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Polls find that few consider income inequality a top issue. Asked by Gallup what worries them the most about the economy, people

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问题     Polls find that few consider income inequality a top issue. Asked by Gallup what worries them the most about the economy, people list jobs and the national debt far above the gap between rich and poor.
    Of course, people might be fooling themselves—a position some economists have taken. Plenty of research finds that humans view life according to where we land in the heap.
    If happiness stems, in part, from where we stand in our reference group, why not change reference groups? Choose the right reference group, and you can have any status you want—and coming out on top is easier than you might think.
    In a famous study by economists Sara Solnick and David Hemenway, people were asked whether they’d prefer to earn $ 50,000 in a situation where others were earning $ 25,000, or earn $ 100,000 when others earned $ 200,000. Half of people chose the first situation, even though $ 100,000 is—objectively—more than $ 50,000. You could do a lot of ego-comforting for that extra cash. But humans are social creatures. It is not enough to be well off. We want to be better off than other people.
    It might be human nature to compare ourselves with those who have more, and thus feel as if we’re somehow behind. But it’s just as easy to compare ourselves with those who have less. Indeed, it’s easier, because there are a lot more of them.
    There are now 7 billion people on this planet. The median net worth of the world, according to 2011 statistics from Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report, was about $4,200 per adult. Tne median net worth for adults in the USA was almost $ 53,000.
    Of course, if that makes you feel rich, why just limit the reference group to people living now? The Population Reference Bureau estimates that in the 50,000-plus year course of human history, about 108 billion people have walked on this planet. During much of this time, people died of illnesses we now shrug off. If we worry about obesity (肥胖) rather than starvation, and worry about it in the comfort of our heated houses, We have it pretty good. Look at.a few people and feel poor, or look at most of humanity and feel rich. If we want to feel blessed, rather than unhappy, the right answer is pretty clear.
What can we infer from the 2011 Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report?
选项 A、American adults earn much more than other ones in the world.
B、The median net worth of American adults is beyond mean.
C、American economy is the most powerful in the world.
D、American has the highest median net worth in the world.
答案B
解析 推理判断题。根据原文可推知，2011年的世界平均净值为每个成年人4200美元，而该年度美国每个成年人的平均净值为53000美元。由此可见，美国成年人的人均净值远远高于世界平均水平，故B)正确。A)“美国成年人是世界上挣钱最多的人”是对原文的错误理解。原文中只对平均数进行了比较，而不是单个个体或某个群体的比较，美国的成年人中也可能有挣钱少的人，故排除；C)“美国的经济是世界上最强的”无法从原文中得知，故排除；D)“美国拥有世界上最高的平均净值”是对原文的错误理解。原文只提出美国的平均净值高于世界平均水平。并未提出它的平均净值是最高的。故排除。
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