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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：According to the passage before the welfare reform was carried out, _____. - A 、the poverty rate was lower
- B 、average living standards were higher
- C 、the average worker was paid higher wages
- D 、the poor used to rely on government aid
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参考答案【正确答案：D】
推理题。文中有数处提示。其中第一段“… at least in getting people off welfare. It’s estimated that more than 2 million people have left the rolls since 1994”，第二段”In the past fouryears, welfare rolls in Athens Country have been cut in half…”, 以及第五段、第六段都有提示。由此可以推断，在福利改革实行之前，穷人习惯于依赖政府的救济。故D选项正确。
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