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专题九 细节理解阅读
高考英语(浙江省专用)
A组 2017年全国高考题组
Passage 1(2017浙江,C)词数: 322
FLORENCE, Italy—Svetlana Cojochru feels hurt. The Moldovan has lived here seven years as a
caregiver to Italian kids and the elderly, but in order to stay she's had to prove her language skills by
taking a test which requires her to write a postcard to an imaginary friend and answer a fictional job ad.
Italy is the latest Western European country trying to control a growing immigrant(移民) population
by demanding language skills in exchange for work permits, or in some cases, citizenship.
Some immigrant advocates worry that as hard financial times make it more difficult for natives to
keep jobs, such measures will become more a vehicle for intolerance than integration(融合). Others
say it's only natural that newcomers learn the language of their host nation, seeing it as a condition
to ensure they can contribute to society.
Other European countries laid down a similar requirement for immigrants, and some terms are ev