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每周一听——那些年我们一起练过的听力（第70期）

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    Earlier this week, the United States Senate voted to begin debate on a historic immigration bill. The proposed law would offer a chance for more than 11 million    (1)    immigrants, those not in the country legally, to become American citizens. It would also increase the number of foreign temporary technology workers at a time when American technology workers face high unemployment.

    On Tuesday, President Barack Obama said this is “the best chance in years” to achieve “common sense reform.” He called on Congress to approve the bill.

    “If you genuinely believe we need to fix our broken immigration system, there's no good reason to stand in the way of this bill.”

    The vote to permit debate    (2)    easily, 82-15. It clears the way for    (3)    that political observers say could extend through the rest of the month. The legislation    (4)    a 13-year citizenship process for immigrants who arrived in the United States illegally.

    Public opinion studies    (5)    Thursday suggest wide support for the main reforms. People in 29 states were asked questions about immigration. A majority supported reforms that included    (6)    , a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and laws to block employers from hiring people living in the United States illegally.

   The studies did not ask about    (7)    of the bill that would increase the number of temporary foreign technology workers.

    Labor rights groups and business groups disagree about that issue. Some businesses threatened to    (8)    immigration reform if the resulting bill did not drop a requirement that employers seek American workers before hiring foreigners.

    Foreign scientists, engineers and computer programmers can live and work in the United States under special permits called H-1B visas. Many young scientists and engineers in India, China and other developing countries compete for the work permits. Large technology companies like Intel, Adobe and Microsoft had asked for    (9)    workers with H-1B visas.

    A group representing American engineers had asked Congress to limit the number of foreign engineers as part of the bill. Instead, the new bill increases the number of H-1B visas.

       (10)    . They say foreign workers force down wages.


上期活动答案：
1. killed
2. declared
3. described
4. speeds
5. flattened
6. elementary schools
7. are credited with
8. safety precaution
9. sheltering directions
10. the current warning system provided enough time to prepare before the tornado hit