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  3. Americans’ pride and faith of their economic system,【C1】________that it provides opportunities for all citizens to have good liv

Americans’ pride and faith of their economic system,【C1】________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,【C1】________that it provides opportunities for all citizens to have good lives, are【C2】________by the【C3】________that poverty persists in many parts of the country.
    Government anti-poverty efforts have made some progress but have not eradicated the problem. 【C4】________, periods of strong economic growth, which bring more jobs and higher wages, have【C5】________poverty but have not【C6】________it entirely.
    The federal government【C7】________poverty line as a minimum【C8】________of income【C9】________for basic maintenance of a family of four. This amount may fluctuate【C10】________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【C11】________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【C12】________, it has fluctuated in a fairly narrow range. In 1998, it stood at 12.7 percent.
    【C13】________, the overall figures mask much more severe pockets of poverty. In 1998, more than one-quarter of all African-Americans lived in poverty; though【C14】________high, that figure did represent an improvement from 1979 when 31 percent of blacks were officially classified as poor.
    There are【C15】________estimations on the accuracy of official poverty figures. Some analysts have suggested that the official poverty figures【C16】________the real【C17】________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【C18】________cover all of a family’s food or health care needs.【C19】________others point out that people at the poverty line sometimes receive cash income from【C20】________work and in the underground sector of economy which is never recorded in official statistics.
【C18】
选项 A、fully
B、mostly
C、rarely
D、sometimes
答案C
解析 本填空考查副词，修饰动词cover，本填空所在句子的主语为these programs. 指代的就是上句中的because they measure only cash income and exclude certain government assistance programs such as Food Stamps：而动词cover的宾语为alI of a family’s food or health care needs。由本句中的线索词however可知，最为关键的提示线索是此处的上下句为转折逻辑关系。把握了这个转折关系，上文是在强调these programs的正面作用，自然本句子就一定要强调these programs不足的地方。这样本填空所要选择的副词一定是负面修饰cover的选项才行，四个选项中最极端的就是C项rarely(几乎不)，所以C项rarely为最佳答案。
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