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[填空题]A hundred years ago it was scientifically "proved" by economists that the laws of society made it necessary to have a vast army of poor and jobless people in order to keep the economy going. Today, hardly anybody would dare to voice the {{U}} (36) {{/U}}. It is generally accepted that nobody should be {{U}} (37) {{/U}} from the wealth of the nation. The opinions, that the poor owed their conditions to their {{U}} (38) {{/U}}, are outdated. In all Western {{U}} (39) {{/U}} countries, a system of insurance has been introduced which {{U}} (40) {{/U}} everyone a minimum of subsistence (生活维持费) in case of unemployment, sickness and old age. I would go one step further and argue that, even if these conditions are not {{U}} (41) {{/U}}, everyone has the right to receive the means to {{U}} (42) {{/U}}, in other words, he can claim this minimum life {{U}} (43) {{/U}} without having to have any "reason". {{U}} (44) {{/U}}
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[单项选择]A hundred years ago, chocolate was something
A. that only wealthy people could eat.
B. that people all eat like today.
C. nobody could affor
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Three hundred years ago news travelled by word of mouth or 1etter, and circulated in taverns and coffee houses in the form of pamphlets and newsletters．“The coffee houses particularly are．very roomy for a free conversation，and for reading at an easier rate all manner of printed news，”noted one observer．Everything changed in 1833 when the first mass-audience newspaper, The New York Sun，pioneered the use of advertising to reduce the cost of news，thus giving advertisers access to a wider audience．The penny press，followed by radio and television，turned news from a two-way conversation into a one—way broadcast，with a relatively small number of firms controlling the media．
Now, the news industry is returning to something closer to the coffee house．The internet is making news more participatory，social and diverse，reviving the discursive characteristics of" the era before the mass media．That will have profound effects on society and politics．In much of the world．the mass medi
A. The emergence of big mass media firms．
B. The popularity of radio and television．
C. The appearance of advertising in newspapers．
D. The increasing number of newspaper readers．
[填空题]Over a hundred years ago, Charles Dickens shocked many of his readers when he described the conditions under which young children worked in British factories. The conditions Dickens described continue almost (1) today in many parts of the world. The only difference is that today (2) of children is limited to small industries and family businesses, such as hotels, restaurants and (3) farms, rather than to large factories.
Girls (4) more from child labor practices than boys. Many of them are forced to start work when they are only ten years old. Although the work they are given to do is often (5) , it is often harmful to their health. (6) , children as young as six years were found to be working in Asian factories, and the children were working from eight to fourteen hours a day in overcrowded and unhealthy working (7) . Sometimes a whole family group is employed, with the (8) going to a parent or
