一月在職聯(lián)考沖刺復(fù)習(xí)英語閱讀理解及答案解析2

　　The U.S. may so far have enjoyed good luck in escaping a direct SARS hit,but officials aren’t leaving anything to chance.The best hope for averting a SARS epidemic at home will be to keep SARS out at the nation’s borders. Federal immigration laws authorize immigration authorities to exclude non-citizens who are determined to have a“communicable disease of public health significance”.Immigration law also authorizes the President by proclamation to suspend the entry of any group of aliens whose entry he deems to be detrimental to the interests of the United States.This little-used power could be deployed to exclude all aliens from affected areas,a policy Taiwan has recently implemented.

　　Under the Public Health Service Act,any individual (citizens included)may be quarantined at an international port of entry if they are reasonably believed to be carrying a designated communicable disease.As of an April 4 Executive Order by President Bush,SARS is now a designated disease.

　　Thus,in tandem with airline screening,federal health authorities are carefully monitoring travelers from affected areas in Asia for SARS symptoms.With an estimated 25,000 individuals entering the country legally from Asia on a daily basis,that is a tall order. A single SARS- infected person getting through the net could bring down the border strategy.

　　The U.S. government might also front end the border strategy through restrictions on travel by American citizens to affected areas.In a series of Cold War era decisions,the Supreme Court upheld international travel restrictions for national security reasons,and one can imagine the same rationale applying to a public health emergency.How practical it would be to prohibit—and police—a travel ban to countries such as China is another question.

　　The initial SARS defense,then,hinges on effective border control.But U.S. borders are far from under control.There are an estimated 8～9 million undocumented aliens now in the United States,a figure growing by as many as 500,000 per year.Asia is the largest contributor to undocumented immigration outside the western hemisphere,funneling illegal aliens into the United States through elaborate smuggling networks.SARS could just as easily make serious inroads into the U.S. through this backdoor rather than the front.

　　1.From the first three paragraphs, we learn that .

　　A. American officials dont see any chance of escaping an immediate SARS hit

　　B. non citizens with a disease will be quarantined at the international airport

　　C. foreigners with a communicable disease may legally be denied entry into the U.S.

　　D. immigration officers are empowered to keep aliens out of the U.S.

　　2.Which of the following statements is true according to the text?

　　A. The President rarely declares a rejection of non citizens from infected areas.

　　B. The U.S. is the only lucky country to have kept safe from a SARS attack.

　　C. The interests of the U.S. are given more legal protection than public health.

　　D. The Public Health Service Act has been brought into effect since April 4.

　　3.The phrase“a tall order”most probably means .

　　A. an ambitious plan B. a difficult task

　　C. a careful arrangement D. an illegal decision

　　4.The author would probably agree that .

　　A. a SARS hit could be escaped by means of strict monitoring of international travel

　　B. undocumented immigrants poses a serious threat to national security of U.S.

　　C. illegal aliens come into the U.S. with the help of complicated smuggling networks

　　D. American border strategy may fail to attain its goal of avoiding a SARS epidemic

　　5.The passage is primarily concerned with .

　　A. the threat of SARS to the national security of U.S.

　　B. the U.S. border strategy against SARS

　　C. the problems in U.S. national security

　　D. the crisis of a public health emergency

　　譯文：

　　迄今為止，美國非常幸運(yùn)，沒有遭到“非典”的直接襲擊，但官員們也沒有掉以輕心，在美國國內(nèi)預(yù)防“非典”流行的最佳策略是拒之于國境之外。

　　按照聯(lián)邦移民法，移民署有權(quán)拒絕讓那些患有“危及美國公眾健康的傳染性疾病”的外國人進(jìn)入美國;移民法也賦予美國總統(tǒng)權(quán)力，對(duì)有損美國利益的外國團(tuán)體實(shí)施禁入，這種難得使用的權(quán)力可用來阻止來自于病災(zāi)區(qū)的外國人，臺(tái)灣人最近這么做了。

　　根據(jù)公共衛(wèi)生法，只要被確信患有特定的傳染性疾病，任何人(包括公民)均可在國際入港處被隔離。4月4日，總統(tǒng)布什簽署行政命令，“非典”屬于特定疾病。

　　因此，與航空部門的檢查相一致，聯(lián)邦衛(wèi)生部門正仔細(xì)審查來自亞洲重災(zāi)區(qū)的游客。據(jù)估計(jì)，每天自亞洲合法進(jìn)入美國的人員達(dá)25，000，以上這一點(diǎn)將很難做到。只要一名“非典”患者進(jìn)入，邊境策略便全線崩潰。

　　美國政府可能限定美國公民前往病災(zāi)區(qū)，從而加強(qiáng)邊境策略。在冷戰(zhàn)時(shí)期的許多決策中，出于國家安全利益，最高法院曾支持實(shí)施國際旅行限定措施，可以想象，同樣原則也適用于公共健康緊急事件。當(dāng)然，怎樣禁止和監(jiān)控去像中國這樣的國家旅行則是另一回事。

　　因此，開始階段預(yù)防“非典”取決于邊境控制，而美國邊境遠(yuǎn)沒有得到控制。估計(jì)，美國有8至9百萬的未注冊(cè)的外國人，而且每年增加500,000。亞洲是西半球外最大的非法移民來源地，他們通過復(fù)雜的走私網(wǎng)絡(luò)進(jìn)入美國?！胺堑洹蓖耆赡芙璐撕箝T而非前門侵入美國。

　　1.【答案】C

　　【解析】這是一道細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段首句可知，“患有傳染性疾病的外國人，移民局可不讓其入境”，所以C項(xiàng)應(yīng)為正確答案。由于文章強(qiáng)調(diào)“傳染性”是拒絕入境的前提條件，故B項(xiàng)“病人要隔離”過于夸大。

　　2.【答案】A

　　【解析】這是一道是非判斷題。根據(jù)第二段末句可知，移民法賦予總統(tǒng)的這種權(quán)利其實(shí)很少使用(This little used power)，所以A項(xiàng)為正確答案。

　　3.【答案】B

　　【解析】這是一道詞義題。根據(jù)第四段內(nèi)容可知，由于每天合法進(jìn)入美國的亞洲人實(shí)在太多，要想將“非典”拒于國門之外恐非易事，故B為正確答案。

　　4.【答案】D

　　【解析】這是一道推論題，問作者會(huì)贊同下面哪種說法。綜合后三段的末句，可知作者對(duì)美國的拒“非典”于國門之外的邊境戰(zhàn)略，不一定能實(shí)現(xiàn)，所以答案為D項(xiàng)。A與文章所含之意相反;文章也未說所有的非法移民均通過復(fù)雜的走私網(wǎng)絡(luò)來美國，故C不對(duì);B項(xiàng)過于夸大。

　　5.【答案】B

　　【解析】這是一道主旨題。文章首段先點(diǎn)出了美國人的拒“非典”于國門之外的策略，隨后諸段主要說這一點(diǎn)很難做到，故文章主旨標(biāo)題應(yīng)為B項(xiàng)。A項(xiàng)不足以概括全文，排除。

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