- 閱讀理解A
題干：Lowwages,chronicunemploymentandunderemploymentleadtolowincome,lackofpropertyownership,absenceofsavings,absenceoffoodreservesinthehome,andachronicshortageofcash.Theseconditionsreducethepossibilityofeffectiveparticipationinthelargereconomicsystem.Andasaresponsetotheseconditionswefindinthecultureofpovertyahighincidenceofpawningpersonalgoods,borrowingfromlocalmoney-lendersatusuriousratesofinterest,spontaneousinformalcreditdevicesorganizedbyneighbors,theuseofsecondhandclothingandfurniture,andthepatternoffrequentbuyingofsmallquantitiesoffoodmanytimesadayastheneedarises.Peoplewithacultureofpovertyproduceverylittlewealthandreceiveverylittleinreturn.Theyhavealowlevelofliteracyandeducation,usuallydonotbelongtolaborunions,arenotmembersofpoliticalparties,generallydonotparticipateinthenationalwelfareagencies,andmakeverylittleuseofbanks,hospitals,departmentstores,museumsorartgalleries.Theyhaveacriticalattitudetowardsomeofthebasicinstitutionsofthedominantclasses,hatredofthepolice,mistrustofgovernmentandthoseinhighposition,andacynicismwhichextendseventothechurch.Thisgivesthecultureofpovertyahighpotentialforprotestandforbeingusedinpoliticalmovementsaimedagainsttheexistingsocialorder.Peoplewithacultureofpovertyareawareofmiddle-classvalues,talkaboutthemandevenclaimsomeofthemastheirown,butonthewholetheydonotlivebythem.Thusitisimportanttodistinguishbetweenwhattheysayandwhattheydo.Forexample,manywilltellyouthatmarriagebylaw,bythechurch,orbybothistheidealformofmarriage,butfewwillmarry.Tomenwhohavenosteadyjobsorothersourcesofincome,whodonotownproperty,andwhowanttoavoidtheexpenseandlegaldifficultiesinvolvedinformalmarriageanddivorce,freeunionsorconsensualmarriagesmakealotofsense.Womenwilloftenturndownoffersofmarriagebecausetheyfeelittiesthemdowntomen.Womenfeelthatconsensualuniongivesthemabetterbreak;itgivesthemsomeofthefreedomandflexibilitythatmenhave.Bynotgivingthefathersoftheirchildrenlegalstatusashusbands,thewomenhaveastrongerclaimtheirchildreniftheydecidetoleavetheirmen.Italsogiveswomenexclusiverightstoahouseoranyotherpropertytheymayown.
題目： In paragraph 3, the author’s point about the need to “distinguish between what they say and what they do” is meant to suggest that（）. - A 、lying is part of the culture of poverty
- B 、the poor are often unable to change the conditions of their lives
- C 、poverty causes people to have illusions
- D 、the poor themselves are responsible for their poverty
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參考答案【正確答案：B】
推斷。文章第三段第一句指出，窮人了解中產(chǎn)階級(jí)的價(jià)值觀，談?wù)撨@種價(jià)值觀，甚至聲稱其中有些價(jià)值觀就是他們自己的，但是總的來講，他們卻無法實(shí)踐這些價(jià)值觀，也就是說，他們所希望的和所做的有很大差距，由此可以推斷B項(xiàng)是正確答案，即窮人往往不能如己所愿改變其生活狀況。
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