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Some say that our economy would crumble almost immediately if all the illegal aliens, an estimated 20-million people left our nation tomorrow. One cannot deny that at the current 5.5%

unemployment figure we need additional labor for our economy and our standard of living to continue. However, we must also point out: that does not mean we should not find a way to control our borders. We need some way to keep track of all those entering our nation. Not only due to the crime — 33% illegal aliens fill our prisons. But also because we need to guard against diseases, which we were supposed to have eradicated. Small Pox, Polio, etc.And what about Hepatitis C and TB, STDs and the pending Bird Flu? You see we do not live with our chickens here like others in the world that do. We do not need those issues here either. For those who have studied the illegal immigration issue since the Jordan Commission Era, they know that this is a serious issue and one we must address and not one we can go any longer without doing something about it. We need the problem fixed and if we do not, we will surely pay the price in the future.

Recently the Department of Planning of New York issued a report which laid bare a full scale of the city. In 1970, 18% of the city's population was foreign-born. By 1995, the figure had risen to 33%, and another 20% were the US-born offsprings of immigrants. So immigrants and their children now form a majority of the city's population. Who are these New Yorkers? Why do they come here? Where are they from? (OK, time to drop

the \"they.\" I'm one of them.) The last question at least is easy to answer: we come from everywhere. In the list of the top 20 source nations of those sending immigrants to New York between 1990 and 1994 are six countries in Asia, five in the Caribbean, four in Latin America, three in Europe, plus Israel and former Soviet Union. And when we immigrants get here we roll up our sleeves. \"If you're not ready to work when you get to New York,\" says a friend of mine, \"you'd better hit the road.\" The mayor of New York once said, \"Immigration continues to shape the unique character and drive the economic engine of New York City.\" He believes that immigrants are at the heart of what makes New York great. In Europe, by contrast, it is much more common to hear politicians worry about the loss of \"unity\" that immigration brings to their societies. In the quarter century since 1970, the United States admitted about 125 million legal immigrants, and has absorbed them into its social structures with an ease beyond the imagination of other nations. Since these immigrants are purposeful and hard-working, they will help America to make a fresh start in the next century. Following the lead of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Britain, America would adopt a points system that will give priority to the sort of

young, employable immigrants who are most likely to contribute to the economy.

The report issued by the Department of Planning of New York ________.

put forward ways to control New York's population

2\">concerned itself with the growth of New York's population

studied the structure of New York's population suggested ways to increase New York's population

According to the second paragraph, which of the following is true of the immigrants in New York?

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One can not find his place in New York unless he is ready to work.

They found life in New York harder than in their own countries.

Most of them have difficulty finding jobs.

One can live on welfare if he does not want to work. The mayor of New York considers immigration to be _________. -

a big problem in the management of the city a push needed to develop the city

a cause of disintegration of the city's social structure an obstacle to the development of the city

Where are the new New Yorkers from? - Asia. Europe.

All over the world. Latin America.

What is the author's attitude towards immigration to New York?

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Negative. Worried. Indifferent Positive.

Large companies need a way to reach the savings of the

public at large.

The same problem, on a smaller scale, faces practically every company trying to develop new products and create new jobs. There can be little prospect of raising the sort of sums needed from friends and people we know, and while banks may agree to provide short-term finance, they are generally unwilling to provide money on a permanent basis for long-term projects. So companies turn to public, inviting people to lend them money, or take a share in the business in exchange for a share in future profits.

This they do by issuing stocks and shares in the business through The

Stock Exchange. By doing so they can put into circulation the savings of individuals and institution, both at home and overseas. When the saver needs his money back, he does not have to go to the company with whom he originally placed it. Instead, he sells his shares through a stockbroker to some other saver who is seeking to invest his money. Many of the services needed both by industry and by each of us are provided by the Government or by local authorities. Without hospitals, roads, electricity, telephones, railways, this country could not function. All these require continuous

spending on new equipment and new development if they are to serve us properly, requiring more money than is raised through taxes alone. The government, local authorities, and nationalized industries therefore

frequently needed to borrow money to finance major capital spending, and they, too, come to The Stock Exchange. There is hardly a man or woman in this country whose job or whose standard of living does not depend on the ability of his or her

employers to raise money to finance new development.

In one way or another, this new money must come from the savings of the country. The Stock Exchange exists to provide a channel through which these savings can reach those who need finance.

Almost all companies involved in new production and development must ________.

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rely on their own financial resources

persuade the banks to provide long-term finance

borrow large sums of money from friends and people we know

depend on the population as a whole for finance

The money which enables these companies to go ahead with their projects is _______.

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repaid to its original owners as soon as possible raised by the selling of shares in the companies

exchanged for part ownership in The Stock Exchange invested in different companies on The Stock

When the savers want their money back they _______. -

ask another company to obtain their money for them look for other people to borrow money from

put their shares in the company back on the market transfer their money to a more successful company

All the essential services on which we depend are ________. -

run by the Government or our local authorities

in constant need of financial support financed wholly by rates and taxes

unable to provide for the needs of the population

The Stock Exchange makes it possible for the Government, local authorities and nationalized industries ________.

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to borrow as much money as they wish to make certain everybody saves money to raise money to finance new developments to make certain everybody lends money to them

The couple has moved most of their stuff; there are just a few ________ left.

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odd and end odds and end odd and ends odds and ends

Leave my house now, or I will ________ the police. -

send back sent out send in send for

I should like to rent a house, modern, cozy and ________ in a quiet environment.

- after all before all above all first of all

The police found some stolen ________ hidden in the thief's apartment.

- fortune wealth properties property

As we ________ the wood a rabbit ran out of the trees. -

approaching approached approximated approximating

Tom will have to ________ the weak points in his French if he wants to pass the final exam.

- work out work on work to work over

Some of the most important concepts in physics ________ their success to these mathematical systems.

- oblige contribute owe attribute

Stand _______ when you're being spoken to. - highly

upright primly right away

I took _______ of the opportunity to tell the president what I thought.

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advantage care charge use

We'll have to think _______ a pretty good excuse for being late. - up about through over

I eventually found the letter I was looking for under a _______ of papers.

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foundation stack bulk basis

The group _______ an interesting report on young people's responses to advertising.

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turned up turned down turned in turned out

Her husband was not convinced by her _______ that they needed a bigger house.

- attitude speech argument requirement

You must be _______ silent or the birds won't appear. - primly reluctantly mostly absolutely

She didn't _______ me for returning the wallet that I found. -

so much as thank so much as to thank as much as thanking so much as thanking

__________ how to operate a switchboard, I had to ask the office supervisor to show me the correct procedures.

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Not known Not to know Not knowing Having not known

His _______ change very quickly; one moment he is cheerful, and the next he's complaining about everything.

- temper

moods feeling sense

The _______ of human knowledge are being pushed further. -

boundaries limits borders edges

The captive was ______ in a dungeon. -

restricted confined controlled restrained

______________, the headmaster came into the classroom. -

By his hands in his pocket When his hands in his pocket With his hands in his pocket While his hands in his pocket

(没什么东西会削弱我们的决心) to modernize our country in the shortest possible time.

(将需要相当一段时间) before scientists find any evidence of life in space.

There'll certainly be some problems, but (没什么事你不能处理).

(我们必须假定他是无罪的) until he is proved guilty.

(我明白他说的话), but I failed to understand why he was so

upset.