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[单项选择]Americans are often contrasted with the rest of the world in terms of material possessions. We are accused of being materialistic, gadget crazy. And, as a matter of fact, we have developed material things for some very interesting reasons. Lacking a fixed class system and having all extremely mobile population, Americans have become highly sensitive to how others make use of material possessions. We use everything from clothes to houses as a highly evolved and complex means of ascertaining each other’’s status. Ours is a rapidly shifting system in which both styles and people move up or down. For example:
The Cadillac (卡迪拉客克) ad men feel that not only is it natural but quite insightful of them to show a picture of a Cadillac and a well-turned out gentleman in his early fifties opening the door. The caption (标题) underneath reads, "You already know a great deal about this man."
Following this same pattern, the head of a big union spends an excess of $100,000 furnishing his offi
A. the president of United States Steel looks down upon his inferiors
B. the head of the big union is a corrupt leader
C. a director with a small and poor office is usually considered undependable
D. a good citizen does not use material things to show his status