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114年
英文
第 21 題
📖 題組：
Comprehensive immigration reform has eluded Congress for decades. Presidents have increasingly turned to executive action to reshape asylum and border policy. Though many of the policies that aim to reduce unlawful immigration focus on enforcement at the border, individuals who arrive in the United States legally and overstay their visas comprise a significant portion of the 21 population. The most recent push for an immigration policy 22 was in 2013, following a decade in which Congress debated numerous immigration reforms, some considered comprehensive and others piecemeal. The former refers to 23 legislation that attempts to address the following issues: demand for high- and low-skilled laborers, the legal status of the millions of unlawful immigrants living in the country, border security, and interior enforcement. The last major legislation to make it through Congress was under President Ronald Reagan in 1986, when his administration granted legal 24 to some three million illegal residents. In 1990, President George H. W. Bush further expanded legal immigration by increasing the cap for immigrant visas from 270,000 to 700,000, though he lowered the quota to 675,000 after several years. In 2007, President George W. Bush worked with congressional Democrats to reach a 25 on a new comprehensive bill, but ultimately failed to win enough support in the Senate.
Comprehensive immigration reform has eluded Congress for decades. Presidents have increasingly turned to executive action to reshape asylum and border policy. Though many of the policies that aim to reduce unlawful immigration focus on enforcement at the border, individuals who arrive in the United States legally and overstay their visas comprise a significant portion of the 21 population. The most recent push for an immigration policy 22 was in 2013, following a decade in which Congress debated numerous immigration reforms, some considered comprehensive and others piecemeal. The former refers to 23 legislation that attempts to address the following issues: demand for high- and low-skilled laborers, the legal status of the millions of unlawful immigrants living in the country, border security, and interior enforcement. The last major legislation to make it through Congress was under President Ronald Reagan in 1986, when his administration granted legal 24 to some three million illegal residents. In 1990, President George H. W. Bush further expanded legal immigration by increasing the cap for immigrant visas from 270,000 to 700,000, though he lowered the quota to 675,000 after several years. In 2007, President George W. Bush worked with congressional Democrats to reach a 25 on a new comprehensive bill, but ultimately failed to win enough support in the Senate.
21.
- A undocumented
- B inexcusable
- C expectant
- D condemnable
思路引導 VIP
請試著思考：當一個人的合法居留證件已經過期失效，但人依然留在該國境內時，在政府的行政紀錄中，該如何描述這群人目前的「文件狀態」或「身份記錄狀況」呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精準選出 undocumented，說明你不僅讀懂了句意，還對新聞英語中常見的政策詞彙有很敏銳的觀察力。
語境判斷與客觀描述
本題的關鍵在於前一句提到的「逾期居留（overstay their visas）」。當一個人的簽證失效卻仍留在該國，他在法律行政上的狀態就是「缺乏有效證明文件」的。選項 (A) undocumented 正是用來客觀描述這類「無證」群體的專業術語。相較之下，(B) inexcusable（不可原諒的）與 (D) condemnable（應受譴責的）都帶有強烈的主觀道德批判，不符合這篇政策性文章的中性論述語氣；而 (C) expectant（期待的、懷孕的）則在語意上完全無法銜接。
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