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Researchers have studied the poor as individuals, as families and households, as members of poor communities, neighborhoods and regions, as products of larger poverty-creating structures. They have been analyzed as victims of crime and criminals, as members of minority cultures, as passive consumers of mass culture and active producers of a "counterculture", as an economic burden and as a reserve army of labor——to mention just some of the preoccupations of poverty research.
The elites, who occupy the small upper stratum within the category of the non-poor, and their functions in the emergence and reproduction of poverty are as interesting and important an object for poverty research as the poor themselves. The elites have images of the poor and of’ poverty which shape their decisions and actions. So far, little is known about those images, except as they are sketchily portrayed in popular stereotypes. The elites may well ignore or deny the exte
A. analyzing a problem
B. providing a solution
C. defining a situation
D. outlining a proposal

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Researchers have studied the poor as individuals, as families and households, as members of poor communities, neighborhoods and regions, as products of larger poverty-creating structures. They have been analyzed as victims of crime and criminals, as members of minority cultures, as passive consumers of mass culture and active producers of a "counterculture", as an economic burden and as a reserve army of labor——to mention just some of the preoccupations of poverty research.
The elites, who occupy the small upper stratum within the category of the non-poor, and their functions in the emergence and reproduction of poverty are as interesting and important an object for poverty research as the poor themselves. The elites have images of the poor and of’ poverty which shape their decisions and actions. So far, little is known about those images, except as they are sketchily portrayed in popular stereotypes. The elites may well ignore or deny the exte
A. they are also members of the same society as the poor
B. they play an important role in creating and reproducing poverty
C. solution of the poverty problem is at their mercy
D. they know the living conditions of the poor better than other groups

[单项选择]Researchers have studied the connection between aspirin and heart disease for _______.


A. more than a century
B. more than ten years
C. more than one year
D. a few years

[单项选择]The individuals who have contributed to this book are（）too numerous to mention.
A. very
B. greatly
C. rather
D. far

[单项选择]Individuals who have accumulated an estate, even of moderate size, have an interest in ______ for the distribution of the assets before death.
A. making up
B. looking
C. pursuing
D. providing

[单项选择]According to the author, kids who have poor relationship with classmates ______.
A. would make the same achievements in a course
B. would do poorly with his study
C. would develop his individualism and limit his intelligence
D. would eventually leave shcool

[单项选择]Those who have poor hearing memories______.


A. cannot hear sounds clearly
B. are poor at remembering and understanding what they have learned
C. are poor at learning things by what they have heard
D. have the habit of learning things by what they have heard of

[单项选择]Many of these individuals have made wills and have asked trust departments to act as ______.
A. principal
B. executor
C. manager
D. supervisor

[单项选择]The biggest worry that the researchers now have is ______.