【单选题】
As usual, it fails to answer the important questions. Why are young black men doing so poorly in school that they lack basic literacy and math skills Scholars must have known that countless studies by educational experts have found that poor schools, per se(本质上), do not explain why after 10 years of education a young man remains illiterate.
Nor have studies explained why, if .someone cannot get a job, he turns to crime and drug abuse. One does not imply the other. Joblessness is rampant in LatinAmerica and India, but the mass of the populations does not turn to crime.
So what are some of the cultural factors that explain the sorry state of young black men Their candid answer was that what sociologists call the "cool-pose culture" of young black men was simply too gratifying to give up. For these young men, it was almost like a drug, hanging out on the street after school, shopping and dressing sharply, party drugs, hip-hop music and culture, the fact that almost all the superstar athletes and a great many of the nation’s best entertainers were black.
Not only was living this subculture immensely fulfilling, the young men said, it also brought them a great deal of respect from white youths. This also explains the otherwise puzzling finding by social psychologists that young black men and women tend to have the highest levels of self-esteem of all ethnic groups, and that their self-image is independent of how badly they were doing in school.
I call this theDionysian trap for young black men. The important thing to note about the subculture that ensnares (诱入陷阱)them is that it is not disconnected from the mainstream culture. To the contrary, it has powerful support from some ofAmerica’s largest corporations. Hip-hop, professional basketball and homeboy fashions are asAmerican as cherry pie. Young whiteAmericans are very much into these things, but selectively; they know when it is time to turn off TV and get out the SAT preparation book.
For young black men, however, that culture is all there is—or so they think. Sadly, their complete engagement in this part of theAmerican cultural mainstream, which they created and which feeds their pride and self-respect, is a major factor in their disconnection from the socioeconomic mainstream.
B、joblessness does not necessarily lead to crime
C．there is a large population in those areas
D．LatinAmerica and India are crime-free
网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
[答案解析] 根据题干关键词Latin America and India定位到原文第三段二、三句：One does not imply the other. Joblessness is rampant in Latin America and India, but the mass of the populations does not turn to crime. 可知失业并不必然导致犯罪。失业在拉丁美洲和印度都很严重，但并没有大量人们走向犯罪。故选B) 项。 [避错点拨] A) 项“失业不会在这些地区导致犯罪”只是现象，并不是本质；C) 项“这些地区人口众多”是对原文the mass of the populations的曲解；D) 项“这些地方没有犯罪现象”文中没有论述。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
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