单选题
In a country that defines itself by ideals, not by shared blood, who should be allowed to come work and live here? In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks these questions have never seemed more pressing.
On Dec. 11, 2001, as part of the effort to increase homeland security, federal and local authorities in 14 states staged "Operation Safe Travel" —raids on airports to arrest employees with false identification (身份证明). In Salt Lake City there were 69 arrests. But those captured were anything but terrorists, most of them illegal immigrants from Central or South America. Authorities said the undocumented workers" illegal status made them open to blackmail (讹诈) by terrorists.
Many immigrants in Salt Lake City were angered by the arrests and said they felt as if they were being treated like disposable goods.
Mayor Anderson said those feelings were justified to a certain extent. "We"re saying we want you to work in these places, we"re going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are, and then when it"s convenient for us, or when we can try to make a point in terms of national security, especially after Sept. 11, then you"re disposable. There are whole families being uprooted for all of the wrong reasons," Anderson said.
If Sept. 11 had never happened, the airport workers would not have been arrested and could have gone on quietly living in America, probably indefinitely. Ana Castro, a manager at a Ben ＆ Jerry"s ice cream shop at the airport had been working 10 years with the same false Social Security card when she was arrested in the December airport raid. Now she and her family are living under the threat of deportation (驱逐出境). Castro"s case is currently waiting to be settled. While she awaits the outcome, the government has granted her permission to work here and she has returned to her job at Ben ＆ Jerry"s.
单选题
According to the author, the United States claims to be a nation ______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。题干意为“通过作者得知，美国宣称是一个……的国家”。文章开头第一句即提出“a country that defines itself by ideals, not by shared blood…”，即美国是一个以共同理想而非共同血缘为基石的国家。并且，题干中的claim与define意思相近。因此，D选项(在共同理想基础上建立起来)符合题意。故D为正确答案。
单选题
How did the immigrants in Salt Lake City feel about "Operation Safe Travel"? ______
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。题干意为“盐湖城的移民对‘安全旅行活动’感受如何?”。根据题干中the immigrants in Salt Lake City定位至第三段，通过angered和they felt as if they were being treated like disposable goods可推知移民对这项活动感到非常气愤，反应强烈。由此推断，B选项(气愤的，被冒犯的)符合题意，故B为正确答案。而A项意为“有罪的”，C项意为“失望的”，D项意为“气馁的”，均不符合题意。
单选题
Undocumented workers became the target of "Operation Safe Travel" because ______.
单选题
Which of the following word can describe the attitude of Mayor Anderson toward the immigrants? ______
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。题干意为：“以下哪个词语可以描述Anderson市长对移民的态度?”根据Mayor Anderson定位至第四段，由段中第一句以及后文中的we want you to work in these places和we"re going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are可推断出，Anderson是理解盐湖城的移民的处境的。B选项(理解的)符合题意，故B为正确答案。而A项意为“忽视的”，C项意为“模糊的”，D项意为“消极的”，均不符合题意。
单选题
What do we learn about Ana Castro from the last paragraph? ______