相信大多数同学都已经迎来了期待已久的寒假,不过英语专业的同学可不能放松哦,等下学期一开学,专八考试就近在眼前了,所以不如趁着寒假赶紧多复习复习,多做做题练练手,非英语专业的同学也可以来看看,说不定英语水平能有个大提升呢。

for many, the pursuit of happiness is also the pursuit of prosperity. part of the american dream is the ability to provide your family, have a job that pays the bins, and puts a roof over your head.(1)____ the last few years of economical uncertainty have made this dream harder to attain for millions of u.s. citizens and legal immigrants.(2)____ twenty-four million americans are employed or underemployed.(3)____ meanwhile, there are 7 million illegal workers with jobs in the u.s. we could open up millions of jobs for citizens and legal immigrants even if we simply enforced worksite immigration laws.(4)____e-verify is a program that helps preserve rare jobs for u.s. citizens and legal immigrants.(5)____ it allow employers to check what prospective employees are legally authorized to work in the u.s.(6)____ the program is free,quick, and easy to use-persons eligible to work immediately confirmed 99.8 percent of the time. more than 270,000 employers across the u.s. voluntarily use e-verify,and the average of l,300 new businesses sign up each week.(7)____(8)____ i've introduced the legal workforce act to require all u.s. employers to use e-verify. this bill is one of the most significant steps we can make to preserve the pursuit of happiness for millions of u.s. citizens and legal immigrants while curbing incentives for future illegal immigrants.(9)____the u.s. has been and will continue to be a nation of immigrants. and we are also a nation of laws.(10)____ and we must enforce our laws to protect and preserve the rights and freedoms that mak america so great.

1.provide∧→for或provide→support词汇错误。provide作及物动词意为“提供”,放在此处不符合文意,provide for为固定搭配,表示“供养,抚养”,此句要表达的意思是“供养家庭的能力”,故应该增加一个for。或者把provide改为support,也可以表示“供养”。
2.economical→economic词汇错误。economical意为“节俭的,实惠的”,economic意为“经济的,经济学的”,根据上下文语境,此处要表达的意思是“过去几年经济上的不稳定使得美国梦更难实现”,故应改为economic,符合上下语义。
3.employed→unemployed语篇错误。此句用连词or连揍两个并列的表语,表示选择关系,意为“或,还是”,根据上下文语境,后面一句指出700万非法移民在美国拥有工作,中间用meanwhile衔接,表示对比,可以推断出前一句要表达“美国公民和合法移民在失业”之意,故此处应改为unemployed,意为“2400万美国人失业或半失业。”
4.even→语篇错误。even if意为“即使,尽管”,表示让步关系,由上下文语义判断,前面指出:我们可以为美国公民和合法移民提供许多工作,后句说到:我们实施了移民法,可见,后者构成前者的条件,故应该去掉even,用if引导条件状语从句。
5.rare→scarce词汇错误。rare和scarce都有“稀少的,罕见的”的意思,但不同的是:rare主要指名贵和不寻常的东西,而scarce带有短缺的、不能满足需求的意思。此处指的是就业机会少,供不应求,故应该用scarce。
6.what→whether/if语法错误。此处是宾语从句,引导词在从句中不充当任何成分,不能用引导词what引导,由于动词check表达的含义不确定,故应该用whether或if来引导,表示“是否”,此句的意思是“e-verify允许雇主检查将来的雇员是否有合法的权利在美国工作。”
7.∧immediately→are语法错误。此句的谓语动词confirm与主语persons是被动关系,表示“被确认”,且此句用来补充说明。前面的主句用了一般现在时,根据时态一致原则,此处应该加上are构成一般现在时的被动语态。
8.the—an词汇错误。an average of为固定搭配,意为“平均”,此句的意思是“每个星期平均有1300家企业注册。”故应该把the改为an。
9.make→take词汇错误。此句是定语从句,修饰先行词steps.step表示“措施,步骤”,应该和take搭配,意为“采取措施”。
10. and (we are)→but语篇错误。由上下文语义判断,此句和前句的逻辑关系虚该是转折关系,不是并列关系,前句指出“美国曾经,并将继续是一个移民国家”,后句则说“美国也是一个法治国家”,二者形成对照,故应该用表示转折意义的连词but。

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