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(A. threatening B. ignorant C. excessive D. ensure E. revealed F. introduced G. elements H. entrance I.
leading J. innocent K. extensive L. insure M. raised N.
character O. sections)
For many centuries there was no safety system against poverty and illness. The Industrial Age saw _1
_ poverty amongst a rapidly expanding urban population.
In 1941, William Beveridge, one of Britain's _2_ economists and social reformers, was asked to look at the
problems of building a post-war Britain. His report,
known as the "Beveridge Report", was published in
1942, and it was based on two simple _3_ universality（普遍性）and comprehensiveness. In other words,
the plan would be applied to everybody because
Beveridge wanted to _4_ that people had the basic
rights in life.
The report covered the problems that were _5_ the society, for example, education and disease.
Churchill's government took the opportunity to deal with education first to reduce the number of _6_
people. The 1944 Education Act （法案）_7_ the
school-leaving age to 16 years old, and also helped
make university _8_ easier to new students.
The second act, the 1948 National Assistance Act, _9_ a national health service free to all. Finally, the 1948
Children Act looked not only to child protection but
development of each child's _10_ and abilities.
As the proposals in the "Beveridge Report" were carried out by the government, the basis of the
modern welfare state was being built.