- 阅读理解A
题干：AccordingtotheUnitedStatesgovernment,peopleareclassifiedashomelessiftheyhavenoplacetostayandnoexpectationoffindingaplaceforthenextthirtydays.Althoughtechnicallyaccurate,thatisanimpersonalassessmentofanenormousandveryhumanproblem.ThehomelesspopulationrepresentsallofusAmericans.Itincludesmenandwomen’theelderly，children,andinfants.Itsmembersarefromallethnic(种族的）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.
题目：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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参考答案【正确答案：D】
推断题。根据第一段最后一句 Although technically accurate, that is an impersonal assessmentof an enormous and very human problem. 我们可以得知只有D选项正确。
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