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
Researchers have studied the poor as individuals, as families and households, as members of poor communities, neighborhoods and
Researchers have studied the poor as individuals, as families and households, as members of poor communities, neighborhoods and
admin
2014-05-20
117
问题
Researchers have studied the poor as individuals, as families and households, as members of poor communities, neighborhoods and regions, as products of larger poverty-creating structures. They have been analyzed as victims of crime and criminals, as members of minority cultures, as passive consumers of mass culture and active producers of a "counterculture" , as participants in the informal economy, as inventors of survival strategies, as an economic burden and as a reserve army of labor—to mention just some of the preoccupations of poverty research.
The elites, who occupy the small upper stratum within the category of the non-poor, and their functions in the emergence and reproduction of poverty are as interesting and important an object for poverty research as are the poor themselves. The elites have images of the poor and of poverty which shape their decisions and actions. So far, little is known about those images, except as they are sketchily portrayed in popular stereotypes. The elites may well ignore or deny the external effects of their own actions(and omissions)upon the living conditions of the poor. Many social scientists may take a very different view. As poverty emerged and was reproduced, legal frameworks were created to contain the problems it caused with profound, and largely unknown, consequences for the poor themselves. In general, political, educational and social institutions tend to ignore or even damage the interests of the poor. In constructing a physical infrastructure for transport, industry, trade and tourism, the settlements of the poor are often the first to suffer or to be left standing and exposed to pollution, noise and crowding.
Most important are the economic functions of poverty, as for lack of other options, the poor are forced to perform activities considered degrading or unclean. The poor are more likely to buy secondhand goods, and leftover foodstuffs, thus prolonging their economic utility. They are more likely to use the services of low-quality doctors, teachers and lawyers whom the non-poor shy away from. Poverty and the poor serve an important symbolic function, in reminding citizens of the lot that may befall those who do not heed the values of thrift, diligence and cleanliness, and of the constant threat that the rough, the immoral and the violent represent for the rest of society.
Physically, the poor and the non-poor are often kept apart, through differential land use and ghettoi-zation. Socially, they are separated through differential participation in the labor market, the consumption economy, and in political, social and cultural institutions. Conceptually, they are divided through stereotyping and media cliche. This separation is even more
pronounced
between the elites and the poor.
The word "pronounced" in the last sentence of the passage probably means______.
选项
A、sympathetic
B、conspicuous
C、identifiable
D、unbridgeable
答案
B
解析
词汇题。pronounced此处意为“明显的”;选项[A]sympathetic“同情的”;选项[C]identifiable“可辨认的”;选项[D]unbridgeable“不可逾越的”。注意本段谈到了穷人和富人在物质环境、社会环境以及在人们对二者的思想看法上存在的巨大隔阂。在穷人和作为社会最上层的精英阶层之间,这种隔阂当然更大、更明显。故本题正确答案为选项[B]。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/vxO4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Customhasnotcommonlybeenregardedasasubjectofanygreatmoment.Itistheinnerworkingofownbrainsthatwefeelt
ThehistoryofAfrican—Americansduringthepast400yearsistraditionallynarrated【1】anongoingstruggleagainst【2】andindiffe
Tounderstandhowastrologyworks,weshouldfirsttakeaquicklookatthesky.Althoughthestarsareatenormousdistances,t
AlthoughHenryFord’snameiscloselyassociatedwiththeconceptofmassproduction,heshouldreceiveequalcreditforintrodu
Theeffectofthebabyboomontheschoolshelpedtomakepossibleashiftinthinkingabouttheroleofpubliceducationinthe
Internetisavastnetworkofcomputersthatconnectsmanyoftheworld’sbusinesses,institutions,andindividuals.(46)TheIn
[A]Anti-virussoftwareoftenbouncesawarningbacktothesenderofaninfectede-mail,sayingthatthee-mailinquestioncan
Accordingtoparagraph1,theinsider’sattitudetowardsGoogleIPOcanbesaidtobeThefundmanagershaddoubtsaboutGoogle
Modernliberalopinionissensitivetoproblemsofrestrictionoffreedomandabuseofpower.(1)_____,manyholdthatamancan
随机试题
有关主诉的内容,不正确的是
解毒,除湿,利关节清热解毒,利湿退黄
根据《建设工程质量管理条例》,建设工程承包单位向建设单位出具的质量保修书中应明确建设工程的()。
税款征收的方式包括()。
根据《民法通则》的规定,如果被代理人出具的授权委托书授权不明,下列说法错误的有()。
当事人提出证据证明仲裁裁决有依法应撤销情形的,可在收到裁决书之日起1年内,向仲裁委员会所在地的基层人民法院申请撤销仲裁裁决。()
甲公司为上市公司,20×6年至20×9年甲公司发生的相关事项如下。(1)20×6年1月1日,甲公司以银行存款800万元取得乙公司80%的股权,当日即取得对乙公司的控制权。购买日乙公司可辨认净资产的公允价值为900万元,账面价值为1000万元(其中股本60
2010年高考揭榜时,各地高考状元再次进入大众视野,成为当季最受瞩目的“明星”。然而,一份调查报告显示,1977年至2008年32年间的1000余位高考“状元”中,没发现一位是做学问、经商、从政等方面的顶尖人才,他们的职业成就远低于社会预期。仅调查报告里的
更适合于开发互联网络应用的程序设计语言是_______。
Lineslandmbelowareparallel.Findthevaluesofxandy.
最新回复
(
0
)