【小新说考研第278期】英语每日一题每日打卡来啦~"

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“The country is sucking wind right now,” Coburn says. “We end up subsidizing the very wealthy and not helping the ones who really need the help.” The Oklahoman is one of the few Republicans who support tax increases as part of a plan to reduce the deficit. Meanwhile, antitax activist Grover Norquist, a frequent opponent of Coburn, says the whole system is too complex,

The expression “sucking wind”（Line ） most probably means ______.

[A] making great efforts in vain

[B] suffering economic depression

[C] looking for a solution

[D] performing very poorly

[解题思路] 第一句中科伯恩说到国家现在sucking wind，接着他进一步解释sucking wind这种情况：最终的结果是政府给富人发放补助金，却没有帮助真正需要帮助的人（... subsidizing the very wealthy and not helping...），而根据常识可知，政府应该将补助发放给真正需要的人，而不是富人，故可推知，这是一种“错误的”、“不恰当”方式，四个选项中，选项 [D] 最接近原文意思，即政府措施不得力（performing very poorly），故选项 [D] 为答案。

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