{{B}}
Text{{/B}} The conception of poverty and what to {{U}}(26)
{{/U}} about it have changed over the decades. Under Social Darwinism the
lazy and the {{U}}(27) {{/U}} were supposed to be at the bottom of the
economic ladder as a result of the "law of {{U}}(28) {{/U}} of the
fittest". Society was {{U}}(29) {{/U}} as a network of self-sufficient
families which provided for their own. {{U}}(30) {{/U}} persons outside
a household (orphans, the {{U}}(31) {{/U}} elderly,and the crippled)
were provided outdoor relief grudgingly and as a temporary expedient. Although
it was {{U}}(32) {{/U}} that "the poor will always be with us", the
individual was expected to improve himself {{U}}(33) {{/U}} acts of his
own will. Charity was thought to be the {{U}}(34) {{/U}} of idleness. By
keeping wages low, labourers would be {{U}}(35) {{/U}} to work
harder. At about the turn of the century, the beginning of
concern about natural {{U}}(36) {{/U}} brought uneasiness about the
possible spread of beggary. There was a potentially dangerous class in
{{U}}(37) {{/U}} of disease and disorder. The "poor" were {{U}}(38)
{{/U}} as different from "paupers". Paupers were individuals well
{{U}}(39) {{/U}} to being on the low end of the socioeconomic
{{U}}(40) {{/U}}. Without shame or bitterness, they would not seek
independence and a "{{U}} (41) {{/U}}" life. For the mountaineers, the
subsistence dwellers, and some slum dwellers, the lack of wealth, {{U}}(42)
{{/U}} has been argued,reflects a preference not to pay the psychological
costs of the struggle for the riches or of adopting the middle-class work ethic
of surviving. In {{U}}(43) {{/U}},the worthy poor struggled to
{{U}}(44) {{/U}} their lot against circumstances beyond their control:
low wages, sickness, industrial {{U}}(45) {{/U}}, widowhood and so
on.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】考查固定搭配。do about sth．或do sth. about是固定搭配，指“想办法做…，解决…的问题”，符合文意。其余三项都不与about连用。