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  3. The homeless make up a growing percentage of America’s population. 【C1】____

The homeless make up a growing percentage of America’s population. 【C1】____

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问题      The homeless make up a growing percentage of America’s population. 【C1】______  homelessness has reached such proportions that local governments can’t possibly 【C2】______  . To help homeless people 【C3】______  independence, the federal government must support job training programs 【C4】______  the minimum wage, and fund more low-cost housing.
    【C5】______  everyone agrees on the number of Americans who are homeless. Estimates 【C6】______   anywhere from 600,000 to 3 million. 【C7】______  the figure may vary, analysts do agree on another matter: that the number of the homeless is 【C8】______ . One of the federal government’s studies 【C9】______  that the number of the homeless will reach nearly 19 million by the end of this decade.
   Finding ways to 【C10】______  this growing homeless population has become increasingly difficult. 【C11】______  when homeless individuals manage to find a 【C12】______  that will give them three meals a day and a place to sleep at night, a good number still spend the bulk of each day 【C13】______  the street. Part of the problem is that many homeless adults are addicted to alcohol or drags. And a significant number of the homeless have serious mental disorders. Many others 【C14】______  not addicted or mentally ill, simply lack the everyday 【C15】______  skills needed to mm their lives 【C16】______  Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are 【C17】______  programs that address the many needs of the homeless. 【C18】______  Edward Zlotkowski, director of community service at Bentley College in Massachusetts, 【C19】______  it, "Them has to be 【C20】______  of programs. What’s needed is a package deal." [br] 【C15】
选项 A、life
B、existence
C、survival
D、maintenance
答案 C
解析 此题的答题关键在于区分life skills(生活技能)和survival skills(生存技能)。既然是正常的“无家可归者”，那他们缺乏的是“生存能力”，而不是在社会中与人交往、处理日常事务的“生活能力”。故本题选C项。
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