2017年高考英语一轮复习 Unit 2 The Olympic Games单元检测卷 新人教版必修2.docVIP

Unit 2 The Olympic Games Ⅰ. .阅读理解 While still in its early stages, welfare reform has already been judged a great success in many states—at least in getting people off welfare.Its estimated that more than 2 million people have left the rolls since 1994. In the past four years, welfare rolls in Athens Country have been cut in half.But 70 percent of the people who left in the past two years took jobs that paid less than 6 an hour.The result: The Athens County poverty rate still remains at more than 30 percent—twice the national average;for advocates（代言人） for the poor, thats an indication much more needs to be done. “More people are getting jobs, but its not making their lives any better,” says Kathy Lairn, a policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington. A center analysis of US Census data nationwide found that between 1995 and 1996, a greater percentage of single, female-headed households were earning money on their own, but that average income for these households actually went down. But for many, the fact that poor people are able to support themselves almost as well without government aid as they did with it is in itself a huge victory. “Welfare was a poison.It was a toxin（毒素） that was poisoning the family,” says Robert Rector, a welfare-reform policy analyst.“The reform is changing the moral climate in low-income communities.Its beginning to rebuild the work ethic, which is much more important.?Mr.Rector and others argued that once 搕he habit of dependency is cracked,?then the country can make other policy changes aimed at improving living standards. 1.Why dont people enjoy their better lives when they get jobs? A.Because they are used to relying on welfare to make livings. B.Because the cost of living is higher than before. C.Because many families are below average income. D.Because their wages are very low. 2.From the passage we know that the reconstruction of is the core of the reform. A.government aids B.w