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題干：Whilestillinitsearlystages,welfarereformhasalreadybeenjudgedagreatsuccessinmanystates-atleastingettingpeopleoffwelfare.It’sestimatedthatmorethan2millionpeoplehavelefttherollssince1994.Inthepastfouryears,welfarerollsinAthensCountyhavebeencutinhalf.But70percentofthepeoplewholeftinthepasttwoyearstookjobsthatpaidlessthan$6anhour.Theresult：theAthensCountypovertyratestillremainsatmorethan30percent--twicethenationalaverage.Foradvocates(代言人）forthepoor,that'sanindicationmuchmoreneedstobedone.“Morepeoplearegettingjobs,butit'snotmakingtheirlivesanybetter,”saysKathyLairn,apolicyanalystattheCenteronBudgetandPolicyPrioritiesinWashington.AcenteranalysisofUSCensusdatanationwidefoundthatbetween1995and1996，agreaterpercentageofsingle,female-headedhouseholdswereearningmoneyontheirown，butthataverageincomeforthesehouseholdsactuallywentdown.Butformany,thefactthatpoorpeopleareabletosupportthemselvesalmostaswellwithoutgovernmentaidastheydidwithitisinitselfahugevictory.“Welfarewasapoison.Itwasatoxin(毒素）thatwaspoisoningthefamily,”saysRobertRector,awelfare-reformpolicyanalyst.“Thereformischangingthemoralclimateinlow-incomecommunities.It’sbeginningtorebuildtheworkethic(道德觀），whichismuchmoreimportant.”Mr.Rectorandothersarguedthatonce“thehabitofdependencyiscracked，”thenthecountrycanmakeotherpolicychangesaimedatimprovinglivingstandards.
題目：From the passage we know that welfare reform aims at_____. - A 、saving welfare funds
- B 、rebuilding the work ethic
- C 、providing more jobs
- D 、cutting government expenses
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參考答案【正確答案：B】
細(xì)節(jié)題。答題依據(jù)在倒數(shù)第二段：The reform is changing the moral climate in low-income communities. It’s beginning to rebuild the work ethic, which is much more important(福利改革正在改變低收人群的道德風(fēng)氣。更為重要的是，它正在開始重新樹立就業(yè)的道德觀）。故B選項(xiàng)正確。
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