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The poverty line is the lowest income that people need for an acceptable standard of living. People with income below the povert

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问题    The poverty line is the lowest income that people need for an acceptable standard of living. People with income below the poverty line are considered poor. Economists study the causes of poverty in order to find solutions to the problem.
   About ten percent of the people in the United States are below the poverty line. However, if these people had stable jobs, they could have an acceptable standard of living. Economists suggest several reasons why poor people do not have jobs.
   For one thing, more than half of the people in the United States are not qualified to work. Over 40 percent of the poor people are children. By law, children less than 16 years old cannot work in many industries. And a large number of poor people are old. Many companies do not hire people over 65 years old.
   Some poor adults do not look for jobs for a variety of personal reasons: they are sick, they have family problems, or they do not believe that they can find a job. Other poor people look for a job but cannot find one. Many poor adults never went to high school. Therefore, when they look for jobs, they have few skills that they can offer.
   At the present time, the government thinks it can reduce poverty in the country in the following ways.
   First, if the national economy grows, companies hire more workers. Some of the poor may find a job, and they will no longer be below the poverty line.
   Second, if the government spends money on social programs, education and training for the poor people, the poor will have the skill to offer. Then it is more likely that they can find jobs.
   Finally, if the government distributes society’s income differently, it raises some poor people above the poverty line. The government collects taxes from the non-poor and gives money to the poor. These payments to the poor are called welfare.
   Some economists are looking for better solutions to the poverty problem. However, at the present time, many people still depend on welfare to live a poor life.
The author’s main purpose to write this article is______.
选项 A、to inform us of what the poverty line is
B、to explain why some people are poor
C、to find solutions to the problem of poverty
D、to show sympathy for those poor people
答案C
解析 通过阅读题干the author’s main purpose，得知此题为主旨大意题型，重点阅读第一段或最后一段的首句和末句。第一段的前两句解释了贫困线的定义及划分，最后一句表明“经济学家研究贫困的原因为了找到问题的解决方法(solution)；最后一段的首句也提到了solution。据此，选择四个选项中有solution的，即C为正确答案。
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