。

　　4.作者認為，亞利桑那應該最關注______________。

　　A) 控制拉丁裔人口

　　B) 提高拉丁裔人口的教育水平

　　C) 改善知識經濟

　　D) 將拉丁裔人口發展成努力工作的技術性勞動力

　　[B]第5段首句中的move to the cemnter為題干中give highest priority的同義替換，選項B與原文該句的主語educational uplift也意思一致，因此選項B為本題答案。選項A在文中并無提及，選項C和D都在文中提到，但不符合題意，與highest priority無關。

　　5.文章暗示，從長遠來看，亞利桑那大部分的拉丁裔人口將會_______________。

　　A) 失業

　　B)工資很低

　　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都表明從長遠來看，拉丁裔美國人受的教育仍然保持較低的水平，由此可推斷，他們只能做一些技術要求不高的工作，所以選項C為本題答案。