首页
登录
职称英语
I first became aware of the unemployment problem in 1928. At that time I ha
I first became aware of the unemployment problem in 1928. At that time I ha
游客
2024-10-12
19
管理
问题
I first became aware of the unemployment problem in 1928. At that time I had just come back from Burma, where unemployment was only a word, and I had gone to Burma when I was still a boy and the postwar boom was not quite over. When I first saw unemployed men at close quarters, the thing that horrified and amazed me was to find that many of them were ashamed of being unemployed. I was very ignorant, but not so ignorant as to imagine that when the loss of foreign markets pushes two million men out of work, those two million are any more to blame than the people who draw blanks in the Calcutta Sweep. But at the time nobody cared to admit that unemployment was inevitable, because this meant admitting that it. would probably continue. The middle classes were still talking about "lazy idle loafers on the dole" and saying that "these men could all find work if they wanted to", and naturally these opinions spread among the working class themselves. I remember the shock of astonishment it gave me, when I first mingled with tramps and beggars, to find that a fair proportion, perhaps a quarter, of these beings whom I had been taught to regard as cynical parasites, were decent young miners and cotton workers gazing at their destiny with the same sort of dumb amazement as an animal in a trap. They simply could not understand what was happening to them. They had been brought up to work, and behold! It seemed as if they were never going to have the chance of working again. In their circumstances it was inevitable, at first, that they should be haunted by a feeling of personal degradation. That was the attitude towards unemployment in those days: it was a disaster which happened to you as an individual and for which you were to blame. [br] Why did many of the unemployed feel ashamed of their condition?
选项
A、They imagined they were to blame for being out of work.
B、They had to live on the unemployment benefits.
C、They should have been working instead of doing nothing.
D、They had to admit that unemployment would probably continue.
答案
C
解析
根据题干中的提示词“feel ashamed”,读者可在文中找到划线部分的“ashamed”及与其有关的具体阐述。原文讲到“naturally these opinions spread among the working class themselves”,文中的“opinion”就是中产阶级所讲的“lazy idle loafers on the dole”及“these men could all find work if they wanted to",其实就是说失业者是因为懒惰而无事可干。所以,
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3798525.html
相关试题推荐
Whatisthewoman’sproblem?[br][originaltext]W:Hello!Who’sspeaking?M:He
Whatisthewoman’sproblem?[br][originaltext]W:Hello!Who’sspeaking?M:He
Theswitching-onceremonybecameincreasinglycompetitivebecause[br][origina
Theswitching-onceremonybecameincreasinglycompetitivebecause[originaltext]
Thepolicy______made,thenextproblemwashowtocarryitout.A、havingbeenB
What’sthemostseriousproblemAfricannationsarefacing?[originaltext]Me
Therearestillmanyproblemsaheadofus,butbythistimenextyearwecansee
Ifirstbecameawareoftheunemploymentproblemin1928.AtthattimeIha
Ifirstbecameawareoftheunemploymentproblemin1928.AtthattimeIha
Accordingtothenews,whatisthebiggestproblemfacingtheworldthisyear?[
随机试题
Inthewarmanychildrenwere______fromthecitiestocountryside.A、evacuatedB、
What’sthepurposeofthefair?[br][originaltext]M:Areyougoingtothefair
[originaltext]M:Katharine,haveyouturnedtheair-conditioningon?Theroomis
新型农村合作医疗制度(theNewRuralCooperativeMedicalCareSystem)目的是为了解决农民的就医问题,减轻农民
《水利工程设计概(估)算编制规定》规定,建设管理费包括( )。A.项目管理费
关于明清时期社会特征的描述,比较准确的是()。A.统一的多民族国家的巩固
《中国银行业金融机构企业社会责任指引》从()三个方面对银行业金融机构应该履行的企
教师职业清贫你怎么看?
甲市A区工商行政管理机关对违规经营的某网吧进行了查封。关于本案中的查封,下列说法
某企业若希望通过套期保值来回避原料价格上涨风险,应采取()方式。A.多头套期保
最新回复
(
0
)