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段1:①During the past generation, the American middle-class family that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure has been transformed by economic risk and new realities. ②Now a pink slip, a bad diagnosis, or a disappearing spouse can reduce a family from solidly middle class to newly poor in a few months.
段2:①In just one generation, millions of mothers have gone to work, transforming basic family economics. ②Scholars, policymakers, and critics of all stripes have debated the social implications of these changes, but few have looked at the side effect: family risk has risen as well...
段3:①During the same period, families have been asked to absorb much more risk in their retirement income...
段4:①From the middle-class family perspective, much of this, understandably, looks far less like an opportunity to exercise more financial responsibility, and a good deal more like a frightening acceleration of the wholesale shift of financial risk onto their already overburdened shoulders. ②The financial fallout has begun, and the political fallout may not be far behind.
35.Which of the following is the best title for this text?
[A]The Middle Class on the Alert
[B]The Middle Class on the Cliff
[C]The Middle Class in Conflict
[D]The Middle Class in Ruins
答案:B
问:35题B选项中的on the cliff对应到原文中,是对如下哪项的同义改写?
A : economic
B : risk
C : change
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