考研人数逐年增加,竞争之激烈使得我们不得不加急复习的日程。众所周知,阅读理解占据了考研英语二100分试卷的一半分值,而考研英语阅读文章大多来自英美国家的主流报刊杂志,所以如果能在日常就多多阅读这些文章,对以后读懂文章做对题目来说会大有裨益。
学习步骤如下:
1.不看汉语译文自己看一遍短文做理解
2.看汉语译文比对自己理解的意思与之出入
3.强化记忆重点单词(以记忆其汉语意思为主)
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.
短文翻译
因此,美国的农场越来越依赖那些使用H-2A签证的临时外籍劳工来填补劳动力的缺口。大约从2012年开始,申请此类签证的人数急剧上升;从2011年到2016年,签证的签发数量增加了一倍多。
H-2A签证签发量没有上限,不像H-2B非农业工作签证,它每年的签发量上限为66万个。即便如此,雇主们还是抱怨,他们的劳工仍然不够。H2A签证的中请流程复杂烦琐、价格昂责而且并不可靠。一项调查发现,官僚主义的拖延导致使用H-2A筌证的普通劳工到岗时间延迟了22天。联邦政府对移民的突击检查使一些工人被迫离开,还有一些被迫变成打黑工的“地下工作者”,这也加剧了劳动力短缺。
核心单词一览
真题练习
*一定要做题哦
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
题目解析
34.【解析】 因果细节题。根据题干中的具体信息,agricultural employers,complain,about the H-2A visa。回文定位到第六段。根据具体信息定位到第六段的,Employers complain they aren’t given all the workers they need.这句话是抱怨的内容,文中问的是原因,紧接着下面一句话,the process is cumbersome,expensive,and unreliable.并且在这句话后面one survey 是例子。根据例子证明论点,下面的例子和前面的the process这句话表达的观点是一致的。同时,在例子中有for的同义词lead to,导致了arrive on the job 22 days late. Delay,late 对应选项中的slow,procedure对应process。所以选A。B中的limit,原文后面跟着是人数66,000,偷换概念。C中的request出现在例子中,说的是visa rose sharply。D项文中未提及,无中生有。