丽芬是一位普通的农村妇女,丈夫常年在外打工,很少回家,而且经常抽烟喝酒,每年拿不了多少钱回家。丽芬除了种地、养猪、养牛之外,还要照顾上学的女儿以及多病的婆婆,是家庭的经济支柱。婆婆和丈夫都希望丽芬再生一个男孩,可丽芬自己不想再生第二胎,也一直没有怀上。因此,丈夫和婆婆对她总是冷言冷语,丈夫甚至以生不出男孩就离婚来威胁,有时还会打她。丽芬得不到丈夫的关心,觉得自己很没用,在村里抬不起头来。性格内向的丽芬向村里要好的姐妹诉苦,大家都很同情她。村里与她有类似经历的妇女有不少,但大家认为家丑不可外扬,都选择了忍耐和沉默。丽芬曾找过妇联主任和派出所民警,他们都做过丽芬家人的工作,但收效不大。村里人背地里对丽芬将家事告诉外人有些议论,也以“清官难断家务事”为由,没有给丽芬什么帮助。丽芬感觉活得很累,有过离婚的念头。可是,父母都住在弟弟家里,自己如果离婚,带着女儿能去哪里呢她想过自杀,但一想到女儿没了妈妈之后的日子,就打消了这个念头。她感到无助,自叹命不好,不得不认命。不久前,某社会工作服务机构在丽芬所在的村庄开展服务。丽芬经过一段时间的观望和了解,前来该机构求助。 在本案例中,社会工作者应该如何运用女性主义社会工作的基本原则
Geography is the study of the relationship between people and the land. Geographers compare and contrast various places on the earth. But they also (51) beyond the individual places and consider the earth as a whole. The English word geography means "to describe the earth. " (52) geography books focus on a small area like a town or city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation, or an (53) continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another (54) to divide the study of geography is to distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural world; the (55) starts with human beings and studies how human beings and their environment act (56) each other. But when geography is considered as a single subject, (57) branch can neglect the other. A geographer might be described as one who observes, records, and explains the (58) between places. If all places (59) alike, there would be little need for geographers. We know, however, that no two places are exactly the same. Geography, (60) is a point of view, a special way of looking at place.
A. extensive
B. entire
C. overall
D. enormous
Passage One With the possible exception of equal rights, perhaps the most controversial issue across the United States today is the death penalty. Many argue that it is an effective deterrent (威慑) to murder, while others maintain there is no convincing evidence that the death penalty reduces the number of murders. The principal argument advanced by those opposed to the death penalty, basically, is that it is cruel and inhuman punishment, that it is the mark of a brutal society, and finally that it is of questionable effectiveness as a deterrent to crime anyway. In our opinion, the death penalty is a necessary evil. Throughout recorded history there have always been those extreme individuals in every society who were capable of terribly violent crimes such as murder. But some are more extreme than others. For example, it is one thing to take the life of another in a fit of blind rage, but quite another to coldly plot and carry out the murder of one or more people in the style of a butcher. Thus, murder, like all other crimes, is a matter of relative degree. While it could be argued with some conviction that the criminal in the first instance should be merely isolated from society, such should not be the fate of the latter type murderer. The value of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime may be open to debate. But the overwhelming majority of citizens believe that the death penalty protects them. Their belief is reinforced by evidence which shows that the death penalty deters murder. For example, from 1954 to 1963, when the death penalty was consistently imposed in California, the murder rate remained between three and four murders for each 100 000 population. Since 1964 the death penalty has been imposed only once, and the murder rate has risen to 10.4 murders for each 100 000 population. The sharp climb in the state’s murder rate, which began when executions stopped, is no coincidence (巧合). It is convincing evidence that the death penalty does deter many murderers. If the bill reestablishing the death penalty is vetoed (否决), innocent people will be murdered—some whose lives may have been saved if the death penalty were in effect. This is literally a life or death matter. The lives of thousands of innocent people must be protected. The passage attempts to establish a relationship between ______ .
A. the importance of equal rights and that of the death penalty
B. executions and murders
C. the murder rate and the imposition of the death penalty
D. the effects of execution and the effects of isolation
In the United States during 1992, any family of four with an annual cash income of less than $14,335 (before taxes) was considered poor. The dollar amount was called the poverty line, an economic measuring rod devised in 1964. The line was set at three times the amount needed to provide the cheapest nutritionally balanced diet. The poverty line is adjusted annually for inflation. While the poverty line in the United States was more than $14,000, the average annual per-person income in Bangladesh was $200, in Ethiopia $130, in Haiti $340, and in Mali $265. Anyone in those nations with an income of $14,000 would be considered wealthy. During the Great Depression in the United States, when half the population was considered poor, a family with an income at the 1992 poverty line could afford to buy a house, a car, clothing and food. The reality of poverty varies with location and social and political conditions. Poverty basically means a lack of, or an insufficient amount of, the three primary physical needs — food, clothing and shelter. But for poverty to be recognized, it must exist alongside prosperity. Before the discovery of the New World, the American Indians would not have considered themselves poor, though they lived with only bare necessities and a few handmade artifacts (人工制品) . The severity of poverty varies, depending on the economic vitality of the nation in which it occurs. In the modern industrialized societies of Western Europe, North America, and Japan, there are many government services provided to ease poverty — including free medical care and subsidized housing. The homeless of New York City and Los Angeles can usually find some shelter and a mission offering free meals. Which of the following statements is Not True according to the passage
A. From 1929 to 1933, 50% of the American population lived in poverty.
B. Where there is prosperity, there is poverty.
C. Poverty basically refers to a lack of clothing, housing and food.
D. Anyone with an annual income around 1992 American poverty line would be considered wealthy.