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Line Low wages, chronic unemployment and underemployment lead to low income, lack of property ownership, abnce of savings, abnce of food rerves in the home, and a chronic shortage of cash. The conditions reduce the possibility of effective participation in the larger economic system. And as a respon to the conditions we find in the10
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 u of condhand clothing and furniture, and the pattern of frequent buying of small quantities of food many times a day as the need aris.15
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 u of banks, hospitals, department stores, muums or art galleries. They have a critical attitude toward some or
the basic institutions of the dominant class, hatred of the police,
mistrust of government, and a cynicism that extends even to the church.
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This gives the culture of poverty a high potential for protest and forBeing ud in political movements aimed against the existing social
order.
People with a culture of poverty are aware of middle-class values,
如何提神talk about them and even claim some of them as their own, but on the
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whole they do not live by them. Thus it is important to distinguishbetweenwhat 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
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on to their children, who are prent-time oriented and who want toavoid the expen and legal difficulties involved in formal marriage and
divorce, free unions or connsual marriages make a lot of n.
Women will often turn down offers of marriage becau they feel it ties
them down to men. Women feel that connsual union gives them a
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better break; it gives them some of the freedom and flexibility that menhave. 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 hou or any
other property they may own.
1.According to the passage, a defining characteristic of poverty is that poor people __________.
A.are isolated from the mainstream of society
伤心的话语B.lack the skills to find decent jobs
C.are responsible for their own poverty
D.are constantly in a state of crisis
2.The author of the passage us the phra “culture of poverty” (Line 6) to suggest that __________.
A.there are veral classifications of poor people
B.poor people often take pride in their poverty
C.poor people share a common ethnicity
D.poverty has become a prevailing way of life for some people
3.The word “incidence” in Line 6 is clost in meaning to __________.
A.inflation
B.introduction
高山流水觅知音C.accident
D.occurrence
4.The word “literacy” in Line 12 refers to the ability to __________.
A.go to school
B.read and write
C.understand math
D.receive an education
5.By asrting that the culture of poverty can be ud by political movements (Line 19), the author is __________.
A.cautioning against an uprising by the poor
B.showing how poverty may threaten social stability
C.calling upon the middle class to fight against the poor
D.justifying the motives of politicians
6.Which of the following best describes people with a culture of poverty?
A.They work hard but receive little in return
B.They’re cynical to all but the church
C.They usually ignore the national welfare agencies大鲅鱼怎么做好吃
宣传委员D.They are economically active
7.According to the last paragraph, connsual union can provide poor women who refu to get married legally with all of the following EXCEPT __________.
A.新垣结衣电视剧a free church wedding or civil ceremony
B.some of the freedom and flexibility that men have
C.a stronger claim on their children when they want to leave their men
D.rights to a hou or any other property
8.A conclusion can be drawn from the last paragraph that men and women in the culture of poverty __________.
A.consider themlves unworthy of legal marriage
B.prefer not to be in relationship
C.avoid legalized marriages for practical and economic reasons
