A．The man Who has a high opinion of himself．
B．The man Who has risen to the top through his own efforts．
C．College professor Who wins great respect from common workers．
D．The leader in business Who occupies a higher social position．
参考答案B
解析:
A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect ( 23 ) the serf-mademan--the man Who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands.While the leader in business or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greaterrespect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains topoint out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.
This attitude toward manual labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life.One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled fro mcontents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery.(24) On the contrary, the hos tessusually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes.A professional may talk about washing the car,digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house.His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helpsher with the dish washing.The son Who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.
Who is called the serf-made man?
B.【精解】根据定位句可知，白手起家的人是指那些通过自己的努力获得高位的人，故答案为B.