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What do we mean by a satisfactory standard of living? Obviously, it must include the basic necessities of life such as food, clo

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问题     What do we mean by a satisfactory standard of living? Obviously, it must include the basic necessities of life such as food, clothing and shelter. To get these necessities on regular basis, a person must have a reliable income. But we have other needs which would probably also be included as basic, such as health and education facilities.
    We may think of all of these as our needs. Yet most of us would be far from satisfied if we had nothing more than these which are supplied for us. We all enjoy extra income to spend on things like books, sports or hobbies. Sometimes we save some of this extra income to pay for future expense of this type on holidays. So we must add our wants to our basic needs. Our standard of living is the degree, to which these needs and wants are satisfied.
    But as time goes on, what we think of as our basic needs changes. Twenty years ago a television would have been a luxury, and still is in many countries now. Even now we cannot say it is a need in the same sense as food, clothing and shelter. Yet if most of the people of a country have one, it comes to be accepted as a need. It is possible therefore to have food, clothing and shelter and still be poor by the standards of our own society.
A person who gets the basic necessities must ______according to the writer.
选项 A、have a reliable income
B、learn how to please his manager
C、finish his work ahead the time
D、get a good education
答案A
解析 细节题。根据文章第一段第三句“To get these necessities on regular basis，a person must have a reliable income．”可知，要想持久地得到生活必需品，必须有一份可靠的收入。故选A。
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