共用题干 Migrant WorkersIn the past twenty years,there has been an increasing tendency for workers to mo...

共用题干
Migrant Workers
In the past twenty years,there has been an increasing tendency for workers to move from one country to another.______(51)some newly independent countries have understandably restricted most jobs to local
people,others have attracted and welcomed migrant workers.This is particularly the case in the Middle East,______(52)increased oil incomes have enabled many countries to______(53)outsiders to improve local facilities.______(54)the Middle East has attracted oil-workers from the USA and Europe.It has brought in construction workers and technicians from many countries,______(55)South Korea and Japan.
In view of the difficult living and working conditions in the Middle East,it is not______(56)that the pay is high to attract suitable workers.Many engineers and technicians can earn at least______(57) money in the Middle East as they can in their own country,and this is a major attraction.An allied benefit is the low taxation or complete lack of it.This increases the net amount of pay received by visiting workers and is very popular with them.
Sometimes a disadvantage has a compensating advantage.______(58),the difficult living conditions often lead to increased friendship when workers have to depend on each other______(59)safety and comfort.______(60),many migrant workers can save large sums of money partly______(61)the lack of entertainment facilities.The work is often complex and full of problems but this merely presents greater challenge to engineers who prefer to find solutions______(62)problems rather than do routine work in their home country.
One major problem which______(63)migrant workers in the Middle East is that their jobs are temporary ones.They are nearly always on contract,so it is not easy for them to plan ahead with great confidence.This is to be expected since no country welcomes a large number of foreign workers as permanent residents.______(64),migrant workers accept this disadvantage,along with others,because of the ______(65)financial benefits which they receive. 56._________

A.surprised
B.surprisingly
C.surprise
D.surprising

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参考答案: D

参考解析: 本句中的前半部分和后半部分的内容属于对比的关系，故用while来连接。
此空处所引导的是一个非限定性定语从句，来修饰之前的地点名词the Middle East，故此处用where来引导，相当于in which。
call in的含义为“召集，召来”，用在此处最为合适。call off取消；call up给……打电话；call on邀请，拜访。
该空处前一句的内容是本空所在句子的原因，故此处用thus（因此）来表示顺承关系。
此空之前的成分是一个完整的句子结构，故此空处要用非谓语动词来引导之后的成分。including用在名词或代词之前，而included则用在名词或代词之后，故本题选C。
it is surprising that…为固定用法，表达的意思是“令人惊讶的是……”。surprised则一般用来修饰人，表示“感到惊讶的”。
英语中在表达倍数时，常用的一个句型是“倍数+a s…as …”的结构。故本题选A。
第三段第一句说有时一个缺陷会有一个优点来补偿，下文接着举例进行说明。故此处用For example。
此空后面的内容是之前内容的目的，故用for来表目的。
该空之后的内容和之前的内容都为不利生活条件中的优点。故用in a similar way，意为“相似地”。
由句子含义可知，此处需要一个表示原因的引导成分，又因该空之后的内容是一个词组，而不是一个完整的句子，故只能用because of来引导。
solution一般和介词to连用构成solution to the problem或solution to problems的结构。故本题选D。
affect意为“影响”，在此，效果处符合文意，表示“影响中东地区外来工人的一个主要问题是……”。effect为名词，意为“影响，效果”; detect察觉，发现；reflect反映。
in any case意为“无论如何，不管怎样”，在此处符合文意。in case意为“假如，万一”。英语中不存在in all cases和in a case的固定用法。
considerable意为“相当大（多）的”，用在此处符合文意。considerable financial benefits就表示“可观的经济收益”。considerate体贴的，体谅的；considered和considering则分别为consider的过去分词和现在分词形式。