首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
There is a common response to America among foreign writers: The US is a land of extremes where the best of things are just as e
There is a common response to America among foreign writers: The US is a land of extremes where the best of things are just as e
admin
2017-05-31
56
问题
There is a common response to America among foreign writers: The US is a land of extremes where the best of things are just as easily found as the worst. This is a cliche (陈词滥调).
In the land of black and white, people should not be too surprised to find some of the gaps between the rich and the poor in the world. But the American Dream offers a way out to everyone.
【B1】______ No class system or government stands in the way.
Sadly, this old argument is no longer true. Over the past few decades there has been a fundamental shift in the structure of the American economy.
The gap between the rich and the poor has widened and widened.【B2】______ Over the past 25 years, the median US family income has gone up 18 percent. For the top 1 percent, however, it has gone up 200 per cent. Twenty-five years ago the top fifth of Americans had an average income 6. 7 times that of the bottom fifth.【B3】______
Inequalities have grown worse in different regions. In California, incomes for lower class families have fallen by 4 percent since 1969.【B4】______ This has led to an economy hugely in favor of a small group of very rich Americans. The wealthiest 1 percent of households now control a third of the national wealth. There are now 37 million Americans living in poverty. At 12. 7 percent of the population, it is the highest percentage in the developed world.
Yet the tax burden on America’ s rich is falling, not growing.【B5】______ There was an economic theory holding that the rich spending more would benefit everyone as a whole. But clearly that theory has not worked in reality.
[A] Now it is 9.8 times.
[B] As it does so, the possibility to cross that gap gets smaller and smaller.
[C] There are lots of wealth in American.
[D] Nobody is poor in the US.
[E] The top 1 percent of households has seen its tax bite fall by a full 25 percentage points since 1980.
[F] For upper class families they have risen 41 percent.
[G] All one has to do is to work hard and climb the ladder towards the top.
【B2】
选项
答案
B
解析
该段提到美国贫富家庭的差距在拉大,因此,跨越这个鸿沟的可能性会变得越来越小。故选B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/5tVd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语三级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语三级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Letusbeginbysayingthatwhatdoesnotcauseourdreams.Ourdreamsdonotcomefrom"another"world.Theyarenotmessagesf
Morethanfortythousandreaderstolduswhattheylookedforinclosefriendships,whattheyexpected【C1】______friends,whatth
Morethanfortythousandreaderstolduswhattheylookedforinclosefriendships,whattheyexpected【C1】______friends,whatth
Ingeneral,oursocietyisbecomingoneofgrandenterprisesdirectedbyabureaucraticmanagementinwhichmanbecomesasmall,
Itisstrangethatsomanyoftheimportantmeetingsinpeople’slivestakeplacequitebychance,Icouldhavesat【C1】______in
Sincewearesocialbeings,thequalityofourlivesdependsinlargemeasureonourinterpersonalrelationships.Onestrengtho
Manystudieshaveidentifiedastronglinkbetweensuicideanddiagnosablementalillness,especiallydepression.So,becausewo
WheneverIseeanyonebuyingaNationalLotteryticketIwanttostopthemandaskiftheyknowjustwheretheirmoneyisgoing.
BelowisagraphshowingtheproductionofradiosandTVsetsinFactoryAfrom1970to1979.Lookatthegraphandwriteaness
What’stheairportlike?
随机试题
直肠后隙
三焦腑之募穴为
下列哪项检查可帮助确诊发热原因最有效的治疗措施是
男,140岁。发作性心悸、头晕、大汗4个月,每次发作持续约20分钟。发作时血压180/120mmHg,平素血压不高,对诊断最有帮助的是在血压升高时检查尿中的
下列关于可撤销的备用信用证和不可撤销的备用信用证的说法,不正确的是()。
一般资料:夫妻共同来咨询,两人是大学同学,均30岁,本科学历,企业员工。案例介绍:婚后妻子不想马上要孩子,对性生活多有拒绝,决定要孩子后情况好了些,后妻子怀孕、生子,性生活明显减少。现在孩子2岁多,妻子主动时丈夫不为所动,妻子认可丈夫所说性生活的
在刑事诉讼中,证人是有一定的范围的,根据法律的有关规定和刑事诉讼的一般理论,下列关于证人的叙述正确的是:()
关系模式规范化的最起码的要求是达到第一范式,即满足
SEACLOUDINVESTMENTSAmemberofthe"lifeforliving"groupPlanningforacreati
Everystreethadastory,everybuildingamemory.Those【C1】______withwonderfulchildhoodscandrivethestreetsoftheirhomet
最新回复
(
0
)