| Many critics of the current welfare
system argue that existing welfare regulations foster family instability. They
maintain that those regulations, which exclude most poor husband and wife
families from Aid to Families with Dependent Children assistance grants,
contribute to the problem of family dissolution. Thus, they conclude that
expanding the set of families eligible for family assistance plans or guaranteed
income measures would result in a marked strengthening of the low-income family
structure. If all poor families could receive welfare, would the incidence of
instability change markedly The unhappily married couple, in most cases, remain
together out of a sense of economic responsibility for their children, because
of the high costs of separation, or because of the consumption benefits of
marriage. The formation, maintenance, and dissolution of the A. those regulations encourage family dissolution B. the low-income families are not given enough family assistance grants C. they expand the set of families eligible for family assistance D. the guaranteed income measures are increased [单项选择]
Under pressure from animal welfare groups, two national science teachers associations have adopted guidelines that ban classroom experiments harming animals. The National Association of Biology Teachers and the National Science Teachers Association hope to end animal abuse in elementary and secondary schools and, in turn, discourage students from mishandling animals in home experiments and science fair projects. [单项选择]People have good reason to care about the welfare of animals. Ever since the Enlightenment, their treatment has been seen as a measure of mankind’s humanity. It is no coincidence that William Wilberforce and Sir Thomas Foxwell Buxton, two leaders of the movement to abolish the slave trade, helped found the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in the 1820s. An increasing number of people go further: mankind has a duty not to cause pain to animals that have the capacity to suffer. Both views have led people gradually to extend treatment once reserved for mankind to other species.
But when everyday lives are measured against such principles, they are fraught with contradictions. Those who would never dream of caging their cats and dogs guzzle bacon and eggs from ghastly factory farms. The abattoir and the cattle truck are secret places safely hidden from the meat-eater’s gaze and the child’s story book. Plenty of people who denounce the fur-trade (much of which is f A. Even if they deplore the activitist’s use of intimidation and violence, animal lovers everywhere can sure rejoice today. B. Science does not deserve to be the target of protests, whatever you think of animal rights. C. Over the years something good has come from the campaign against the animal industry. D. It is a sensible move that Darley Oaks makes up its loss of guinea pigs with turkeys or dairy cows. 我来回答: 提交
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