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Low wages, chronic unemployment and underemployment lead to low income, lack of property ownership, absence of savings, absence
Low wages, chronic unemployment and underemployment lead to low income, lack of property ownership, absence of savings, absence
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2022-06-18
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问题
Low wages, chronic unemployment and underemployment lead to low income, lack of property ownership, absence of savings, absence of food reserves in the home, and a chronic shortage of cash. These conditions reduce the possibility of effective participation in the larger economic system. As a response to these conditions, we find in the
culture of poverty
a high
incidence
of pawning personal goods, borrowing from local money-lenders at higher rates of interest, spontaneous informal credit devices organized by neighbors, the use of second-hand clothing and furniture, and the pattern of frequent buying of small quantities of food many times a day as the need arises.
People with a culture of poverty produce very little wealth and receive very little in return. They have a low level of
literacy
and education, usually do not belong to labor unions, are not members of political parties, generally do not participate in the national welfare agencies, and make very little use of banks, hospitals, department stores, museums or art galleries. They have a critical attitude toward some of the basic institutions of the dominant classes, hatred of the police, mistrust of government and those in high position, and a cynicism which extends even to the church. This gives the culture of poverty a high potential for protest and for being used in political movements aimed against the existing social order.
People with a culture of poverty are aware of middle-class values, talk about them and even claim some of them as their own, but on the whole, they do not live by them. Thus, it is important to
distinguish between what they say and what they do
. For example, many will tell you that marriage by law, by the church, or by both is the ideal form of marriage, but few will marry. To men who have no steady jobs or other sources of income, who do not own property and have no wealth to pass on to their children, who are present-time-oriented and who want to avoid the expense and legal difficulties involved in formal marriage and divorce, free unions or consensual marriages make a lot of sense. Women will often turn down offers of marriage because they feel it ties them down to men who are immature, punishing and generally unreliable. Women feel that consensual union gives them a better break; it gives them some of the freedom and flexibility that men have. By not giving the fathers of their children legal status as husbands, the women have a stronger claim on their children if they decide to leave their men. It also gives women exclusive rights to a house or any other property they may own.
In discussing poverty, the author is most likely to agree that poverty ______.
选项
A、is more widespread than most people think
B、cannot be eliminated from society
C、means more than a lack of money
D、weakens the fabric of society
答案
C
解析
本题问作者对贫困的看法。第1段讲述了贫困人口面临的困难和贫困文化的存在;第2段进一步指出有贫困人口的处境和心态,暗示其还可能影响社会稳定;第3段指出贫困人口采用与主流婚姻不同的一套男女结合方式,并分析其原因。由此可知,贫困人口不仅仅是缺钱,还会影响社会稳定和婚姻,C“不仅是缺钱而已”正确。A“比大多数人想象的要普遍”、B“不能从社会上消失”和D“削弱了丰十会结构”均不如C紧扣文章,故均排除。
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