It can be inferred from the passage that before Sept. 11, aliens with expired visas ________.

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• 1We learn from the passage that coordinated efforts will be made by various U.S. government agencies to ________.

  A.limit the number Of immigrants to the U.S.

  B.prevent the forgery of immigration papers

  C.ward off terrorist suspects at the border

  D.refuse the renewing of expired visas

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• 2Terrorists have obviously taken advantage of ________.

  A.the irresponsibility of the officials at border checkpoints

  B.the legal privileges granted to foreigners

  C.the excessive hospitality of the American people

  D.the low efficiency of the Immigration and Naturalization Service

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• 3The root cause of many gifted students having bad memories of their school years is that ________.

  A.they were seldom praised by their teachers

  B.school courses failed to inspire or motivate them

  C.their nonconformity brought them a lot of trouble

  D.teachers were usually far stricter than their parents

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• 4Many gifted people attributed their success ________.

  A.less to their systematic education than to their talent

  B.mainly to parental help and their education at home

  C.both to school instruction and to their parents’ coaching

  D.more to their parents’ encouragement than to school training

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• 5Pablo Picasso is listed among the many gifted children who ________.

  A.could not cope with their studies at school successfully

  B.paid no attention to their teachers in class

  C.contradicted their teachers much too often

  D.behaved arrogantly and stubbornly in the presence of their teachers

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• 6It is believed by many that all these years the INS ________.

  A.has been serving two contradictory functions

  B.has ignored the pleas of the two powerful lobbies

  C.has over-emphasized its service functions at the expense of the nation’s security

  D.has been too liberal in granting visas to tourists and immigrants indiscriminately

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• 7Before Sept. 11, the U.S. Congress had been unable to pass stricter immigration laws because ________.

  A.education and business circles cared little about national security

  B.resources were not available for their enforcement

  C.it was difficult to coordinate the efforts of the congressmen

  D.they might have kept away foreign students and cheap labor

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• 8Why does the author say the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was the worst tragedy in maritime history、

  A.It was attacked by Russian torpedoes.

  B.It caused the largest number of casualties.

  C.Most of its passengers were frozen to death.

  D.Its victims were mostly women and children.

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• 9Hundreds of families dropped into the sea when ________.

  A.the badly damaged ship leaned toward one side

  B.a strong ice storm tilted the ship

  C.the cruise ship sank all of a sudden

  D.the frightened passengers fought desperately for lifeboats

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• 10The Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy was little talked about for more than half a century because Germans ________.

  A.were eager to win international acceptance

  B.had been pressured to keep silent about it

  C.were afraid of offending their neighbors

  D.felt guilty for their crimes in World War II

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