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  3. A curious phenomenon occurs during every economic crisis—the rich whine that they are the ones who are suffering most. In curren

A curious phenomenon occurs during every economic crisis—the rich whine that they are the ones who are suffering most. In curren

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问题     A curious phenomenon occurs during every economic crisis—the rich whine that they are the ones who are suffering most. In current context, the wealthy even demands more tax cuts and more cuts in spending for programs aiding the poor, as every Republican presidential candidate promises.
    I first noticed this woe-is-me attitude among the rich in 1974 when Alan Greenspan had just been named chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. One of his first tasks was to address a conference with emphasis on cutting programs to aid the poor, which brought demonstrators to the event. In an effort to show that everyone was suffering from inflation, Mr. Greenspan said, " If you really wanted to examine percentage-wise who was hurt the most on their income, it was Wall Street brokers. "
    The urge to find ways to pity the well-off is still alive and well. Last week, Bloomberg News reported that declining bonuses are creating severe hardship for many in the top 1 percent of income distribution. One of them, Andrew Schiff, complained that his $350,000 salary barely covers his expenses. Others lamented that they could no longer go to Aspen to ski and must buy discount salmon.
    I have to admit that everyone’s suffering is subjective. But there does seem to be a widespread view that the poor don’t suffer as much from economic downturns because they are used to being at the bottom. As Bob Dylan put it, " When you got, nothing, you got nothing to lose. " Those with expectations of staying on top, who have grown used to living the good life, no doubt do suffer meaningfully when those expectations are shattered and they must learn to get by on incomes only five or 10 times the poverty-level income rather than 20 or 30 times.
    Admittedly, there doesn’t yet seem to be much downside for Republican candidates pandering to the rich. For one thing, they all have billionaires and other ultrarich people funding super political action committees for them. But one of these days, the Republican nominee will be chosen and will have to compete in the general election against President Obama. And it is unlikely that the Republican nominee can win with only conservative Republican votes; he will have to reach out to those who don’t necessarily believe that cutting taxes for the rich is the one and only policy that will stimulate growth.
    As a January poll from the Pew Research Center shows, two-thirds of Americans see strong conflict between the rich and the poor, up from 47 percent in 2009. And a number of polls show that Americans support higher tax rates on millionaires by a ratio of 2-to-1 or more. I think the Republican nominee is going to have a hard time responding if all he has to say is the rich need more tax cuts to compensate them for all their suffering during the economic crisis.
It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that______.
选项 A、there is ulterior political considerations behind Republican’s proposal to cut tax for rich
B、the Republican will lose its edge over President Obama in next presidential election
C、the Republican bases their political proposals on deep insights into public opinion poll
D、the poll shows that preferential policies for the rich deepen misunderstanding between classes
答案A
解析 在文章的最后两段，作者谈到了共和党人支持给富人减税的动机。背后有明显的政治意图，因为他们接受了亿万富翁和其他超级富豪对委员会的资助，以举办声势浩大的政治活动。因此可以判断[A]是正确答案。但是作者对于共和党人的这一做法不以为意，他认为共和党人如果想要和奥巴马在下一次总统选举中抗衡，光得到富人的支持还是远远不够的。但是因为总统选举还没有开始，作者也无法定论，是不是共和党人已经因为给富人减税的问题失去了对奥巴马总统的竞选优势，因此[B]错误。[C]错误，最后一段中，作者主要谈到了民意调查的结果。民意调查显示，美国的贫富矛盾日益凸显，民众对于提高百万富翁征税税率的支持与反对比例为2比1或者更高。而在这样的情况下，共和党人还支持给富人减税的提案，可见他们提出政治提}义并不是基于公众的意见。[D]错误，最后一段中提到的民意调查主要考查的是美国人眼中的贫富差距问题，并没有涉及这次共和党人提出的富人减税政策，因此调查的结果也无法反映富人政策优惠对于不同阶级之间矛盾的影响。
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