考研人數逐年增加,競爭之激烈使得我們不得不加急復習的日程。眾所周知,閱讀理解占據了考研英語二100分試卷的一半分值,而考研英語閱讀文章大多來自英美國家的主流報刊雜志,所以如果能在日常就多多閱讀這些文章,對以后讀懂文章做對題目來說會大有裨益。
學習步驟如下:
1.不看漢語譯文自己看一遍短文做理解
2.看漢語譯文比對自己理解的意思與之出入
3.強化記憶重點單詞(以記憶其漢語意思為主)
As a result, farms have grown increasingly reliant on temporary guest workers using the H-2A visa to fill the gaps in the workforce. Starting around 2012, requests for the visas rose sharply; from 2011 to 2016 the number of visas issued more than doubled.
The H-2A visa has no numerical cap, unlike the H-2B visa for nonagricultural work, which is limited to 66,000 a year. Even so, employers complain they aren’t given all the workers they need. The process is cumbersome, expensive, and unreliable. One survey found that bureaucratic delays led the average H-2A worker to arrive on the job 22 days late. The shortage is compounded by federal immigration raids, which remove some workers and drive others underground.
短文翻譯
因此,美國的農場越來越依賴那些使用H-2A簽證的臨時外籍勞工來填補勞動力的缺口。大約從2012年開始,申請此類簽證的人數急劇上升;從2011年到2016年,簽證的簽發數量增加了一倍多。
H-2A簽證簽發量沒有上限,不像H-2B非農業工作簽證,它每年的簽發量上限為66萬個。即便如此,雇主們還是抱怨,他們的勞工仍然不夠。H2A簽證的中請流程復雜煩瑣、價格昂責而且并不可靠。一項調查發現,官僚主義的拖延導致使用H-2A筌證的普通勞工到崗時間延遲了22天。聯邦政府對移民的突擊檢查使一些工人被迫離開,還有一些被迫變成打黑工的“地下工作者”,這也加劇了勞動力短缺。
核心單詞一覽
真題練習
*一定要做題哦
34. Agricultural employers complain about the H-2A visa for its .
A. slow granting procedures
B. limit on duration of stay
C. tightened requirements
D. control of annual admissions
題目解析
34.【解析】 因果細節題。根據題干中的具體信息,agricultural employers,complain,about the H-2A visa?;匚亩ㄎ坏降诹?。根據具體信息定位到第六段的,Employers complain they aren’t given all the workers they need.這句話是抱怨的內容,文中問的是原因,緊接著下面一句話,the process is cumbersome,expensive,and unreliable.并且在這句話后面one survey 是例子。根據例子證明論點,下面的例子和前面的the process這句話表達的觀點是一致的。同時,在例子中有for的同義詞lead to,導致了arrive on the job 22 days late. Delay,late 對應選項中的slow,procedure對應process。所以選A。B中的limit,原文后面跟著是人數66,000,偷換概念。C中的request出現在例子中,說的是visa rose sharply。D項文中未提及,無中生有。