Almost 40 years ago, when Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty, a family with a car and a house in the suburbs felt prosperous. Today that same family may well feel poor, overwhelmed by credit card debt, a second mortgage and the cost of the stuff that has become the backbone of American life. When the middle class feels poor, the poor have little chance for change, or even recognition.

　　47. By saying "it might as well begin with the words ‘Once upon a time'" (Line 3, Para.1), the author suggests that the American myth is ________.

　　48. What is the American Dream of the well-to-do built upon?

　　49. Some Americans try to make themselves feel less guilty by attributing the poverty of the working people to ________.

　　50. We learn from the passage that the difference in pay between the lowest paid and the average worker in America is ________ than that in other industrialized countries.

　　51. According to the author, how would an American family with a car and a house in the suburbs probably feel about themselves today?

　　Unit 5

　　47.divorced from reality/ unrealistic

　　48. The backbreaking labor of the working poor./The bowed backs of the working poor

　　49.(their)lack of skill /(their)low skill

　　50.much greater

　　51.Poor