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題干：Whilestillinitsearlystages,welfarereformhasalreadybeenjudgedagreatsuccessinmanystates-atleastingettingpeopleoffwelfare.It’sestimatedthatmorethan2millionpeoplehavelefttherollssince1994.Inthepastfouryears,welfarerollsinAthensCountyhavebeencutinhalf.But70percentofthepeoplewholeftinthepasttwoyearstookjobsthatpaidlessthan$6anhour.Theresult：theAthensCountypovertyratestillremainsatmorethan30percent--twicethenationalaverage.Foradvocates(代言人）forthepoor,that'sanindicationmuchmoreneedstobedone.“Morepeoplearegettingjobs,butit'snotmakingtheirlivesanybetter,”saysKathyLairn,apolicyanalystattheCenteronBudgetandPolicyPrioritiesinWashington.AcenteranalysisofUSCensusdatanationwidefoundthatbetween1995and1996，agreaterpercentageofsingle,female-headedhouseholdswereearningmoneyontheirown，butthataverageincomeforthesehouseholdsactuallywentdown.Butformany,thefactthatpoorpeopleareabletosupportthemselvesalmostaswellwithoutgovernmentaidastheydidwithitisinitselfahugevictory.“Welfarewasapoison.Itwasatoxin(毒素）thatwaspoisoningthefamily,”saysRobertRector,awelfare-reformpolicyanalyst.“Thereformischangingthemoralclimateinlow-incomecommunities.It’sbeginningtorebuildtheworkethic(道德觀），whichismuchmoreimportant.”Mr.Rectorandothersarguedthatonce“thehabitofdependencyiscracked，”thenthecountrycanmakeotherpolicychangesaimedatimprovinglivingstandards.
題目：What is worth noting from the example of Athens County is that_____. - A 、greater efforts should be made to improve people’s living standards
- B 、70 percent of the people there have been employed for two years
- C 、50 percent of the population no longer relies on welfare
- D 、the living standards of most people are going down
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參考答案【正確答案：A】
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