SAT文章阅读练习：working class in the US_SAT阅读

SAT文章阅读练习：working class in the US

　　 It can be calculated more easily than can unemployment frequency.

　　 It was never as high as the rate during the 1870s.

　　 It has been shown by Keyssar to be lower than previously thought.

　　6. According to the passage, Keyssar considers which of the following to be among the important predictors of the likelihood that a particular person would be unemployed in late nineteenth-century Massachusetts?

　　Ⅰ. The persons class

　　Ⅱ. Where the person lived or worked

　　Ⅲ. The persons age

　　 Ⅰonly

　　 Ⅱonly

　　 Ⅰand Ⅱ only

　　 Ⅰand Ⅲ only

　　 Ⅰ,Ⅱ, and Ⅲ

　　7. The author views Keyssars study with

　　 impatient disapproval

　　 wary concern

　　 polite skepticism

　　 scrupulous neutrality

　　 qualified admiration

　　8. Which of the following, if true, would most strongly support Keyssars findings as they are described by the author?

　　 Boston, Massachusetts, and Quincy, Massachusetts, adjoining communities, had a higher rate of unemployment for working-class people in 1870 than in 1890.

　　 White-collar professionals such as attorneys had as much trouble as day laborers in maintaining a steady level of employment throughout the period 1870-1920.