For one thing，more than half of the poor people in the United States are not qualified to work.Over 40 percent of the poor people are children.By law，children less than 16 years old cannot work in many industries.A large number of poor people are old.Many companies do not hire people over 65 years old，the normal retirement age.
Some poor adults do not look for jobs for a variety of personal reasons：they are sick，they do not have any motivation，they have family problems，or they do not believe that they can find a job.
Other poor people look for a job but cannot find one.Many poor adults never went to high school.Therefore，when they look for jobs，they have few skills that they can offer.
At the present time，the government thinks it can reduce poverty in the country in the following ways.
First，if the national economy grows，businesses and industries hire more workers.Some of the poor who are qualified to look for jobs may find employment.Then they will no longer be below the poverty line.
Second，if society invests in the poor，the poor will become more productive.If the government spends money on social programs，education，and training for poor people，the poor will have the skills to offer.Then it is more likely that they can find jobs.
Finally，if the government distributes society’s income differently，it raises some poor people above the poverty line.The government collects taxes from the non-poor and gives money to the poor.These payments to the poor are called welfare.In 1975 over 18 million people in the United States received welfare.
Some economists are looking for better solutions to the poverty problem.However，at the present time，many people depend on welfare for a minimally acceptable standard of living.
41. The author’s main purpose to write this article is________.
A.to define what the poverty line is
B.to explain why some people live the poverty line
C.to find solutions to the problem of poverty
D.to show sympathy for those poor people
42.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Ten percent of the Americans live a poor life.
B.Poor people are those who live below the poverty line.
C.The poverty line rises as the general standard of living rises.
D.The poverty line tends to be at the same level.
43.More than 40 percent of the poor people are children.This is mainly because________.
A.they do not have enough motivation
B.they are so young that they don’t have the right to work
C.they fail to get enough education
D.they are very poor in health
44.Most of the American poor people are not qualified for employment because________.
A.they do not have any motivation to work
B.they are not very self-confident
C.they are too young or too old to work
D.they have physical and family problems
45.We may concluded from the passage that________.
A.better solutions to the poverty problem are not yet found
B.welfare will enable them to be rich
C.poor people are sure to go out of the poverty line if they have chances to do business
D.employment is the best solution to the poverty problem
课时作业答案
Ⅰ.单项填空
1.C bid for投标，努力，争取;wish for渴望;long for渴望;stand for代表。句意为：干净的环境有助于这个城市申办(bid for)奥运会，反之奥运会也会促进这个城市的经济发展。
2.C exposure to暴露。contact with和……接触; experiment on试验;exhibition of展览。根据句意应该是“长时间暴晒(exposure to)在太阳下可能会导致皮肤癌”。
3.A 考查代词。第一空表示“你上周刚买的手机”，是特指，故用the one;第二空指代“那一部”，和前文中的mobile phone是同一物，用it。
4.A propose提议，建议，后面的宾语从句应该用虚拟语气，句中谓语动词用“should+动词原形”，should可以省略。
5.D take in欺骗。take up占据，开始从事;take down记下，写下，拆除;take out带某人出去，切除。根据句意“愚人节那天，你应该小心不要被骗”，可知D项正确。
6.A 句意为：我并不相信鬼神。即使如此，我也不愿夜里一个人呆在那个房间里。even so即使如此，即使这样。even though/if即使，虽然;even as正当。
7.D 句意为：他总是乐于助人不求任何回报。in return “作为回报”符合句意。in need 需要;in fact 事实上;in danger 处于危险中，均与句意不符。
8.B command后面的宾语从句以及表语从句应用虚拟语气，谓语动词为should+动词原形(should可省略)。
9.B 句意为：海峡隧道是人类所承建的最大工程之一。undertake 承担，从事，符合句意。afford 负担得起，买得起;experience 经历，体验;affect 影响，均与句意不符。
10.C 后句意为：我将请摄影师把那张照片放大。enlarge 放大，符合句意。improve 增进;reduce 减少;appreciate 鉴赏，赏识，均不合题意。
11.A 此处unless “除非”引导条件状语从句，句意为：除非你努力学习，否则会失去上大学的机会。
12.C where引导地点状语从句，修饰谓语动词have been keeping。
13.B 句意为：我本来想借给你一些钱，但我那时没有钱。前半部分应为与过去事实相反的虚拟语气。
14.A 句意为：她经历了很多事情，因此她确实知道如何对付这样的一个人。go through 经历，符合句意。get through 通过，完成;go by (时间)过去，消逝;go into 进入，均与句意不符。
15.B 句意为：在开工之前，我要建筑商给我估算一下房顶的维修费用。assessment (为征税对人的财产所做的)估价;estimate 估计，评估;assumption 假定，设想;evaluation 评估，评价。
Ⅱ.句子翻译
16.The teacher was very angry with your absence.
17.Apart from the ending，it’s a really good film.
18.The government should take measures to raise awareness about environment protection.
19.Perhaps this book will prove to be of some use to you in your studies.
20.她仔细审查公司的帐目，寻找诈骗的证据。
Ⅲ.完形填空
【语篇解读】 本文是记叙文。文章讲述的是马祖照先生的故事。抗日战争时期，年轻的马祖照在参加大学入学考试时，突患疟疾，监考老师给予他无微不至的照顾，并一直鼓励他完成考试。
21.A 据语意是参加考试。attend“参加某活动/考试”是及物动词。
22.B 最后一场考试是汉语言和文学考试。session可以指会期、考期的“阶段，场次”，符合语境。
23.D 据后文他生病，知道事情是“很不幸”;意义转折，故用unfortunately。
24.C 句意为：正当他在“写”(write)作文时，突然患疟疾发烧。
25.B 句意为：他出汗的同时也“打摆子”(trembling)，并手指发黑。
26.C 根据语境，他在考试时生病，精神快要垮时，对他表示关心的声音应该是“温暖的”。故用warm。
27.D 根据语境，监考老师关切地说：你好像病了，孩子。用it seems...符合语境。
28.B 句意为：如果你短期退烧，我将让你延长考试时间。time limit 时间限制。
29.B 指老师关切地“走上前来”(come over)。
30.C 句意为：“只要”(so long as)你退了烧，就一定能坚持下去。
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