单选题 The author expresses his opinion in the first paragraph that ______.

A、 the hopeless condition of the poor is caused by their powerlessness rather than lack of money
B、 great efforts should be made to help poor to secure more money without changing present power relationships
C、 it is no use raising the incomes of the poor while not improve their state of powerlessness
D、 in helping the poor attention should be paid to avoiding any unnecessary threat to the established centers of power

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】在文章第一段中，作者认为，“帮助穷人确保挣更多的钱而不改变目前的权力关系”这种方法可能不会产生效果。C项中说“it is no use raising the incomes of the poor while not improve their state of powerlessness”，这与作者的观点相符。故答案为C。