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Europe s Response to the Introduction of Immigration Population Decline U.S. immigration policy isn’t really a disaster. In

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问题         Europe s Response to the Introduction of Immigration Population Decline
    U.S. immigration policy isn’t really a disaster. In fact, Europe has recently begun studying it enviously—or was studying it anyway. Then the recession struck. Now it’s open season on foreigners across much of the continent. Italy’s interior minister has sent armed force to clear out camps of jobless migrants in some parts of the south. In Britain, Conservative leader David Cameron recently promised that if his party wins upcoming elections he’ll slash immigration by 75 percent. Ahead of key regional elections in France, President Nicolas Sarkozy has launched a noisy debate about "French identity".
    As bad as the surge of intolerance is for the foreigners who are its targets, it’s a disaster for Europe. The continent is heading for serious long-term economic trouble unless it learns to manage immigration intelligently. Businesses across Europe are already facing severe shortages of engineers, technicians, craftsperson, and other skilled professionals. And the problem will only worsen as the job market recovers. By 2050 the EU will have 52 million fewer people of working age, the European Commission warns.
    The trouble isn’t a shortage of immigrants. The European Union has attracted 26 million migrants in the past two decades—a full 30 percent more than America’s 20million over the same span. But most European countries tried to protect homegrown labor by shutting out foreign workers. And for decades most European countries have consigned immigrants to the margins: take Germany for example, some professions were restricted to German citizens well into the 1990s, while eligibility for citizenship itself was based on bloodlines until a landmark reform in 2001. The danger is that Europe’s worsening hostility toward foreigners will halt or even reverse efforts to assimilate those who are already there, breeding a fast-growing, permanent underclass. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, immigrants have been losing jobs at almost twice the rate of native-born citizens during the current crisis, and in many countries the socioeconomic gap between immigrants and natives has begun to grow again.
    All this comes at a critical moment for the global economy. Economists predict that global GDP will double in the next 20 years, and as many as 1 billion new, skilled jobs will be created. To avert being left behind, Europe will need to upgrade its workforce to compete in knowledge-intensive sectors. It can’t afford to neglect the education of its immigrant populations or to give up competing for its share of the global talent pool as before. If it makes the wrong choice, Europe will become smaller, poorer, and angrier. Instead of attracting newcomers, the continent will watch its own best and brightest depart for better opportunities.
What causes present severe shortages of skilled workers in Europe according to the passage?
选项 A、The qualities of European immigrants are quite low.
B、The number of immigrants to Europe is relatively small.
C、Most European countries preclude foreign workers.
D、Lots of native workers flow away from Europe.
答案C
解析 推理判断题。本题考查造成欧洲技术工人短缺的原因。由原文第三段第三句：Butmost European countries tried to protect homegrown labor by shutting out foreign workers．可知，欧洲移民的数量并不少，但是欧洲国家为了保护当地劳动力的利益将外来工人拒之门外，由此造成了欧洲技术工人的短缺，故选[C]项。
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