职称英语考试

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There is a common response to America amongforeign writers: the US is a land of extremes where the best of things are justas easily found as the worst. This is a cliché(陈词滥调)。

In the land of black and white,people shouldnot be too surprised to find some of the biggest gaps between the rich and thepoor in the world. But the American Dream offers a way out toeveryone.______________(1) No class system or government stands in the way.

Sadly,this old argument is no longer true. Overthe past few decades there has been a fundamental shift in the structure of theAmerican economy.

The gap between the rich and the poor haswidened and widened. ______________(2)

Over the past 25 years the median US familyincome has gone up 18 per cent. For the top 1 per cent,however,it has gone up200 per cent. Twenty-five years ago the top fifth of Americans had an averageincome 6.7 times that of the bottom fifth. ______________(3)

Inequalities have grown worse in differentregions. In California,incomes for lower class families have fallen by 4 percent since 1969. ______________(4) This has led to an economy hugely in favorof a small group of very rich Americans. The wealthiest 1 per cent ofhouseholds now control a third of the national wealth. There are now 37 millionAmericans living in poverty. At 12.7 per cent of the population,it is thehighest percentage in the developed world.

Yet the tax burden on America's rich isfalling,not growing. ______________(5) There was an economic theory holdingthat the rich spending more would benefit everyone as a whole. But clearly thattheory has not worked in reality.

A Nobody is poor in the US.

B The top 0.01 per cent of households has seenits tax bite fall by a full 25 percentage points since 1980.

C For upper class families they have risen 41per cent.

D Now it is 9.8 times.

E As it does so,the possibility to cross thatgap gets smaller and smaller.

F All one has to do is to work hard and climbthe ladder towards the top.

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