- 閱讀理解A
題干：AccordingtotheUnitedStatesgovernment,peopleareclassifiedashomelessiftheyhavenoplacetostayandnoexpectationoffindingaplaceforthenextthirtydays.Althoughtechnicallyaccurate,thatisanimpersonalassessmentofanenormousandveryhumanproblem.ThehomelesspopulationrepresentsallofusAmericans.Itincludesmenandwomen’theelderly，children,andinfants.Itsmembersarefromallethnic(種族的）groups.Whattheyhaveincommonispoverty.CurrentlyintheUS,thirty-ninemillionpeopleliveinpoverty.Whenmoneyisreallytight,payingtherentorbuyingfoodoftenbecomesachoice.Governmentassistanceintheformoffoodstampsdoeshelpbut,asonehomelessmanexplains,youcan'tpaytherentwithfoodstamps.Withnomoneyforrent,thestreetsandhomelesssheltersbecomethealternative.Althoughmenconstitutethelargestgroupwithinthehomelesspopulation,homelesswomenwithchildrenarerapidlyjoiningthem.Infact,onequarterofthehomelesspeopleintheUSareteenagersandyoungchildren.Peoplemaybecomehomelessfornumerousreasons.However,therearecertainfactorsthatmanyoftheseindividualshaveincommon.Theyincludealackofadequateeducationandjobskills.Amajorityoftheteenagersandadultshavenotcompletedhighschool.Theabuseofalcoholanddrugsisalsoacommonfactor.Onethirdoftheadulthomelesspopulationabusesalcohol，whileonequarterofthesamegroupusesdrugs.Somemembersofthispopulationsuffermentalhealthproblems.Withinthepastseveralyearsmanyinstitutionsforthementallyillhavebeenclosedandtheirpatientssent“home”.Unfortunately,anumberofthosepeoplehavenohometogotoandtheyareunabletoadequatelylookafterthemselves.Joblossintoday'seconomyhasalsobecomearealfactorinthelossofpeople'shomes.Thebreakupoffamiliesthroughabandonmentanddivorcearealsocontributingfactors，particularlywhentherearechildreninvolved.Theparentwhoislefttocareforthekidswithinadequateincomemaybeforcedtodependonthehomelessshelterstoputaroofovertheirheads.
題目：The writer thinks that the US government’s definition of the homeless reveals_____. - A 、an insincere attitude toward the homeless
- B 、an unbearable attitude toward the homeless
- C 、an uncivilized attitude toward the homeless
- D 、an unsympathetic attitude toward the homeless
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參考答案【正確答案：D】
推斷題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句 Although technically accurate, that is an impersonal assessmentof an enormous and very human problem. 我們可以得知只有D選項正確。
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