- 阅读理解A
题干：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(道德观），whichismuchmoreimportant.”Mr.Rectorandothersarguedthatonce“thehabitofdependencyiscracked，”thenthecountrycanmakeotherpolicychangesaimedatimprovinglivingstandards.
题目：Why aren’t people enjoying better lives when they have jobs? - A 、Because many families are divorced.
- B 、Because government aid is now rare.
- C 、Because their wages are low.
- D 、Because the cost of living is rising.
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参考答案【正确答案：C】
细节题。答题依据在第二段第二句：But 70 percent of the people who left in the past tow yearstook jobs that paid less than $ 6 an hour…”(在不受政府福利救济的人当中有70%已找到了工作，但薪水很低，每小时不到6美元……）。由此可见，即使有更多的人找到了工作, 但他们的生活并未得到改善, 原因是工资太低。故C选项正确。
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