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The Changing Middle Class
Middle class is not a real designation, nor does it vary privileges. However, the United States ___1__ itself to be a middle-class nation. It is more of a perception, which probably was as true as it ever could be right after World War 11. The ___2__ was growing, more and more people owned their own homes, workers had solid contracts with the companies that employed them, and nearly everyone who wanted a higher education could have one. ___3__ people enjoyed upward social mobility. They may have started out poor, but they could become rich. Successful people also found that they had greater geographic mobility. In other words, they found themselves moving to and living in a __4____ of place.
The middle class ____5__ holds several values and principles. One strong value is the need to earn enough money to feel that one can determine one’s own economic fate. In addition, middle class morality embraces __6___ of individual responsibility, importance of family, obligations to others, and believing in something outside oneself.
But in the 1990s those in the middle class found that there was a price for success. A.U.News & World Report _____7 in 1994 indicated that 75 percent of Americans believed that middle class families could no longer make ends __8___. Both spouses now worked, as did some of the children; long commutes became routine; the need for child care put strains on the family; and public schools were not as __9___ as they once were. Member of the middle class were no longer financing their lifestyles through earnings but were using credit to stay afloat. The understanding of just what middle class meant was _10____.
A. successful B. changing C. variety D. better E. collectively
F. respectively G. perceives H. economy I. survey J.principles
K. meet I. good
参考答案:1-5 G H A C E 6-10 J I K L B