单选题In the Latin American countries, titles and degrees lend prestige and social status to the individual.A achievementB certificateC knowledgeD honor

The Neutrality of American in the Early World War II
The establishment of the Third Reich influenced events in American history by starting a chain of events which
culminated in war between Germany and the United States.The compete destruction of democracy,the persecution of Jews,
the war on religion,the cruelty and barbarism of the Nazis,and especially the plans of Germany and her allies,Italy and
Japan,for world conquest caused great indignation in this country and brought on fear of another world war.
While speaking out against Hitler's atrocities,the American people generally favored is out against policies and
neutrality.
The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1936 prohibited trade with any belligerents or loans to them.In 1937 the President
was empowered to declare an arms embargo in wars between nations at his discretion.
American opinion began to change somewhat after President Roosevelt's“quarantine the aggressor”speech at Chicago
(1937)in which he severely criticized Hitler's policies.Germany's seizure of Austria and the Munich Pact for the partition of
Czechoslovakia(1938)also aroused the American people.
The conquest of Czechoslovakia in March,1939 was another rude awakening to the menace of the Third Reich.In
August,1939 came the shock of the Nazi-soviet Pact and in September the attack on Poland and the outbreak of European
war.
The United States attempted to maintain neutrality in spite of sympathy for the democracies arrayed against the Third
Reich.The Neutrality Act of 1939 repealed the arms embargo and permitted“cash and carry”exports of arms to belligerent
nations.A strong national defense program was begun.
A draft act was passed(1940)to strengthen the military services.A Lend-lease Act(1941)authorized the President to
sell,exchange,or lend materials to any country deemed necessary by him for the defense of the United States.Help was
given to Britain by exchanging certain overage destroyers for the right to establish American bases in British territory in the
Western Hemisphere.In August,1940 President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill met and issued the Atlantic Charter
which proclaimed the kind of a world which should be established after the war.
In December,1941,Japan launched the unprovoked attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor.Immediately thereafter,Germany declared war on the United States.

The?Lend-Lease?Act?was?designed?to _____.

A.helptheBritish.
B.strengthenthenationaldefenseoftheUnitedStates.
C.promotetheAtlanticCharter.
D.avenge Pearl Harbor.

Text 4"I like money and nice things,but it's not money that makes me happy.It's people,"says one woman in a World Bank survey.She's not alone:research has found that social integration is more important for well-being than income,and also decreases poverty.Loneliness,conversely,can be deadly:one study found it did more damage to health than smoking.This week,policymakers from 40 countries met in Colombia to ponder ways to measure deprivation that take account of more than just income,including isolation.Several Latin American countries are devising or have already adopted such"multi-dimensional"measures of poverty.Income can be a misleading measure of need because poor people end up living in different degrees of hardship depending on their intangible resources.Having strong social bonds eases financial deprivation.Friends and relatives can lend money,pool risk,mind children and bring news ofjob openings.Researchers from the London School of Economics found that when a group of Bangladeshi women were given business training and free livestock,not only djd they move up the income ladder,but their friends'lot improved too.A year later the friends'consumption had risen by almost 20%,and they claimed to have become sawier about business as well.The downside is that not having the right friends can deepen hardship.The more concentrated the poverty,the less helpful social networks tend to be.In Atlanta,living in a poor neighbourhood decreases the chance of having a friend with a job by almost 60%,and of having a friend who had been to university by over a third.A global survey conducted in 2014 by a polling firm,found that 30%of people in the poorest flfth of their country's population had nobody to rely on in times of need,compared t0 16%of the richest fifih.It is doubly unfortunate,then,that poor people are often socially excluded precisely because they are poor.Chileans and Venezuelans see poverty as a bigger cause of discrimination than gender or ethnicity,according to researchers from Oxford University.Several countries have experienced with schemes that connect lonely old people and deprived youth.Germany,for instance,has built"multi-generational"community centres where older visitors get computer coaching from teenagers.With luck,these connections will help:one American study found that in poor neighbourhoods,three-quarters ofjobholders found work through friends.Perhaps Gennany's centres will furnish income as well as company.39.German"multi-generational"community aims to

A.reconnect old people and young men.
B.help poor people find jobs after training.
C.offer company to lonely old people.
D.provide job opportunities to poor people.