超星 - reading comprehension of unit 8

单选题

This passage seems to be taken from ________.

A. a history book
B. an article on the poor
C. a book review
D. an article on the workhouse

单选题

The author talks about the idea that if people do not work it is because they do not want to. According to the author, this is ________.

A. his own attitude
B. a characteristically modern attitude
C. a characteristically Victorian attitude
D. an attitude that has existed at least since the sixteenth century

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According to the passage, ________.

A. widows and unmarried mothers are both regarded as “deserving poor”
B. widows are regarded as “deserving poor” but not unmarried mothers
C. unmarried mothers should be regarded as more deserving than widows
D. both widows and unmarried mothers are regarded as “undeserving poor”

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单选题

Belied” (Para.2) means ________.

A. proved
B. disproved
C. illustrated
D. concealed

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According to the passage, public attitudes to those who do not work _______.

A. are no better now than they used to be
B. were at their worst in Victorian times
C. are much better now than before
D. are still moralistic and unsympathetic

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