the coalition for the homeless

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1、TheCoalitionfortheHomeless　　TheCoalitionfortheHomelessisanorganizationthatseekstoaddresstheneedsofthehomelesspopulationintheUnitedStates.Itisanetworkofoffices,someofwhichprovidefoodandhousesforthehomelesspopulation,andsomeofwhichfightforthepassingoflawsthatwouldgiveeveryAmer

2、icantherighttoaplacetocallhome.AccordingtotheCoalition’sstudies,ofovertwohundredmillionpeoplelivingintheUnitedStates,uptothreemillionarehomeless—andthenumberisstillgrowing.Sincethelate1970s,fastrisinghouseprices,largecutsingovernmentsupportedhousingprograms,andeconomicrecess

3、ion(經濟衰退)havemadeitimpossibleformanyAmericanstomeethousingcosts.Sadly,thishasresultedinanumberofpersonsbeingforcedtoleavetheirhomesandorunabletofindnewaffordablehomes.Accordingtoanotherresearch,familieswithchildrenappeartobethefastest-growingpartofthehomelesspopulation,makin

4、gup39%ofit.Theoldideaofahomelessperson,thatofthesinglemanwhogetsdrunkallthetime,isnolongertrue.Amuchlargerpartofthepopulationnowfindsitselfhomeless.Evenworse,onceapersonbecomeshomeless,heoftenfindsitimpossibletofindajob,sincemostemployersrequireanyonewhowantsajobfromthemtopr

5、ovideahomeaddressonajobapplication.　　67.Theword“address”inthefirstlineprobablymeans________.　　A.talkaboutB.dealwithC.fightforD.writeto　　68.HowmanypeoplearehomelessintheaccordingtotheCoalitionstudies?　　A.39%ofthepopulation.B.200millionpeople.　　C.About3millionpeople.D.Aboutone

6、-fifthofthepopulation.　　69.Homelesspeopleoftenhavedifficultyfindingajobbecause________.　　A.theyhavenohomeaddresses　　B.theymostlyhaveadrinkingproblem　　C.theyaren’tsupportedbygovernmentprograms　　D.theyoftendon’thaveenoughworkexperience　　70.Whatisthemaincauseoftherisingnumberof

7、thehomelessinthe?　　A.Thepassingofnewhousinglaws.　　B.Thefastgrowthoffamilysize.　　C.Theslowconstructionofhouses.　　D.Theever-risingpriceofhousing　　答案：BCAD