2014年6月大学英语六级考试真题含答案解析(12)

PassageTwo

Questions61to65arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Manycurrentdiscussionsofimmigrationissuestalkaboutimmigrantsingeneral,asiftheywereabstractpeopleinanabstractworld.Buttheconcretedifferencesbetweenimmigrantsfromdif-ferentcountriesaffectwhethertheircominghereisgoodorbadfortheAmericanpeople.

TheverythoughtofformulatingimmigrationlawsfromthestandpointofwhatisbestfortheAmericanpeopleseemstohavebeenforgottenbymanywhofocusonhowtosolvetheproblemsofillegalimmigrants.

Itishardtolookfor野theidealoutcome冶onimmigrationintheabstract.EconomicsProfessorMiltonFriedmanoncesaid,野Thebestistheenemyofthegood,冶whichtomemeantthatattemptstoachieveanunattainableidealcanpreventusfromreachinggoodoutcomesthatarepossibleinprac-tice.

Toomuchofourcurrentimmigrationcontroversyisconductedintermsofabstractideals,suchas野Weareanationofimmigrants.冶Ofcourseweareanationofimmigrants.Butwearealsoana-tionofpeoplewhowearshoes.Doesitfollowthatweshouldadmitanybodywhowearsshoes?

Theimmigrantsoftodayareverydifferentinmanywaysfromthosewhoarrivedhereahun-dredyearsago.Moreover,thesocietyinwhichtheyarriveisdifferent.Tome,itisbettertobuildawallaroundthewelfarestatethanthecountry.

Butthewelfarestateisalreadyhere要and,farfromhavingawallbuiltaroundit,thewelfarestateisexpandinginalldirections.Wedonothaveachoicebetweenthewelfarestateandopenbor-ders.Anythingwetrytodoasregardsimmigrationlawshastobedoneinthecontextofahugewel-farestatethatisalreadyamajor,inescapablefactoflife.

Amongotherfactsoflifeutterlyignoredbymanyadvocatesofdefactoamnesty渊事实上的大赦冤isthatthefreeinternationalmovementofpeopleisdifferentfromfreeinternationaltradeingoods.

Buyingcarsorcamerasfromothercountriesisnotthesameasadmittingpeoplefromthosecountriesoranyothercountries.Unlikeinanimateobjects,peoplehaveculturesandnotallculturesarecompatiblewiththecultureinthiscountrythathasproducedsuchbenefitsfortheAmericanpeo-pleforsolong.

NotonlytheUnitedStates,buttheWesternworldingeneral,hasbeendiscoveringthehardwaythatadmittingpeoplewithincompatibleculturesisanirreversibledecisionwithincalculableconsequences.IfwedonotseethatafterrecentterroristattacksonthestreetsofBostonandLondon,

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