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[单项选择]Jump to 2010 and Beveridge would be astonished at what became of his welfare state. Millions of Britons are entangled in means-tested tax credits, housing benefits and entitlements for the jobless that can make it unprofitable to work. The past decade saw massive job creation. But almost 1.4m people spent nine of the past ten years on out-of-work benefits, as lain Duncan Smith, the Conservative work and pensions secretary, noted. Mr. Duncan Smith—a man of unusually public religious faith by British standards—declared it a "sin" that millions of jobs had been taken by foreigners under the previous Labour government, because Britons were not "capable or able" to do so. He unveiled plans to roll some existing welfare payments into a single, simplified "Universal Credit". By fiddling with the rates at which benefits are withdrawn from those who find work, Mr.Duncan Smith hopes it will always pay to take a job.
If the complexity of the modern welfare system would be alien to its founde
A. they are lacking in skills required by certain jobs.
B. they are afraid of contacting others in workplace.
C. they are unwilling to make a living by themselves.
D. they take advantage of the existing welfare benefits.
[填空题]You would be astonished____________(知道他竟然是你失散多年的哥哥).
[填空题]All of them are astonished, because such a thing has never（）(hear) of before.
[单项选择]We were astonished（ ）the temple still in its original condition.
A. finding
B. to find
C. find
D. to be found
[单项选择]The speaker was astonished because______.
A. his friend had a wonderful meal in his absence
B. his friend was expecting to stay with him
C. his friend got into the neighbor’s flat
D. there was no key under the door-mat
[单项选择]Oh, child , how you (astonished) me — I thought you were in the garden.
A. cheated
B. treated
C. surprised
D. tricked
[单项选择]The great change of the city {{U}}astonished{{/U}} all the visitors.
A. surprised
B. scared
C. excited
D. moved
[填空题]He was astonished ______ (一个身穿制服的厨师突然从门后冒了出来).
