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2007年Text 3
During the past generation, the American middle-class family that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure has been transformed by economic risk and new realities. Now a pink slip, a bad diagnosis, or a disappearing spouse can reduce a family from solidly middle class to newly poor in a few months.
In just one generation, millions of mothers have gone to work, transforming basic family economics. Scholars, policymakers, and critics of all stripes have debated the social implications of these changes, but few have looked at the side effect: family risk has risen as well. Today's families have budgeted to the limits of their new two-paycheck status. As a result, they have lost the parachute they once had in times of financial setback -- a back-up earner (usually Mom) who could go into the workforce if the primary earner got laid off or fell sick. This "added-worker effect" could support the safety net offered by unemployment insurance or disability insurance to help families weather bad times. But today, a disruption to family fortunes can no longer be made up with extra income from an otherwise-stay-at-home partner.
During the same period, families have been asked to absorb much more risk in their retirement income. Steelworkers, airline employees, and now those in the auto industry are joining millions of families who must worry about interest-rates, stock market fluctuation, and the harsh reality that they may outlive their retirement money. For much of the past year, President Bush campaigned to move Social Security to a savings-account model, with retirees trading much or all of their guaranteed payments for payments depending on investment returns. For younger families, the picture is not any better. Both the absolute cost of healthcare and the share of it borne by families have risen -- and newly fashionable health-savings plans are spreading from legislative halls to Wal-Mart workers, with much higher deductibles and a large new dose of investment risk for families' future healthcare. Even demographics are working against the middle class family, as the odds of having a weak elderly parent -- and all the attendant need for physical and financial assistance -- have jumped eightfold in just one generation.
From the middle-class family perspective, much of this, understandably, looks far less like an opportunity to exercise more financial responsibility, and a good deal more like a frightening acceleration of the wholesale shift of financial risk onto their already overburdened shoulders. The financial fallout has begun, and the political fallout may not be far behind.
35. Which of the following is the best title for this text?
[A] The Middle Class on the Alert
[B] The Middle Class on the Cliff
[C] The Middle Class in Conflict
[D] The Middle Class in Ruins
[答案] B
[解題思路]
本題考察對(duì)全文的綜合理解,而文章的中心思想就是討論中產(chǎn)階級(jí)面臨的充滿各種危機(jī)的經(jīng)濟(jì)情況。A選項(xiàng)關(guān)于中產(chǎn)階級(jí)是否警覺(jué)到這種情況我們從文中不得而知,因此該選項(xiàng)可排除。此外,文章也沒(méi)有提到中產(chǎn)階級(jí)是否陷入了沖突或已處于徹底毀滅的狀況,由此可以排除C和D選項(xiàng)。而中產(chǎn)階級(jí)面臨的那種經(jīng)濟(jì)上岌岌可危的狀況就好像站在懸崖上那么危險(xiǎn),因此B選項(xiàng)為正確答案。
[題目譯文]
下面的那一項(xiàng)是這篇文章的最好標(biāo)題?
[A] 中產(chǎn)階級(jí)在警覺(jué)
[B] 中產(chǎn)階級(jí)在懸崖上
[C] 中產(chǎn)階級(jí)在沖突中
[D] 中產(chǎn)階級(jí)在廢墟中
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