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  3. Though it is a mere one to three per cent of the population, the upper class

Though it is a mere one to three per cent of the population, the upper class

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问题     Though it is a mere one to three per cent of the population, the upper class possesses at least 25 percent of the nation’s wealth. This class has two segments: upper-upper and lower-upper.【C1】______, the upper-upper class is the "old rich" -- families that have been wealthy for several generations -- a nobility of【C2】______and wealth. A few are known across the nation, such as the Rockefellers, and the Vanderbilts. Most are not【C3】______to the general public. ’They have no【C4】______to the rest of the community,【C5】______their income from the investment of their inherited wealth. By【C6】______, the lower-upper class is the "new rich"【C7】______they may be wealthier ’than some of the old rich, the new rich have been【C8】______to make their money like【C9】______else beneath their class.【C10】______their status is generally【C11】______than that of the old rich, who have not found it necessary to lift a finger to make their money, and who【C12】______to look down upon the new rich. However its wealth is【C13】______, the upper class is very rich. They have enough money and leisure time to【C14】______an interest in the arts and to【C15】______rare books and paintings. They generally live in exclusive areas, belong to exclusive social clubs, communicate with each other, and marry their own kind all of which keeps them so【C16】______from the masses that they have been called the out-of- sight class. More than any other class, they tend to be【C17】______of being members of a class. They also【C18】______an enormous amount of power and influence here and abroad, as they【C19】______many top government positions and control multinational corporations. Their actions【C20】______the lives of millions. [br] 【C11】
选项 A、superior
B、inferior
C、higher
D、lower
答案 D
解析 语义衔接题。根据上题的分析可以判断新富裕起来的人比早富裕起来的人地位要低。
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