Passage three
The poverty line is the lowest income that people need for an acceptable standard of living. People with income below the poverty line are considered poor. Economists study the causes of poverty in order to find solutions to the problem.
About ten percent of the people in the United States are below the poverty line. However, if these people had stable jobs, they could have an acceptable standard of living. Economists suggest several reasons why poor people do not have jobs.
For one thing, more than half of the people in the United States are not qualified to work. Over 40 percent of the poor people are children. By law, children less than 16 years old cannot work in many industries. And a large number of poor people are old. Many companies do not hire people over 65 years old.
Some poor adults do not look for jobs for a variety of personal reasons: they are sick, they have family problems, or they do not believe that they can find a job. Other poor people look for a job but cannot find one. Many poor adults never went to high school. Therefore, when they look for jobs, they have few skills that they can offer. At the present time, the government thinks it can reduce poverty in the country in the following ways.
First, if the national economy grows, companies hire more workers. Some of the poor may find a job, and they will no longer be below the poverty line.
Second, if the government spends money on social programs, education and training for the poor people, the poor will have the skill to offer. Then it is more likely that they can find jobs.
Finally, if the government distributes society&39;s income differently, it raises some poor people above the poverty line. The government collects taxes from the non"poor and gives money to the poor.
These payments to the poor are called welfare. Some economists are looking for better solutions to the poverty problem. However, at the present time, many people still depend on welfare to live a poor life.
The author&39;s main purpose to write this article is _____.
A.to inform us of what the poverty line is
B.to explain why some people arc poor
C.to find solutions to the problem of poverty
D.to show sympathy for those poor people
Most of the American poor people are not qualified for employment because _____.A.they do not have motivation to work
B.they are ill-educated and have few skills
C.they are too young or too old to work
D.they have physical and family problems
What can we infer from the passage?A.Better solutions to the poverty problems are not yet found.
B.Welfare system will enable people to become rich.
C.Poor people are bound to be rich if rich people help them.
D.Employment is the best solution to the poverty problem.
How many people are considered poor in the United States?A.More than 50 percent.
B.About 10 percent.
C.Over 16 percent.
D.Over 40 percent.
第2题
第3题
A、Specific identification method.
B、Average cost method.
C、Weighted-average method.
D、FIFO method.
E、LIFO method.
第4题
A.Problems Existing in the American States.
B.Working Conditions for VDTs Operators.
C.Health Dangers to Workers Using VDTs.
D.How to Protect the Pregnant Women.
第5题
A.Poverty is the condition of having insufficient resources or income.
B.Poverty is a lack of basic human needs.
C.Poverty is the condition of having fewer resources or less income than others within a society or country, or compared to worldwide averages.
D.Poverty is an effect of the uneven distribution of resources around the world on an international or even regional scale.
第6题
A.products should be sold atlow prices in large quantity
B.products should be sold athigh prices in large quantity
C.products should be madewith less cost but higher efficiency
D.standards must beestablished in his plants
第7题
A.confirm current education trends and teaching methods
B.rethink and reorganize educational strategies
C.think about the various elements which constitute what we call "communication" nowadays
D.reassure the parents about the methodology currently being used in American schools
第8题
My father was 17 when he left the farm in Cameron, N.C., and set off for Baltimore to apply for a job at the Martin Aircraft Company. When asked what he wanted to do, he said, "Everything." He explained that his goal was to learn every job in the factory. He'd like to go to a department and find out what was done there. When the supervisor determined his work was as good as anyone else's, he'd want to go to a different department and start over. The personnel people agreed to this unusual request, and by the time H. T. Morris was 20, he'd made his way through the huge factory and was working in experimental design for a fantastic salary. Whenever he went to a new department, he looked for the guys who had been around forever. These were the people novices usually avoided, afraid that next to them they'd look like the beginners they were. My father asked them every question he could think of. They liked this inquisitive young man and showed him shortcuts they had developed that no one else had ever asked about. These sages became his mentors. Whatever your goals, plan to network with those who know more than you. Model your efforts on theirs, adjusting and improving as you go. 11. The author's father applied for a job at the Martin Aircraft Company and his goal was ________.
A、to be a good supervisor himself in the future
B、to be able to do whatever job there was in the factory
C、to do everything assigned him willingly
D、to be a good worker with a special knowledge about his work
第9题
A.talk about the American culture in transition
B.criticize the American culture
C.state the absurdity of American culture
D.talk about the inventions and discoveries
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