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【題目】People in the western state of California who are in the United States illegally can now request a driver's license. The law went into effect on January l. California is not the first American state with such a law, but it has the largest number of illegal immigrants. More than a million people began to request licenses shortly after the new state law went into effect. Among them was Christian Alvarado. Mr. Alvarado entered the United States from El Salvador eight years ago without permission from the U.S. government. Some call such people "illegal immigrants." Others call them "undocumented immigrants".

Mr. Alvarado thinks it so exciting, for he has been waiting for the license for a long time. But some are worried that their personal information will be used to find them and deport them. Armando Botello is a spokesman for the California Department of Motor Vehicles, or DMV. He says people should not be afraid, for such information will not be shared.

The new licenses are the same as licenses given to citizens except that they have the words "Federal Limits Apply". That means the license cannot be used to travel on an airplane or enter a federal building. Ana Garcia, working at the Central American Resource Center, says some illegal immigrants fear those words will be used to abuse them. Civil rights groups say the police and others will not.

Dan Schnur, a political scientist at the University of Southern California, said that the main argument against the new law is that it rewards illegal behavior. But Professor Schnur argued that young, white Americans generally support immigration reform, including giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants

"It's simply because they grew up in a much more multicultural society than their parents or their grandparents did." Professor Schnur says he believes the changes in beliefs about illegal immigrants that have taken place in California will spread throughout the United States.

【1】Why did the new law make Mr. Alvarado excited?

A. Because he can request a driver's license.

B. Because he became a legal immigrant of California.

C. Because he got his driving license as an illegal immigrant.

D. Because a law went into effect for the new immigrants.

【1】What is the difference of the new licenses compared to those given to citizens'?

A. The words “Federal Limits Apply” will abuse illegal immigrants

B. They can't be used to travel on an airplane or enter a federal building.

C. They can be used to act against the police and other people.

D. With the words "Federal Limits Apply", immigrants can enjoy special rights.

【1】What’s the public's attitude towards the new law released on January l in California?

A. supportive B. negative

C. neutral D. controversial

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇英語(yǔ)新聞。在美國(guó)加利福尼亞的非法移民可以申請(qǐng)駕照了。這件事在公眾之中引起了很大爭(zhēng)議和討論，但是不管怎么說(shuō)，這種思想上的改變有可能傳給全美國(guó)了。

【1】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一句“People in the western state of California who are in the United States illegally can now request a driver's license.”可知：非法進(jìn)入美國(guó)加利福尼亞西部的人現(xiàn)在可以申請(qǐng)司機(jī)駕照，故選A。

【2】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。倒數(shù)第三段第二句“That means the license cannot be used to travel on an airplane or enter a federal building.”這意味著駕照不能用來(lái)乘坐飛機(jī)或者進(jìn)入聯(lián)邦大廈。故選B

【3】D推理判斷題。縱觀全文，當(dāng)?shù)胤欠ㄒ泼�、政治學(xué)家等對(duì)于此項(xiàng)改革的看法不盡相同。因此，公眾態(tài)度是有爭(zhēng)議的。