- 阅读理解A
题干：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.
题目： 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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参考答案【正确答案：B】
推断。文章第三段第一句指出，穷人了解中产阶级的价值观，谈论这种价值观，甚至声称其中有些价值观就是他们自己的，但是总的来讲，他们却无法实践这些价值观，也就是说，他们所希望的和所做的有很大差距，由此可以推断B项是正确答案，即穷人往往不能如己所愿改变其生活状况。
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