2011年6月cet6真题答案(12)

2011年6月cet6真题及答案

54. Why do native low-skilled workers suffer most from illegal immigration?

A) They have greater difficulty getting welfare support.

B) They are more likely to encounter interracial conflicts.

C) They have a harder time getting a job with decent pay.

D) They are no match for illegal immigrants in labor skills.

55. What is the chief concern of native high-skilled, better-educated employees about the inflow of immigrants?

A) It may change the existing social structure.

B) It may pose a threat to their economic status.

C) It may lead to social instability in the country.

D) It may place a great strain on the state budget.

56. What is the irony about the debate over immigration?

A) Even economists can't reach a consensus about its impact.

B) Those who are opposed to it turn out to benefit most from it.

C) People are making too big a fuss about something of small impact.

D) There is no essential difference between seemingly opposite opinions.

Passage Two

Questions 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 you'll get a completely different impression. For a start, you will now see plenty more women – the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, for example, boasts that 40% of its new enrolment is female. You will also see a wide range of ethnic groups and nationals of practically every country.

It might be tempting, therefore, to think that the old barriers have been broken down and equal opportunity achieved. But, increasingly, this apparent diversity is becoming a mask for a new type of conformity. Behind the differences in sex, skin tones and mother tongues, there are common