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1、专业英语四级分类模拟61READINGCOMPREHENSIONPassage1LatinoyouthsneedbettereducationforArizonatotakefulladvantageofthepossibilitiestheirexplodingpopulationoffers•Arizona1sfast-growingLatinopopulationoffersthestatetremendouspromiseandachallenge.Evenmorethantheagingofthebabyboomers
2、,theLatinoboomisfundamentallyreorientingthestate1seconomicandsocialstructure.Immigrationandnaturalincreasehaveadded600,000youngLatinoresidentstothestate1spopulationinthepastdecade.Halfofthepopulationyoungerthan18inbothPhoenixandTucsonisnowLatino.Within20years,Latinos
3、willmakeuphalfofthehomegrownentry-levellaborpoolinthestate1stwolargestlabormarkets•Whatismore,Hispanicsarebecomingkeyeconomicplayers.Mostpeopledon11noticeit,butLatinosborninArizonamakeupmuchoftheirimmigrantparents1economicandeducationaldeficits.Forexample,second-gene
4、rationMexican-Americanssecureanaverageof12gradesofschoolingwheretheirparentsobtainedlessthannine.Thatmeanstheyerase70percentoftheirparents1lagbehindthird-generationnon-HispanicWhitesinasinglegeneration.Allofthishandsofthestateagoldenopportunity•Atatimewhenmanystatesw
5、illstrugglewithlaborshortagesbecauseofmodestpopulationgrowth,Arizonahasapricelesschancetobuildapopulous,hardworkingandskilledworkforceonwhichtobasefutureprosperity.TheproblemisthatArizonaanditsLatinoresidentsmaynotbeabletoseizethisopportunity.FartoomanyofArizona1sLat
6、inosdropoutofhighschoolorfailtoobtainthebasiceducationneededformoreadvancedstudy.Asaresult,educationaldeficitsareholdingbackmanyLatinos—andthestateaswell•Tobesure,constructionandlow-endservicejobscontinuetoabsorbtensofthousandsofLatinoimmigrantswithlittleformaleducat
7、ion.Butoverthelongterm,mostofArizona1sLatinocitizensremainill-preparedtoprosperinanincreasinglydemandingknowledgeeconomy.Forthereason,theeducationalupliftofArizona1shugeLatinopopulationmustmovetothecenterofthestatefsagenda.Afterall,theeducationdeficitsofArizona1sLati
8、nopopulationwillseverelycrampthefortunesofhardworkingpeopleiftheygounaddressedandcouldwellundercutthestate1sabilitytocompeteinthene
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