单选题 In the eyes of the society, ______.

A、 the poor tend to symbolize what lazy and evil people mm out to be
B、 the poor are not worthy of the sympathy the society shows them
C、 economic prejudice is more of an obstacle to the solution of poverty
D、 the non-poor should show more sympathy for the poor

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】第三段最后一句中说“Poverty and the poor serve…for the rest of society．”，意思是贫困和穷人起着某种重要的象征性作用，提醒每一位公民：忽视勤俭、勤奋和清洁的价值观，受穷的命运必降临头上，即是说世人认为穷人象征懒惰、不洁身自好的人最终的下场，所以选A。