[填空题]According to an American author, if one is born into poverty in the United States, it is even more difficult for him or her to get out of poverty than in some European countries.

[填空题]According to an American author, if one is born into poverty in the United States, it is even more difficult for him or her to get out of poverty than in some European countries.

[填空题]According to the author, one of the dramatic social changes that have taken place in the U. S. over the past fifty years is that ______ have become employees.

[填空题]According to the passage, American meals at one time were heavy and meat-based.

[填空题]According to the author, in one year of average reading by an average reader for 15 minutes a day, ______ books will be read.

[填空题]According to the author, how would an American family with a car and house in the suburbs probably feel about themselves today
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Passage 2
Success Story In 1993, American-born Henry Eastman got a call from a recruitment consultancy, inviting him to give up his successful marketing career in one insurance company to become the head of another. This new job was to work for an investment company called Brinscombe’s, who wanted him to create a brand new car insurance company. Despite the risks involved, Eastman agreed. A lot of young drivers in the 20 to 35 age range, especially the ones who have already had accidents, have difficulties in getting car insurance because most companies think that they are too big a risk. However, Eastman believes that there are no problems if their annual payments are large enough. He offered them insurance cover through television commercials and attracted many customers by giving out folders in which to keep their policies safe. His strategy was a good one. Within eight years, he had built the business into a national company with 500,000 customers and sales of￡3
A. recruitment.
B. marketing.
C. investment.

[填空题]According to the author, how. would an American family with a car and a house in the suburbs probably feel about themselves today