专四专八考试

【单选题】China is currently pursuing urbanization with remarkable vigor. Her small area of arable land continues to (31) as cities relentlessly encroach upon farmlanD、Farmers are (32) compelled to leave their homes. With a (33) sum of compensation from the government, they have to go to cities to make a living. The huge number of (34) is a major problem thrown up by the process of urbanization.
Generally speaking, migrants have hard, ill-paid and sometimes dangerous jobs, and many work under (35) conditions. They have also to be prepared for (36) It is often reported that a boss who has employed dozens of migrant workers suddenly evaporates (37) before the end of their three-month "probation", during (38) time they work all but for nothing. The widespread inhuman treatment of migrant workers has (39) much indignation among not only the workers themselves, but also city dwellers with a (40) of justice.
Apart from exhausting labor, low pay and maltreatment, migrant people have to put up with some city dwellers’ (41) against them. They are regarded as unwelcome (42) who make cities dirtier and more crowded, and (43) uncouth peasants who bring shame to cities with their unseemly behavior. Migrant workers, on their part, may feel bitter (44) city dwellers look down upon them with such unbearable haughtiness. This gives rise to (45) between these two groups, and may sow the seeds of social unrest.
However, all the suffering mentioned above may be less serious and more too tolerable compared with another headache migrant workers are (46) with: their children’s education. Nobody wants their sons or daughters to grow up (47) to toil and be bullied like them. Yet, with neither money nor connections, they cannot but pin their hopes on their children’s education. However, to their dismay, they find that their kids are (48) a serious disadvantage in this regarD、They have to go to special schools for migrant workers’ children, which are cheap but rather (49) equipped with teachers and teaching facilities. If they drop out, they have no choice but to do hard manual jobs like their parents.Even if they (50) to score high marks in the college entrance exam, the tuitions fees for college would prove to be an astronomical figure for their parents.
A．engaged
B．confronted
C．connected
D．preoccupied

网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
此处的be confronted with是个固定的短语，意思是“面临着”，移民工面临的另一个让人头疼的问题就是子女的教育问题；be engaged with意思是“与……订婚”．be connected with意思是“与……关联”；be preoccupied with意思是“沉浸于……”。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>