German Prime Minister Otto Von Bismarck may be most famous for his and diplomatic talent, but his contributions to the society include many of today’s social insurance programs. During the middle of the 19th century, Germany, other European nations, an unusual outbreak of workplace deaths and accidents as a result of growing . in part by Christian sympathy for the helpless as well as a practical political impulse to get the of the socialist labor movement, Bismarck the world’s first worker’s pensation law in 1884.
By 1908, the United States was the industrial nation in the world that lacked workers’ pensation insurance. American’s injured workers could seek in a court of law, but they still faced a number of tough legal barriers. , employees had to prove that their injuries directly employer’s lack of care and they themselves were ignorant about potential danger in the workplace. The first state workers’ pensation law in this country passed in 1911, and the program soon throughout the nation.
After World War II, benefit payments to American workers did not the cost of living. In fact, real benefit levels were lower in the 1970s than they were in the 1940s, and in most states the maximum benefit was below the poverty level for a family of four. In 1970, President Richard Nixon set up a national to study the problems workers’ pensation. Two years later, the mittee issued 19 key remendations, one that called for increasing pensation benefit levels to 100 percent of the states’ average weekly wages.
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解析：文章介绍了奥托·冯·俾斯麦在1884年创建了世界上第一个工人补偿法，和美国建立劳动补偿法的情况。
【小题1】考查形容词：A. artistic艺术的，B. literary文学的，C. military军事的，D. economic经济的，德国首相奥托·冯·俾斯麦以他的军事和外交天赋著名，选C
【小题2】考查词组：A. along with连同，B. other than除了，C. apart from除了，D. rather than而不是，德国和其他欧洲国家一起，选A
【小题3】考查动词：A. experimented实验，B. explored探索，C. experienced经历，D. excluded除了，经历了不同寻常的工作场所的死亡事件。选C
【小题4】考查名词：A. urbanization 都市化，B. revolution革命， C. evolution进化，D. industrialization工业化，由于越来越多的工业化，选D
【小题5】考查动词：A. Inspired激发，B. Touched感动，触摸，C. Organized组织，D. Motivated使有动机，促动，部分是受到基督教对无家可归的人的同情的促动，选D
【小题6】考查名词：A. feedback反馈，B. statement陈述，C. proof证据，D. support支持，和实用的政治冲动想得到社会劳工运动的支持，选D
【小题7】考查动词：A. discovered发现，B. created创造，C. uncovered揭示，D. revealed揭露，奥托·冯·俾斯麦在1884年创建了世界上第一个工人补偿法，选B
【小题8】考查形容词：A. unique独特的，B. only唯一的，C. powerful强大的，D. most最多的，在1908年为止，美国是唯一没有工人补偿法的工业化国家，选B
【小题9】考查名词：A. rights权力，B. help帮助，C. pensation补偿，D. support支持，美国受伤的工人可以在法庭寻求补偿，选C
【小题10】考查词组：A. For example例如，B. However然而，C. Consequently结果，D. Moreover 还有，更多，他们面临很多艰巨的法律障碍，例如：工人要证明他们的受伤源于雇主的缺乏关心，选A
【小题11】考查词组：A. resulted in导致，B. stood for代表，C. resulted from源于，D. deal with处理，工人要证明他们的受伤源于雇主的缺乏关心，选C
【小题12】考查动词：A. spread传播，蔓延，B. promoted提升，C. stretched伸展，D. placed放置，这个项目很快就传播到整个国家，选A
【小题13】考查词组：A. put up with容忍，B. face up to勇于面对， C. benefit from受益于，D. keep up with跟上，二次世界大战后，美国工人的福利不能跟上生活的费用，选D
【小题14】考查名词：A. munity社会，社区，B. mittee委员会，C. authority官方，D. government政府，Richard Nixon总统建立了国家委员会讨论工人补偿的问题，选B
【小题15】考查动词：A. including包括，B. insisting坚持，C. installing安装，D. investing投资，委员会发表了10个关键的建议，包括号召提高补偿的水平到州平均周工资的100%。选A