单选题 People used to think that poverty and unemployment were due to ______.

A、 the slow development of the economy
B、 the fault of the poor and the jobless themselves
C、 the lack of responsibility on the part of society
D、 the large number of uneducated people

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[参考译文]过去人们常常认为贫穷和失业是由……造成的。
[试题分析]此题考查学生捕捉具体信息的能力。
[详细解答]从“The opinions，which were current a hundred years ago，that the poor owed their conditions to their ignorance，lack of responsibility，are outdated．”可见，过去人们常常认为贫穷和失业是由那些穷人和失业者自身的缺点(无知和缺乏责任)造成的，但这种观点已经过时。故答案应为B。