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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.
【B13】
选项 A、On the contrary
B、On the other hand
C、Even if
D、What is more
答案A
解析 考查逻辑关系。空格上面一段主要突出了贫困县以下的人口比例下降的现象。空格后的一段却又说明了“总体数字掩盖了严重贫困的问题”。因此上下文为转折关系，故答案为A．On the contrary“相反地”。On the other hand“从另一方面来说”，表并列；Even if“即使”，表让步；What is more“另外，而且”，表递进，均不符合题意。
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