校提供"英语、美国历史、美国文化等"课程, 但不包含美国地理。

3. If you are to live with your relatives in New York, you will have to pay the school_______.

A. $200　　　 B. $400　 　C. $900　　 D. $500

【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据文中信息框中Cost部分可知如果参加课程的人与亲戚住一起则可以省下来住宿费, 只需交500美元就可以了。

　　People in the western state of California who are in the United States illegally can now request a driver's license. The law went into effect on January 1. California is not the first American state with such a law, but it has the largest number of illegal immigrants. More than a million people began to request licenses shortly after the new state law went into effect. Among them was Christian Alvarado. Mr Alvarado entered the United States from El Salvador eight years ago without permission from the U. S. government. Some call such people"illegal immigrants". Others call them "undocumented immigrants".

　　Mr Alvarado thinks it so exciting, for he has been waiting for the license for a long time. But some are worried that their personal information will be used to find them and deport them. Armando Botello is a spokesman for the California Department of Motor Vehicles, or DMV. He says people should not be afraid, for such information will not be shared.

　　The new licenses are the same as licenses given to citizens except that they have the words"Federal Limits Apply". That means the license cannot be used to travel on an airplane or enter a federal building. Ana Garcia, working at the Central American Resource Center, says some illegal immigrants fear those words will be used to abuse them. Civil rights groups say the police and others will not.

　　Dan Schnur, a political scientist at the University of Southern California, said that the main argument against the new law is that it rewards illegal behavior. But Professor Schnur argued that young, white Americans generally support immigration reform, including giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.

　　"It's simply because they grew up in a much more multicultural society than their parents or their grandparents did. "Professor Schnur says he believes the changes in beliefs about illegal immigrants that have taken place in California will spread throughout the United States.

【语篇概述】本文是新闻报道。文章报道了美国加州非法移民可以获得驾照这个消息。文中还说了人们对这一事件的看法。

4. Why did the new law make Mr Alvarado excited?

A. Because he can request a driver's license.

B. Because he became a legal immigrant of California.

C. Because he got his driving license as an illegal immigrant.

D. Because a law went into effect for the new immigrants.

【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据文章第一句可知美国加州的新法律允许非法移民者申领驾照。这对阿尔瓦拉多先生来说是个好消息, 所以他感到兴奋。

5. What is the difference of the new licenses compared to those given to citizens?

A. The words"Federal Limits Apply"will abuse illegal immigrants.