It is a fact universally accepted that Britons dislike immigration. Sure enough, when travel restrictions on Romanians and Bulgarians(imposed when their countries joined the EU)were lifted on January 1st, newspapers and politicians fretted. Two MPs even took it upon themselves to meet a morning flight from Bucharest and quiz its passengers. Yet a report published on January 2nd by Ip-sos MORI, a polling firm, shows attitudes to be more varied. A widening gap divides those born before 1965 from younger folk. Although immigrants are often said to deprive younger Britons of entry-level jobs and housing, members of Generation Y(born in 1980 or later)and Generation X(born between 1966 and 1979)are ambivalent towards them. By contrast, the baby boomers(born between 1945 and 1965)and the old, who benefit most from cheap carers and cleaners, counterintuitively think immigrants a drag. Age influences opinion more strongly than social class does. This makes Britain an oddity. Ipsos MORI conducted the same study in Germany, and found the views of the young and the old to be converging. According to Robert Ford of the University of Manchester, the gap between the old and the young is larger in Britain than in America, France or Spain, too. Different life experiences explain why. When baby boomers were in their politically formative teens and early 20s, Britain was a pretty homogeneous place; before the mid-1970s it was closer to the Commonwealth than to continental Europe. That generation grew up doubtful about diversity. East European immigrants, who began arriving in large numbers in the mid-2000s, doubly offend them. Bobby Duffy of Ipsos MORI, who has conducted focus groups with members of this generation , reports that the prospect of retirement makes people worry about their children"s chances. For Generation X, mass immigration, European integration and multiculturalism are part of the furniture. They grew up in a more individualistic Britain; which, says Mr Ford, explains their relative distaste for authority, homogeneity and flag-waving. This, like university attendance(more common among this group than their parents), tends to make people more tolerant of different races and nationalities. Thus Generation X"s experiences are closer to those of Generation Y than to the baby boomers—a fact reflected in Ipsos MORI"s findings.

单选题 We can infer from Paragraph 1 that______.

单选题 Which generation seems to dislike immigrants most?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：根据generation，immigrants等关键词以及出题顺序可以定位到第二段。该段第二句提到：Although immigrants are often said to deprive younger Britons of entry—level jobs and hous—ing…，虽提及younger Britons(即[A]项的younger generation)，但并未提到他们对移民的看法，故选项[A]不是正确答案。而后半句说：members of Generation Y(born in 1980 or later)andGeneration X(born between 1966 and 1979)are ambivalent towards them．通过这句话我们知道Y一代和X一代对于移民的态度是“ambivalent矛盾的”，也非题目问的dislike most，故非答案。该段倒数第二句提到：By contrast，the baby boomers(born between 1945 and 1965)and theold，who benefit most from cheap carers and cleaners，counterintuitively think immigrants a drag．从中可以得知婴儿潮这代人认为移民是“drag累赘”，故这个群体是所有人中最不喜欢移民的人，从而得出该题答案为选项[D]。

单选题 Robert Ford found that______.

单选题 Which one is NOT true about baby boomers?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：根据baby boomers和出题顺序定位到第四段，该段围绕婴儿潮这一代人进行讨论。选项[A]与该段第三句That generation grew up doubtful about diversity对应。其中that generation指代上文提到的baby boomers，doubtful对应该项的dubious，故选项[A]表述正确，非答案。选项[B]对应该段“East European immigrants，who began arriving in large numbers in the mid2000s，doubly offend them”这句话。其中doubly offend them(加倍冒犯了他们)相当于该项的hate，故该项表述正确，非答案。选项[C]和[D]对应该段最后一句I．．．reports that the prospectof retirement makes people worry about their children’s chances．可见baby boomers担心的是自己子孙的问题，而非自身问题，故[D]正确，[C]错误，即[C]项为该题的答案。

单选题 Generation X seems to be more tolerant of different races and nationalities because______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：根据题干中的Generation X定位到最后一段。根据题干中的其余关键词differentraces and nationalities我们可以定位到该段的倒数第二句：This…tends to make people more tolerant of different races and nationalities．由此可以知道答案就是This所指代的内容，而该内容必然在This之前。因此我们应该从前面寻找答案。This前面是这句话：They grew up in a moreindividualistic Britain；which，says Mr Ford，explains their relative distaste for authority，homoge—neity and flag—waving．其中能表示该题所问的原因的部分，是they grew up in a more individualistic Britain一句。而该句同义转换的表达，即选项[A]。