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Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage.
AnewPewResearchpollshowsthattheculturalbattlebetweenrichandpoorisasfierceasever.
Fully66%ofAmericansbelievethereare"strong"or"verystrong"conflictsbetweenrichandpoorintheU.S.That'swayupfrom47%in2009.
Therich-poorconflictnoweclipsesperceivedconflictsoverimmigration.
Thepollfoundthat62%ofrespondentsbelievedtherewasastrongconflictbetweenimmigrantsandnative-bornAmericanslessthanthe66%forrich-poor.
What'smore,AmericansremainhighlyskepticalofthewaytherichinAmericagetrich.Accordingtothepoll,46%ofrespondentsbelievethewealthygotwealthy"becausetheywerebornwithmoneyortheyknewtherightpeople".
Only43%ofAmericansbelievethat"hardwork,ambitionoreducation"arethereasonstherichgotrich.
Ofcourse,thesequestionscouldhavebeenphrasedmoreprecisely.Gettingrichthroughaninheritanceisverydifferentfromgettingrichbymakingtherightconnectionsandrelationshipsinlife(clearlyapartofanyrich-person'sjourney).
Theyshouldbeseparatedaswealthcauses.
Andthenumbersareaboutthesameastheywerein2009,meaningthatwhileclass-warfaremaybeatanall-timehigh,Americans'actualperceptionsoftherichhaven'tchangedmuch.
Yettheiropinionsarestillfairlynegative,sincemoreAmericansbelievetherichowetheirfortunestotheirparentsorsocialcirclesratherthanhardwork,ambitionoreducation.Thisskepticalviewismostpronouncedamongtheyoung,orthosebetweentheagesof18and34.
Republicansbelieveinthe"hardwork"pathmorethanDemocrats(theirresponsesarealmostmirroropposites).Andmengenerallyfallintothe"hardwork"campmorethanwomen.
TheresultshighlightjusthowconflictedAmericansareabouttherich.Moststudiesshowthatmorethantwo-thirdsoftoday'smillionairesmadeitthemselves,ratherthanfrominheritance.Andclearlyeducationandskillsmatterinmakingafortuneintheknowledgeeconomy.
ThenewPewResearchpolltellsusthat__________. A.theconflictbetweenrichandpoorbecomesnotsoapparent
B.morepeoplebelievethereisaconflictbetweenrichandpoor
C.thereisnoconflictbetweenimmigrantsandnative-bornAmericans
D.theculturalconflictbetweenrichandimmigrantsisfierceasever
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