According to sociologists, every modern industrial society has some form of social stratification（階層）. Class, power and status are important in deciding people’s rank in society.
Class means a person’s economic position in society. A commonly used classification is lower class, middle class and upper class. While sociologists disagree on how these terms should be exactly defined, they do describe societies like the United States quite well. One study shows that 53% of Americans belong to the lower class, 46% the middle class, and 1% the upper class. Interestingly, a surgeon earning ＄500,000 a year and a bus driver earning ＄50,000 a year both regard themselves as the middle class!
Power refers to the amount of control a person has over other people. Obviously, people in positions of great power (such as governors) exercise（行使）big power, but people who take orders from others have less power. Power and class do not always go hand in hand, however. For example, the governor of a state has great power, but he or she may not belong to a corresponding （相應的）economic class. Generally, however, there is a relationship between power and class.   
To our knowledge, there aren’t too many people who aren’t millionaires in the U.S. Senate!
Status is the honor or respect attached to a person’s position in society. It can also be affected by power and class, but not necessarily so. For example, a university professor may have a high status but not belong to a high social class or have a lot of power over others.
小題1:What can we learn about “the middle class” from Paragraph 2?
A．People earning ＄50,000 a year belong to the middle class.
B．Nearly half Americans belong to the middle class.
C．People generally consider bus drivers as the middle class.
D．Sociologists have a clear definition of the middle class.
小題2:According to the text, we know that _____.
A．power and class do not always correspond with each other
B．status refers to a person’s economic position in society
C．people with high status have a lot of control over others
D．class is less important in deciding a person’s social rank
小題3:Which of the following shows the structure of the whole text?

小題1:Ｂ
小題2:Ａ
小題3:Ａ

本文題材是議論文，社會類閱讀理解，談到了關于社會等級權利地位的話題，社會學家研究了每個社會階層中的權利和階層關系問題
小題1:Ｂ細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段46% the middle class直接得出答案，所以B正確。 　
小題2:Ａ推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段第三行Power and class do not always go hand in hand, however.得出答案，所以A正確。
小題3:Ａ篇章結構題。根據(jù)對文章整體理解，文章為總分總結構，第一段綜述，地2 3 4 分述。所以A正確。
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