63. How did the immigrants in Salt Lake City feel about “Operation Safe Travel”?
A) Guilty.
B) Offended.
C) Disappointed.
D) Discouraged.(B)
题目问盐湖城的移民对Operation Safe Travel这一行动的感受如何。
第二段叙述了美国911恐怖袭击发生之后政府对工作在机场而无有效身份证明的人进行突击逮捕的经过之后,第三段用一句话给出了这些移民的感受:were angered by the arrests and said they felt as if they were being treated like disposable goods。这里的关键词是angered,意思是“愤怒的”,可见移民的反应是愤怒。
A,guilty,内疚的。
B,offended。Offend是“使不高兴、不愉快、使恼怒”的意思,它的被动语态就是“不高兴、不愉快、恼怒”的意思。与angerd是同义词。
C,disappointed,失望的。
D,dicouraged。Dicourage是“使气馁”的意思,其被动形式就是“气馁的”。
B是正确答案。
64. Undocumented workers became the target of “Operation Safe Travel” because ________.
A) evidence was found that they were potential terrorists
B) most of them worked at airports under threat of terrorists
C) terrorists might take advantage of their illegal status
D) they were reportedly helping hide terrorists around the airport(C)
题目问无入档工人成为Operation Safe Travel行动的目标,原因是什么。
A,发现证据证明他们是潜在的恐怖主义分子。
B,他们大多在机场工作,受到恐怖分子的威胁。
C,恐怖分子可能利用他们的非法身份。
D,据报他们在机场附近协助窝藏恐怖分子。
文章第二段叙述了美国911恐怖袭击发生之后政府对工作在机场而无有效身份证明的人进行突击逮捕的经过和结果,以及官方给出的如此做法的原因。those captured were anything but terrorists,这里的but表示“除了”,除了恐怖分子之外可以是anything(任何东西),言下之意就是“绝对不是恐怖分子”。Anything but可以作为一个词组来记忆,意为“绝不是”。 Authorities said the undocumented workers’ illegal status made them open to blackmail (讹诈) by terrorists,这一句解释了官方逮捕未入档工人的原因。Be open to blackmail,是易受讹诈的
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