Tham khảo tài liệu 'chapter sumary 5', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | CBEST PRACTICE EXAM 2 Answer questions 36 and 37 on the basis of the following passage. When the current measure used to calculate poverty levels was introduced in 1963 the poverty line for a family of two adults and two children was about 3 100. In 1992 there were million people or of the . population with incomes below the poverty line. A proposed new way of measuring poverty levels would include for the first time the effects of work-related expenses such as transportation costs and child care costs on families available income. The largest effect of the new measure would be a decrease in the percentage of people in families receiving cash welfare who fall under the poverty line and an increase in the percentage of people in working families who fall under it. People in families receiving cash welfare would make up 30 of the poor under the new measure compared with 40 under the current measure. In contrast people in working families would make up 59 of the poor under the new measure compared with 51 under the current measure. 36. According to the 1963 standards the current number of poor working families is approximately what proportion of the population a. 30 b. 60 c. 40 d. 59 e. 51 37. One difference between the current and proposed measures is the fact that a. the proposed measure identifies fewer working poor. b. the current measure identifies fewer working poor. c. the proposed measure disregards expenses for basic needs. d. the current measure includes more people with health insurance. e. the current measure ignores the completely destitute. Answer questions 38-41 on the basis of the following poem by Emily Dickinson. A narrow fellow in the grass Occasionally rides You may have met him did you not His notice sudden is. The grass divides as with a comb A spotted shaft is seen And then it closes at your feet And opens further on. He likes a boggy acre A floor too cool for corn Yet when a boy and barefoot I more than once at noon Have passed I .
