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2018-02-01

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There is a common response to America among foreign writers:The US is a land of extremes where the best of things are just as easily found as the worst. This is a cliche (陈词滥调).
In the land of black and white, people should not be too surprised to find some of the gaps be-tween the rich and the poor in the world. But the American Dream offers a way out to everyone.
41)No class system or government stands in the way.
Sadly, this old argument is no longer true. Over the past few decades there has been a funda-mental shift in the structure of the American economy.
The gap between the rich and the poor has widened and widened.( 42)Over the past 25 years, the median US family income has gone up 18 percent. For the top 1 percent, however, it has gone up 200 per cent. Twenty-five years ago the top fifth of Americans had an average income6.7 times that of the bottom fifth.(43
Inequalities have grown worse in different regions. In California, incomes for lower class fam-ilies have fallen by 4 percent since 1969.(44)This has led to an economy hugely in favor of a small group of very rich Americans. The wealthiest 1 percent of households now control a third of the national wealth. There are now 37 million Americans living in poverty. At 12.7 percent of the population, it is the highest percentage in the developed world.
Yet the tax burden on America´ s rich is falling, not growing.(45)There was an eco-nomic theory holding that the rich spending more would benefit everyone as a whole. But clearly that theory has not worked in reality.
A. Now it is 9.8 times.
B.As it does so,the possibility to cross that gap gets smaller and smaller.
C.There are lots of wealth in American.
D. Nobody is poor in the US.
E.The top l percent of households has seen its tax bite fall by a full 25 percentage points since 1980.
F.For upper class families they have risen 41 percent.
G.All one has to do is to work hard and climb the ladder towards the top.
Part D
第(41)题选

参考答案

G

答案解析

参考译文
外国作家对美国有一种常见的反应:美国是一个极端的国家,在这里最好的东西和最坏的东西都很容易找到。这是陈词滥调。
在有着黑人与白人的国度,人们不应该太惊讶发现在富人和穷人之间的一些差距。但是美国梦提供了一条人人奋斗的路。每个人只要努力工作都会爬上顶峰。阶级或政府不会妨碍其成功。
可悲的是,这个古老的理念不再是真实的。在过去的几十年中,美国的经济结构已经有了根本性地转变。
富人和穷人之间的差距越来越大。随着差距的拉大,要想跨越这个鸿沟的可能性变得越来越小。在过去的25年中,美国中等家庭收入上升了18%。然而,那些占1%的最高收入的家庭收入已经上涨了200%。
25年前,占1/5的高收入美国人的平均收入是占1/5的底层人收入的6.7倍,现在增加到了9.8倍。
在不同的地区,收入的不平等性正在加剧。自1969年以来,在加州,低阶层家庭的收入已经下降了4%,而上层家庭的收入上升了41%。这导致了美国经济只对少数非常富有的美国人有利。占1%的最富有家庭现在控制着1/3的国民财富。现在有3700万美国人生活在贫困中。在发达国家中,贫困人口最高占总人口的12.7%。
但是,美国富人的税收不但没有上升,反而下降了。自1980年以来,最富有的l%的家庭的税收下降了25%。有经济理论认为,富人消费越多对整个国民有利。但是,很显然这个理论在现实中不管用。
答案及懈析
空格前提到“the American Dream offers a way out to eve-ryone”,后一句则说没有什么会阻碍个人的成功,根据上下文,应该选G。