試題詳解

2.(AB) Anyone who possesses neither goods nor chattels is destined to fall into misery at the least accident. (AC) The poor had no reserves, and the third or fourth child was a disaster for many young families. (AD) Nature has way of restoring the precarious balance between people and resources. (AE) As the price of bread soared beyond the earning capacity of the poor, the church began to take over obligations of relief. (BC) This was the key to the rate of child-bearing—the real contraceptive weapon of classical Europe. (BD) Whatever the variants, the essence of the situation was that enough was earned to provide the daily bread.