Question

It has taken 90 years since she was born in a poor house in County Limerick for a woman considered America’s oldest illegal immigrant to get her Irish passport.It will be a few more months before Josephine Stout will finally be declared a US citizen, entitling(賦于…權力) her to a pension and other benefits.

         Despite having lived in America for most of her life since she arrived in 1923, the great-grandmother was declared an undocumented alien(華僑)in 1999, when she tried to claim state aid to help raise her seven grandchildren, who were left orphaned when her daughter was killed by a robber over$20.

         Even though she has never considered herself Irish, noting “I don’t even have an accent,” she didn’t officially exist as an American when officials in Chicago insisted that she prove her citizenship in order to qualify for benefits. But she had no birth certificate or passport when she arrived on an immigrant ship from Ireland from Ireland with her parents, who had 12 other children.

         She never gave the matter much thought until 1999, when she was in her late 70s and needed assistance to raise her grandchildren. For 12 years, Mrs. Stout managed to support the family by doing various jobs. But her life was hard and marked by tragedy. Her husband died in 1996, and her son Thomas died in a car accident with his girlfriend in 1985. Her only surviving child, Rosemary, died of cancer in 2009.

        A Catholic charity referred her case to Chicago Irish Immigrant Support(CIIS), which alerted the Irish Consulate(領事館). Through them, they tracked down her birth certificate, the website irishcentral.com reported. The document, in turn, allowed her to receive her Irish passport, and eventually her American green card in September 2011, which was dated back to November 1, 1923.

1.What will happen to a person if he has no green card in the US?

A. he cannot get any chance to get education

B. he can’t have a pension and other benefits

C. his citizenship will be taken away

D. he has to take illegal part-time job

2.Josephine couldn’t be a legal immigrant because ______.

A. she was named an undocumented alien

B. she arrived in American in a secret way

C. She couldn’t find her proper certificates

D. She has too many brothers and sisters

3.We can imply from the 4^th paragraph that ______.

A. Josephine lived a lonely life for many years

B. Thomas was always driving carelessly

C. Josephine was a strong-willed woman

D. Mrs. Stout, Josephine’s friend, helped her a lot.

4.Please arrange the following events in the correct order according to the text.

a. Josephine’s birth certificate was found.

b. Josephine received her green card.

c. The Catholic charity contacted CIIS.

d. The birth certificate was shown on a website.

e. Josephine was offered her Irish passport.

A. a-b-c-d-e      B. c-d-e-a-b      C. a-d-c-b-e       D. c-a-d-e-b

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析 Josephine Stout在領事館的幫助下得到護照和美國綠卡的故事。

1. B細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段It will be a few more months before Josephine Stout will finally be declared a US citizen, entitling her to a pension and other benefits.得知如果沒有綠卡，就沒有退休金和其它福利。故選B項。

2.C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段Even though she has never considered herself Irish, noting “I don’t even have an accent,” she didn’t officially exist as an American when officials in Chicago insisted that she prove her citizenship in order to qualify for benefits.得知應選 C項。

3.C推斷題。根據(jù)第四段For 12 years, Mrs. Stout managed to support the family by doing various jobs得知，她十分的堅強來養(yǎng)活一家人。故選 C項。

4.D排序題。此類題首先進行比較 得出先來判斷a c 哪個在前，根據(jù)最后一段先聯(lián)系A Catholic charity referred her case to Chicago Irish Immigrant Support，而后找到出生證明，故c 在前，排除A C項。再比較一下a d e 哪個在前，最后 一段hrough them, they tracked down her birth certificate, the website irishcentral.com reported.得知a 在前，故選 D 項。

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