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  3. Americans’ pride and faith of their economic system, 【B1】______ that it provides opportunities for all citizens to have good liv

Americans’ pride and faith of their economic system, 【B1】______ that it provides opportunities for all citizens to have good liv

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问题     Americans’ pride and faith of their economic system, 【B1】______ that it provides opportunities for all citizens to have good lives, are 【B2】______ by the 【B3】______ that poverty persists in many parts of country.
    Government anti-poverty efforts have made some progress but have not eradicated the problem.【B4】______, periods of strong economic growth, which bring more jobs and higher wages, have【B5】______poverty but have not【B6】______it entirely.
    The federal government 【B7】______ poverty line as a minimum 【B8】______ of income 【B9】______ for basic maintenance of a family or four. This amount may fluctuated【B10】______the cost of living and the location of the family. In 1998, a family of four with an annual income below $ 16,530 was classified【B11】______living in poverty.
    The percentage of people living below poverty line dropped from 22.4 percent in 1959 to 11.4 percent in 1978. But【B12】______, it has fluctuated in a fairly narrow range. In 1998, it stood at 12.7 percent.
    【B13】______, the overall figures mask much more severe pockets of poverty. In 1998, more than one-quarter of all African-Americans lived in poverty; though【B14】______high, that figure did represent an improvement from 1979 when 31 percentage of blacks were officially classified as poor.
    There are【B15】______estimations on the accuracy of official poverty figures. Some analysts have suggested that the official poverty figures【B16】______the real【B17】______of poverty because they measure only cash income and exclude certain government assistance programs such as Food Stamps. Others point out, however, that these programs【B18】______cover all of a family’s food or health care needs.【B19】______others point out that people at the poverty line sometimes receive cash income from【B20】______work and in the underground sector of economy which is never recorded in official statistics.
【B10】
选项 A、relying on
B、focusing on
C、depending on
D、looking on
答案C
解析 考查动词短语辨析。空前信息为：这个数额会变动。空后信息为：生活的成本和家庭的居住地。后面的信息显然是变动的依据，故答案选C．depending on“依靠，依赖；取决于”。relying on与depending on意思相近，但是前者更强调情感上的依靠与信赖，后者更强调客观事实，常译为“取决于”；focusing on“致力于，聚焦于”；looking on“在一旁观看，袖手旁观”，均不符合题意。
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