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Most Americans get what money they have from their work, that is, they earn an income from wages or salaries. The richest Americans, however, get most of their money from what they own—their stock, bonds, real estate, and other forms of property, or wealth. Although there are few accurate(具体的) statistics to go by, wealth in American society appears to be concentrated in very few hands. More than 20 percent of everything that can be privately owned is held by less than one percent of the adult population and more than 75 percent of all wealth is owned by 20 percent of American adults. The plain fact is that most Americans have no wealth at all aside from their homes, automobiles, and a small amount of savings. Income in the Unites States is not as highly concentrated as wealth. In L917 the richest 10 percent of American families received 26.1 percent of all income, while the poorest 10 percent received 17 percent, mainly from Social Security and other government payments. The most striking aspect of income distribution(分布) is that it has not changed significantly since the end of World War Ⅱ. Although economic growth has roughly doubled real disposable (可自由使用的) family income(the money left after taxes and adjusted for inflation) over the last generation, the size of the shares given to the rich and the poor is about the same. By any measure economic inequality is great in the United States.
The reality behind these statistics is that a large number of Americans are poor. In 1918, 14 percent of the population was living below the federal government's poverty line, which at that time was an annual income of $ 9,287 for a nonfarm family of two adults and two children. In other words, about one out of seven Americans over 31 million people was officially considered unable to buy the basic necessities of food, clothes, and shelter. The suggested poverty line in 1981 would have been an income of about $ 11,200 for a family of four. By this relative definition, about 20 percent of the population or more than 45 million Americans are poor.
1．What does the majority of the Americans have in terms of wealth?
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A．Their income and savings.
B．Everything they own in their homes.
C．Actually, they have no wealth at all.
D．Their house, cars and small amounts of savings.
2．What is the percentage of wealth that is in the hands of most Americans?
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A．More than 25%.
B．Less than 25% .
C．More than 75 % .
D．Less than 20 % .
3．Why is economic inequality still great in the US in spite of the economic growth?
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A．Because the proportion of income received by the rich and the poor remains almost the same as in 1917.
B．Because the economic growth has widened the gap of the family income between the rich and the poor.
C．Because income in the US is still concentrated in the hands of the richest 10% of American families.
D．Because some Americans made great fortunes during the Second World War.
4．What can we learn from comparison of the taro poverty lines in the last paragraph?
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A．The poverty line of 1918 is more favorable to the poor than that of 1981.
B．The 1981 line didn't leave much to the poor.
C．There were more Americans who were officially poor by the 1981 line.
D．There were more Americans who were officially poor by the 1918 line.
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In Europe, men do not usually wear skirts. But the Scottish national clothing for men is a kind of skirt. It is called a kilt. The Scottish like to be different. They are also proud of their country and its history, and they feel that the kilt is part of that history. That's why the men still wear kilts at traditional (传统的) dances and on national holidays. They believe they are wearing the same clothes that Scottish men always used to wear.
That's what they believe. However, kilts are not really so old. Before 1730, Scottish men wore a long shirt and blanket around their shoulders. These clothes got in the way when the men started to work in factories. So, in 1730 a factory owner changed the blanket into a skirt; the kilt. That's how the first kilt was made.
Then, in the late 1700s Scottish soldiers in the British Army began to wear kilts. One reason for this was national sentiment ( = feelings) . The Scottish soldiers wanted to be different from the English soldiers. The British Army probably had a different reason. A Scottish soldier in a kilt was always easy to find! The Scottish soldier fought very hard and became famous. The kilt was part of the fame, and in the early 1800s men all around Scotland began to wear kilts.
These kilts had colorful stripes (条纹) going up and down and across. In the 1700s and early 1800s, the color of the stripes had no special meaning. Men sometimes owned kilts in several different colors. But later the colors became important to the Scottish families. By about 1850, most families had special colors for their kilts. For example, men from the Campbell family had kilts with green, yellow and blue stripes. Scottish people often believe that the colors of the kilts are part of their family history. In fact, each family just chose the color they liked best.
This is not the story you will hear today if you are in Scotland. Most Scottish people still believe that kilts are as old as Scotland and that the colors are as old as the Scottish families. Sometimes feelings are stronger than facts!
1．This text is mainly about ________.
2．Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．The English soldiers were the first to wear kilts.
B．It was hard then to tell the Scottish soldiers from the English ones apart from the clothes.
C．Colors were specially designed in the first kilts.
D．The factory owner made the first kilt from long shirts to make his workers different from others.
3．Scottish soldiers were dressed in kilts partly because of ________.
4．The colors of the kilts are ________.
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A．not part of the Scottish family history
B．older than the Scottish family history
C．for the Campbell family only
D．mainly green, yellow and blue
5．From the last paragraph we can infer that ________.
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A．the European people are full of strong feelings
B．there are no stories about kilts in Scotland today
C．the British like to do things on feelings, not on facts
D．the Scottish prefer to keep their tradition rather than believe the fact
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In the United States, boys and girls start school when they are five years old. In some states they must stay in school until they are sixteen. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they graduate from secondary school. Another name for secondary school is high school.
Most children go to public elementary (初小) and secondary school. The parents of public school pupils do not have to pay directly (直接地) for their children's education because tax (税)money supports the public schools. If a child attends a private (私立) school, his parents pay the school for the child's education.
Today about half of the high school graduates go on to colleges and universities. Some colleges and universities receive tax money from the governments. A student at a state university does not have to pay very much if his parents live in that state. Private colleges and universities are expensive. However, almost half of the colleges students in the United States work while they are studying. When a student's family isn't rich, he has to earn money for part of his college expenses.
1．In the United States, children can start school ________.
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2．________ between secondary school and high school.
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3．Most parents in the US ________ for their children's education.
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4．Some students at a state university don't have to pay much money for their higher education because ________.
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A．tax money supports some colleges and universities
B．their parents live in that state
C．they earn money
D．their family are not rich
5．Students from poor families ________.
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A．stop studying after secondary school
B．don't go on to colleges and universities
C．have to work to support their families
D．earn money for part of their college expenses
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