Key James,Secretary of Health and Human Resources in the Virgini

Key James,Secretary of Health and Human Resources in the Virginia State government,loves to turn the tables on those who don't think it's possible to be middle-class,conservative,educated and still be truly black．Once,during an abortion debate,a woman in the audience angrily told James she was so middle-class she didn't have a clue about real African American life．"If you understood what these women go through,"the woman said,"you would realize that abortion is their only choice." James then asked the woman to consider a poor black mother on welfare．She already has four children and an alcoholic husband who has all but abandoned the family．Now she discovers another child is on the way．"How would you counsel that woman?"asked James. "Have an abortion,"the woman responded．"That child would have a very poor quality of life." "I have a vested interest in your answer,"James said．"The woman I described was my mother．I was the fifth of six children born into poverty．And,in case you're interested,the quality of my life is just fine!" James'mother__.
A、was educated
B、was conservative
C、was poor
D、A and B
【正确答案】：C
【题目解析】：在对话中，Key James为了反驳那些认为不可能同时是中产阶级、保守派、受过教育并且还是真正的黑人的人，他描述了一个虚构的但具有典型性的例子，即一个贫困的黑人母亲。这个母亲有四个孩子，有一个酗酒的丈夫几乎抛弃了这个家庭，而现在她又怀上了第五个孩子。当被问及如何建议这位母亲时，那位观众回答说应该堕胎，因为那个孩子的生活质量会很差。 随后，James揭示了这位他所描述的母亲其实是他的母亲，他自己就是这位母亲所生的六个孩子中的第五个，并且他还强调自己的生活质量“很好”。这里并没有直接提到James的母亲是否受过教育或是否保守，但明确提到了她“很穷”（poor）。 A选项“was educated”和B选项“was conservative”在对话中并未得到直接确认或否认，而C选项“was poor”则与James的描述相符。由于D选项“A and B”包含了未得到证实的A和B两个选项，因此也不能被选为正确答案。 所以，正确的答案是C：“was poor”。