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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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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.
【C5】
选项
A、Pity
B、Needy
C、Shabby
D、Greedy
答案
B
解析
此题主要是区别这四个形近异义形容词的词义辨析。根据该句括号里的同位语提示,应选needy贫困的,而shabby破旧的,卑鄙的,greedy贪婪的不合题义,pity是名词,更不能选。
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大学英语四级
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