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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
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2025-04-13
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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] Which of the following was NOT stated in the passage?
选项
A、Many illegal workers look for work in areas near major cities.
B、Employers never supply transportation to the place of work.
C、Illegal workers do not present any documents in order to get the job.
D、The illegal workers do jobs that others would consider undesirable.
答案
B
解析
A选项文中没有直接说,但是从文章比喻Dallas和Houston是吸引非法移民的磁铁可以看出,非法移民多数在主要城市找工作;在文章第3段讲到"There a dawn drive past…slows down to take them."只是说这些移民准备跟任何想雇佣他们的人走,而雇主是否提供去上班的交通工具并没有提及;C在文中的no questions are asked,no papers signed有提及;D选项在第1段就提到"undocumented immigrants doing the jobs no one else wants"。所以选B。
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