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ThehomelessmakeupagrowingpercentageofAmerica’spopulation.

homelessnesshasreachedsuchproportionsthatlocalgovernmentscan’tpossibly

.Tohelphomelesspeople

independence,thefederalgovernmentmustsupportjobtrainingprograms,

theminimumwage,andfundmorelow-costhousing.

everyoneagreesonthenumberofAmericanswhoarehomeless.Estimates

anywherefrom600,000to3million.

thefiguremayvary,analystsdoagreeonanothermatter:

thatthenumberofthehomelessis

.Oneofthefederalgovernment’sstudies

thatthenumberofthehomelesswillreachnearly19millionbytheendofthisdecade.

Findingwaysto

thisgrowinghomelesspopulationhasbecomeincreasinglydifficult.

whenhomelessindividualsmanagetofinda

thatwillgivethemthreemealsadayandaplacetosleepatnight,agoodnumberstillspendthebulkofeachday

thestreet.Partoftheproblemisthatmanyhomelessadultsareaddictedtoalcoholordrugs.Andasignificantnumberofthehomelesshaveseriousmentaldisorders.Manyothers,

notaddictedormentallyill,simplylacktheeveryday

skillsneededtoturntheirlives

.BostonGlobereporterChrisReidynotesthatthesituationwillimproveonlywhenthereare

programsthataddressthemanyneedsofthehomeless.

EdwardZlotkowski,directorofcommunityserviceatBentleyCollegeinMassachusetts,

it,“Therehastobe

ofprograms.What’sneededisapackagedeal.”

1.[A]Indeed[B]Likewise[C]Therefore（A）[D]Furthermore

2.[A]stand[B]cope[C]approve（B）[D]retain

3.[A]in[B]for[C]with（D）[D]toward

4.[A]raise[B]add[C]take（A）[D]keep

5.[A]generally[B]almost[C]hardly（D）[D]not

6.[A]cover[B]change[C]range（C）[D]differ

7.[A]Nowthat[B]Although[C]Provided（B）[D]Exceptthat

8.[A]inflating[B]expanding[C]increasing（C）[D]extending

9.[A]predicts[B]displays[C]proves（A）[D]discovers

10.[A]assist[B]track[C]sustain（A）[D]dismiss

11.[A]Hence[B]But[C]Even（C）[D]Only

12.[A]lodging[B]shelter[C]dwelling（B）[D]house

13.[A]searching[B]strolling[C]crowding（D）[D]wandering

14.[A]when[B]once[C]while（C）[D]whereas

15.[A]life[B]existence[C]survival（C）[D]maintenance

16.[A]around[B]over[C]on（A）[D]up

17.[A]complex[B]comprehensive[C]complementary（B）[D]compensating

18.[A]So[B]Since[C]As（C）[D]Thus

19.[A]puts[B]interprets[C]assumes（A）[D]makes

20.[A]supervision[B]manipulation[C]regulation（D）[D]coordination

SectionIIReadingComprehension

PartA

Readthefollowingfourtexts.Answerthequestionsbeloweachtextbychoosing[A],[B],[C],or[D].MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET1.（40points）

Text1

Inspiteof“endlesstalkofdifference,”Americansocietyisanamazingmachineforhomogenizingpeople.Thereis“thedemocratizinguniformityofdressanddiscourse,andthecasualnessandabsenceofdeference”characteristicofpopularculture.Peopleareabsorbedinto“acultureofconsumption”launchedbythe19th-centurydepartmentstoresthatoffered“vastarraysofgoodsinanelegantatmosphere.Insteadofintimateshopscateringtoaknowledgeableelite,”thesewerestores“anyonecouldenter,regardlessofclassorbackground.Thisturnedshoppingintoapublicanddemocraticact.”Themassmedia,advertisingandsportsareotherforcesforhomogenization.

Immigrantsarequicklyfittingintothiscommonculture,whichmaynotbealtogetherelevatingbutishardlypoisonous.WritingfortheNationalImmigrationForum,GregoryRodriguezreportsthattoday’simmigrationisneitheratunprecedentedlevelsnorresistanttoassimilation.In1998immigrantswere9.8percentofpopulation;

in1900,13.6percent.Inthe10yearspriorto1990,3.1immigrantsarrivedforevery1,000residents;

inthe10yearspriorto1890,9.2forevery1,000.Now,considerthreeindicesofassimilation--language,homeownershipandintermarriage.

The1990Censusrevealedthat“amajorityofimmigrantsfromeachofthefifteenmostcommoncountriesoforiginspokeEnglish‘well’or‘verywell’aftertenyearsofresidence.”ThechildrenofimmigrantstendtobebilingualandproficientinEnglish.“Bythethirdgeneration,theoriginallanguageislostinthemajorityofimmigrantfamilies.”HencethedescriptionofAmericaasa“graveyard”forlanguages.By1996foreign-bornimmigrantswhohadarrivedbefore1970hadahomeownershiprateof75.6percent,higherthanthe69.8percentrateamongnative-bornAmericans.

Foreign-bornAsiansandHispanics“havehigherratesofintermarriagethandoU.S.-bornwhitesandblacks.”Bythethirdgeneration,onethirdof