首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
The nation’s economic collapse jolted many New Yorkers into financial distress, driving some into poverty and dependence on food
The nation’s economic collapse jolted many New Yorkers into financial distress, driving some into poverty and dependence on food
admin
2014-04-20
76
问题
The nation’s economic collapse jolted many New Yorkers into financial distress, driving some into poverty and dependence on food stamps and unemployment benefits and even altering their living arrangements between 2007 and 2009, according to census data released Tuesday that offered the first extensive measure of how the city weathered the recession.
Although New York City has fared better than the country as a whole, recording smaller increases in poverty and smaller declines in household income, more subtle indicators, like the rise in the number of New Yorkers living in homes without kitchens, underscore the struggles confronting many.
The Census Bureau’s 2009 American Community Survey also found that from 2007 to 2009, the income of single people in the city shrank the most among New Yorkers; the poverty rate edged up among people 15 to 64 years old; both parents were in the work force more often; home values dipped; the share of renters increased compared with owners; more renters were paying over 35 percent of their income on housing; and a smaller share said they owned two vehicles. The proportion of very rich and very poor New Yorkers rose slightly, and the gap between them remained higher in New York than in any other state, and, in Manhattan, higher than in any other county in the country.
Earlier this year, the city said its own more sophisticated measure of poverty classified 22 percent of New Yorkers as poor in 2008, when the Census Bureau put the official figure at 17. 6 percent. Officials would not speculate on what the 2009 rate would be by the more complex measure that takes account of costs like commuting and day care and benefits like tax credits.
"The official measure does not include much of what has been done to
cushion
the blow of the recession on low-income families," said Mark K. Levitan, poverty research director for the city’s Center for Economic Opportunity. " The new and expanded tax credits and the large increase in food stamp participation don’t get counted in the official measure; they will get counted in ours. "
Joel Berg, executive director of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, said the rising raw numbers and percentages of city residents living below the federal poverty line($ 17,600 for a family of three)and the shrinking income of many New Yorkers were "the latest proof that low-income, hungry and even middle-class New Yorkers are suffering mightily in this recession, even as the ultrarich become even wealthier. "
By citing the data from the 2009 survey, the author intends to show______.
选项
A、a remarkable change in home value
B、a growing gap between the rich and the poor
C、various difference between renters and owners
D、specific aspects of the financial distress
答案
D
解析
篇章题。作者在第三段引用了2009年统计局的各种数据,涉及市民生活的方方面面。而承接上段的话题,可以看出作者是在为纽约经历的经济困难提供更多的数据支持。可见,此段的写作目的是为了展示经济衰退的具体方面。故本题答案为[D]。第三段中提到了房价下跌,但不是主要问题,故[A]错误。文中有多处提到租住者和业主的变化数据,但这也仅仅是经济衰退的一个侧面,故[B]的概括也不全面。而[C]的错误与此类似,贫富差距问题只是在本段最后提及。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/nxO4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Customhasnotcommonlybeenregardedasasubjectofanygreatmoment.Itistheinnerworkingofownbrainsthatwefeelt
HereisaquickwaytospoilaBrusselsdinnerparty.SimplysuggestthatworldgovernanceisslippingawayfromtheG20,G7,G8
Tounderstandhowastrologyworks,weshouldfirsttakeaquicklookatthesky.Althoughthestarsareatenormousdistances,t
Goodteachersmatter.Thismayseemobvioustoanyonewhohasachildinschoolor,forthatmatter,toanyonewhohasbeenach
Theeffectofthebabyboomontheschoolshelpedtomakepossibleashiftinthinkingabouttheroleofpubliceducationinthe
Theprotectionofculturaldiversityfromapoliticalandeconomicpointofviewinfactbecamepressingwithglobalization,whi
AttacksonJoseManuelBarroso,thepresidentoftheEuropeanCommission,haveintensifiedbeforetheEuropeanelectionheldbet
Modernliberalopinionissensitivetoproblemsofrestrictionoffreedomandabuseofpower.(1)_____,manyholdthatamancan
Modernliberalopinionissensitivetoproblemsofrestrictionoffreedomandabuseofpower.(1)_____,manyholdthatamancan
Researchonanimalintelligencealwaysmakesmewonderjusthowsmarthumansare.【C1】______thefruit-flyexperimentsdescribedi
随机试题
某上市集团公司2016年投资收购了一座铁矿,2017年初开始改建,2018年底正式投产。铁矿设计年产铁矿石150×104t,当前共有职工1500人。矿区水文地质条件较为复杂,地下水类型主要有孔隙水、裂隙水、岩溶水、老窿水四类。孔隙水由第四系松散层构成,岩
在采用收益还原法评估土地价格时确定适当的还原率,是准确计算土地价格的非常关键的问题。
A企业为矿山企业,地下金属矿山采用竖井、斜井、斜坡道联合开拓方式和下行分层胶结充填采矿方法。2012年5月9日8时,司机甲和司机乙开始在井下1150工作面进行铲装作业。9时,甲使用的铲装车出现故障,无法正常作业,于是来到休息室休息。10时30分,乙完成自
按照施工合同示范文本规定,承包人的义务包括( )。
某大型生产线达到预定可使用状态前进行联合试车发生的费用,应记入的会计科目是()。
股份有限公司董事、监事、高级管理人员应当向公司申报所持有的本公司股权及其变动情况,在任职期间每年转让的股份不得超过其所持有本公司股份总数的()。
不同法的形式具有不同的效力等级。下列各项中,效力低于地方性法规的是()。
梁山好汉“智多星”“豹子头…‘母夜叉”等。这些都是(),大部分是对人物外貌、能力或品行的概括。
监狱执法规范的重要组成部分包括()。
A、Mostpeopleconsumeasimilaramountofsalt.B、Americanseatlesssaltthantheothers.C、Differentpeopleeatdifferentamou
最新回复
(
0
)