首页
登录
职称英语
As Texas begins to recover from two weeks of devastating storms, a generally
As Texas begins to recover from two weeks of devastating storms, a generally
游客
2025-04-13
37
管理
问题
As Texas begins to recover from two weeks of devastating storms, a generally hidden truth about its economy will come to light again, Most of the builders and electricians who will have to repair the houses, remake the roads and re-establish the electrical power lines will have to take on undocumented workers in order to meet their contracts. In 1996 the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (INS) conservatively estimated that Texas had over 600000 undocumented immigrants doing the jobs no one else wants: hauling carcasses in packing plants, picking fruit, cleaning hotel rooms, or sorting out the unspeakable damage caused by natural disasters.
Mention the issue of these workers to a Texan, and he is liable to fall uncharacteristically silent. Even state legislators avoid the issue. They know that many of their constituents employ undocumented workers. They also know that the booming Texas economy is driven in part by the ready supply of cheap, diligent, illegal labour.
Dallas is one magnet for undocumented workers. The city’s politicians oppose INS crackdowns fearing they will damage the local economy and bankrupt small companies. Houston is another. There a dawn drive past some of the city’s 36 informal day-labour sites shows the size of the undocumented workforce. Young Mexicans wait on the pavement, ready to jump into the back of any pick-up truck that slows down to take them. Houston police estimate that over 150,000 labourers, about 85% of them undocumented, gather every day in search of a job. It is a testament to the vitality of the Texas economy that most of them get hired usually to mix cement and shift bricks. No questions are asked, no papers signed. Most workers do not even know their employers name. They are paid in cash, around 40 dollars a day while the average American earns more than twice as much. [br] The illegal workers are ______.
选项
A、hard-working but costly.
B、lazy but cheap.
C、hard-working and ambitious
D、hard-working and cheap.
答案
D
解析
第3段最后"by the ready supply of cheap,diligent,illegal labor"说明这些非法工人廉价、勤快。选D。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/4035964.html
相关试题推荐
(中国矿业大学2006年试题)Generally,acomputerisanydevicethatcanperformnumeric
(中国矿业大学2006年试题)Generally,acomputerisanydevicethatcanperformnumeric
(中国矿业大学2006年试题)Generally,acomputerisanydevicethatcanperformnumeric
(中国矿业大学2006年试题)Generally,acomputerisanydevicethatcanperformnumeric
(中国矿业大学2006年试题)Generally,acomputerisanydevicethatcanperformnumeric
(中国矿业大学2006年试题)Generally,acomputerisanydevicethatcanperformnumeric
Fiercestormshavebeen______rescueeffortsandthere’snowlittlechanceoffin
Duringthe1700sand1800s,majorfightingduringwarsgenerallyceasedfor
Agoodteachermustknowhowto______hisideastothestudents,asgenerallyagr
AsTexasbeginstorecoverfromtwoweeksofdevastatingstorms,agenerally
随机试题
ManypeopleWentshoppingyesterday.ThereWereManypeople______yesterday.inthe
●Lookatthequestions1—5.●Ineachquestion,whichsentenceiscorrect?●Fo
[originaltext](22)Mr.Stevensonwastheownerofageneralappliancestore.
Thinnerisn’talwaysbetter.Anumberofstudieshaveconcludedthatnormal-weig
Sinceyouhavepromisedthekids,______(你绝不能食言).undernocircumstancesshouldyo
钻芯法检桩时,每回次进尺宜控制在()米以内。A.1.5 B.2 C.2.5
某患者,有输血史,近日体检发现血液HCV-RNA(+)和HCV-IgM(+)
新申请股权投资基金管理人登记的机构被列入企业信用信息公示系统严重违法企业公示名单
儿科疾病特点有A.感染性疾病占多数 B.自身防护能力较弱 C.预防接种可得以
1987年,()的颁布,意味着我国的乡村治理主体不再是单一的农村基层党组织
最新回复
(
0
)