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阅读下面文字，完成后面题目。 浮士德小插曲 秦牧 当报上登出歌德故居被毁，那千万人凭吊的小住宅变成一堆瓦砾，而且，屋前象征和平的橡树竟变成绞刑架的消息时，一个曾在德国留学的朋友惘然地告诉我，他和一本德文《浮士德》的美丽悲哀的故事。 他十几年前在德国一个拍卖场上发现一本精装的早期出版的《浮士德》，里面有异常精美的十帧插图，这本书许多名人曾经阅读过，老威廉皇帝读完之后在上面签了一个名字。 显然的，这是一本名While still in its early stages, welfare reform has already been judged a great success in many states-at least in getting people off welfare. It’s estimated that more than 2 million people have left the rolls since 1994. In the past four years, welfare rolls in Athens County have been cut in half. But 15 percents of the people who left in the past two years took jobs that paid less than $6 an hour. The resuit: The Athens County poverty rate still remains at more than 30 percent-twice the national average.  For advocates (代言人) for the poor, that’s an indication that much more needs to be done. “More people are getting jobs, but it’s not making their lives any better,” says Kathy Lairn,a policy analyst at the Center on Budget and policy Priorities in Washington. A center analysis of US Census data nationwide found that between 1995 and 1996, a greater percentage of single, female-headed households were earning money on their own, but that average income for these households actually went down. But for many, the fact that poor people are able to support themselves almost as well without government aid as they did with it is in itself a huge victory.   “Welfare was a poison. It was a toxin(毒素) that was poisoning the family,” says Robert Rector, a welfare?reform policy analyst. “The reform is changing the moral climate in low?income communities. It’s beginning to rebuild the work ethic(道德观), which is much more important.” Mr. Rector and others argued that once “the habit of dependency is cracked, ”then the country can make other policy changes aimed at improving living standards. 13.From the passage, it can be seen that the auther .       A.believes the reform has reduced the government’s burden B.insists that welfare reform is doing little good for the poor C.is overenthusiastic about the success of welfare reform D.considers welfare reform to be fundamentally successful 14.Why aren’t people enjoying better lives when they have jobs? A.Because many families are divorced.        B.Because government aid is now rare. C.Because their wages are low.               D.Because the cost of living is rising. 15.What is worth noting from the example of Athens County is that .       A.greater efforts should be made to improve people’s living standards B.15 percent of the people there have been employed for two years C.50 percent of the population no longer relies on welfare D.the living standards of most people are going down 16.From the passage we know that welfare reform aims at_______ . A.saving welfare funds                       B.rebuilding the work ethics(观念) C.providing more jobs                        D.cutting government expenses