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  3. The conception of poverty and what to【C1】______about it have changed over the decades. Under Social Darwinism the lazy and the【C

The conception of poverty and what to【C1】______about it have changed over the decades. Under Social Darwinism the lazy and the【C

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问题     The conception of poverty and what to【C1】______about it have changed over the decades. Under Social Darwinism the lazy and the【C2】______were supposed to be at the bottom  of the economic ladder as【C3】______of the "law of survival of the fittest". Society was【C4】______as a network of self-sufficient families which provided for their own.【C5】______persons  outside a household(orphans, the【C6】______elderly, and the crippled)were provided  outdoor relief grudgingly and as a temporary expedient(权宜之计). Although it was【C7】______that "the poor will always be with us" the individual was expected to improve himself【C8】______acts of his own will. Charity was thought to be the【C9】______of idleness. By keeping wages low, laborers would be【C10】______to work harder.
    At about the turn of the century, the beginning of concern about natural【C11】______brought uneasiness about the possible spread of beggary, There was a potentially dangerous class in【C12】______of disease and disorder. The "poor" were【C13】______as different from "paupers". Paupers were individuals well【C14】______to being on the low end of the socioeconomic【C15】______.Without shame or bitterness, they would not seek independence and a"【C16】______"life. For the mountaineers, the subsistence dwellers, and some slum dwellers, the lack of wealth,【C17】______has been argued, reflects a preference not to pay the psychological costs of the struggle for riches or of adopting the middle-class work ethic (道德标准) of striving. In【C18】______, the worthy poor struggled to【C19】______their lot against circumstances beyond their control: low wages, sickness, industrial【C20】______, widowhood(孀居)and so on.
【C16】
选项 A、poor
B、better
C、humble
D、miserable
答案B
解析 此题主要是区别这四个形容词词义。本句含义为“只在遭受耻辱和痛苦的情况下，乞丐才会去谋求独立和较好的生活，否则只是随波逐流”。根据题义，应选better。humble谦卑的；miserable悲惨的，均不合题义。
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