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I love seeing Europeans line up in airports to applaud arriving refugees. But humanitarianism (人道主义) will not guide policy for long. We liberals need to argue from Europe’s self-interest: our continent has the need, the space and the ability to accept people.

Many European countries are gradually turning into old people’s homes. Germany, Italy, Spain and others have some of the lowest birth rates in human history. It is predicted that about one-third of their populations will be aged over 65 in 2050. Germany needs to import at least 350,000 people a year to keep its workforce stable. Suddenly, young ambitious workers are pouring into the country as if called by a genie (精灵) with a lamp. No wonder Angela Merkel, German Chancellor, has been more welcoming than David Cameron, British Prime Minister. But all over Europe, carers for old people are already in need. Norway found oil under the seabed but it would have been better off if it had discovered 50,000 nurses there instead.

Many rightwingers think we have reached our limits. This feeling is widespread. And it’s true that Western Europe is one of the most densely populated regions on earth. Indeed, density has long been Europe’s unique selling point: with so many people of different nations closely packed together, we have always traded goods and exchanged ideas fast. That’s why the scientific revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries happened here.

But we have plenty more room. Many European cities aren’t dense enough. Now east Germany, north-western Spain and gorgeous mountain villages in Italy are losing people. Lots of cities have unused industrial land.

Humans inhabit a slice of the EU’s territory. Only about 2.5 per cent of the EU’s land is used for housing, estimates the European Commission. By contrast, a whopping 43 per cent was used for agriculture in 2009, it says. That’s too much. We could turn more land into forest or into green landscapes where people can relax and play. Making that transition is feasible because we now use agricultural land inefficiently.

Migrants often spend years locked up together in serious government-funded “migrant centers”. However, the way to learn a new country’s language, make friends and find work is to live with a local. This crisis has shown that lots of Europeans are willing to take refugees into their homes. After Iceland’s government said it could take only 50 Syrian refugees, many Icelanders came forward offering to take a far greater number into their own homes. People aren’t just sitting around waiting for government to do something.

We need migrants, and we can accommodate them. If opponents just don’t like foreigners, they should say so instead of pretending to be hardheaded pragmatists (实用主义者).

1.Why is Angela Merkel willing to take in refugees according to the passage?

A. Germany has already stepped into aged society.

B. Birth rates in Germany are the lowest in history.

C. She is kind and shows sympathy for homeless people.

D. Refugees can make up the shortage of labor in Germany.

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. No other region is more densely populated than Western Europe.

B. Density has become Europe’s most outstanding characteristic.

C. All European cities are not crowded together in great numbers.

D. Large quantities of unused industrial land will turn into forest.

3.It can be inferred that _______.

A. nurses are more badly needed than petrol in Europe

B. liberals always do something for the Europe’s benefit

C. aging problem in Germany is the worst in Europe

D. Europeans have already made intelligent use of the land

4.What is the last paragraph but one mainly about?

A. Migrants can privately be accommodated.

B. Migrants had better not live in migrant centers.

C. Everyone can live with migrants to help them fit in.

D. Everyone has done their own part to help migrants.

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Wrong Reasons for Going to College

A college education can be priceless. 1. If any of these following factors had a big influence on your decision, you’re probably right to second-guess yourself.

Because all your friends are going.

In only a few weeks’ time, the whole friend group will be scattered to a half dozen different colleges in a half dozen different places. Not to go will set yourself apart. 2.

Because someone else expects it from you.

Perhaps you come from a family where everyone goes to college, or maybe you’re the kid that everyone is proud to believe will be the first to get there. 3. It’s become so much a part of the air you breathe that you’ve never stopped to consider whether you want to go or whether you’re ready to go.

4.

It’s been tough to find even a summer job. You don’t have an alternative plan. Everyone else is doing it (see above). You think you might as well go to school. That is the lamest(无说服力的)of reasons to spend $ 20,000 or more in the next year.

Because you are afraid you’ll regret it if you don’t go.

Your uncle tells you that he regrets that he didn’t go to college. Others tell you they could have gone so much further in their career if only they had a college education. 5. So this is not a persuasive reason for you to go to college.

A. Because you don’t want to work.

B. Friends will wonder what’s wrong with you.

C. Because you don’t know what else to do.

D. Everyone seems more excited than you are.

E. It seems that for years everyone has just thought that of course you’ll go.

F. Whatever the story is, there are always people who regret decisions they’ve made.

G. But maybe in your heart you know that you are going for the wrong reasons.

When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful. The help of others is a good to help us pull through write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to a story about parachute jumping(跳伞). To make it a realistic as well as exciting , I decided that I had to make a jump myself .Unluckily, I’m not good at any , let alone(更不用说)parachute jumping.

My friend Mr. Smith was willing to give me a He took me to a ground school. The first day’s included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from a(n) For this, I had to wait until the following

The next morning, I was taken to the airfield. , a heavy parachute was put on my back. Then I was to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway. Once on board, the plane was soon . I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked(钩)a 13 from my parachute to a steel ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute after I jumped.

“Get , Henry,” Harry said. I moved carefully to the door.I wanted to , “NO, no, no!” But no word came.

“Jump!” Harry called . “Jump!”

Away from the plane, and down, down I fell, arms stretched. It worked All at once I was very happy. Then I felt a quick . My big parachute had opened! It was the best I ever had. I looked down. There were rivers, trees, fields and houses. I heard the soft sound of the air. This was

1.A. way B. chance C. idea D. value

2.A. tell B. write C. read D. copy

3.A. film B. poem C. story D. program

4.A. secretly B. instead C. finally D. first

5.A. sport B. driving C. lesson D. drawing

6.A. try B. hand C. gift D. suggestion

7.A. jumping B. journey C. training D. entertainment

8.A. tree B. tower C. building D. airplane

9.A. week B. month C. evening D. morning

10.A. Besides B. Once C. There D. However

11.A. asked B. invited C. forced D. taught

12.A. slowing B. climbing C. landing D. filling

13.A. belt B. steel C. line D. seat

14.A. light B. broken C. fixed D. open

15.A. ready B. up C. on D. away

16.A. cry B. rest C. laugh D. lie

17.A. softly B. loudly C. nervously D. excitedly

18.A. comfort B. wind C. pull D. push

19.A. failure B. experience C. competition D. danger

20.A. tiring B. shocking C. true D. fun

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