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1、ReadingText1Fewsocialproblemshaveincreasedsosuddenlyorbeendramatizedsoeffectivelyastheplightofthehomelessinthe1980sand1990s.Onceaninvisiblepeoplewhocouldeasilybeignored,thehomelessarenowrecognizedeverywhereonthestreetsandinthepublicfacilitiesofmajorcities.Therear
2、ebagladieswhoroamthestreetscarryingwhatisleftoftheirpossessionsinshoppingbagsorgrocerycarts.Therearedisorientedmencurleduponbenches,instairwells,oralongsidewalls.Therearechildren–somerunawaysandsomethrowawaysscrounge(偷，骗取)forfoodandshelter.Thenumberofhomelesspeop
3、leinunderdevelopedsocietiesinthemid-1980swasestimatedbytheUnitedNations(UN)tobemorethan100million.Theso-called“new”homelessliveinthedeveloped,industrializednationsofEurope,NorthAmerica,andEastAsia.Accuratestatisticshavebeenimpossibletoverify,inpartbecauseofthecon
4、flictingviewpointsonthesubjectofhomelessness.Politicians,lawyers,andotherswhobecomeadvocatesforthehomelesshavesaidthattherearefrom2to3millionhomelessintheUSalone.Otherswhohavestudiedtheproblemfromalesssympatheticpointofviewsuggestthatthenumberiscloserto300,000.On
5、ereasonforstatisticaluncertaintyisthecompositionofthehomelesspopulation.Somefamiliessuffertemporarypovertybecauseoflossofajob.Unabletoaffordrentormortgagepayment,theymaytemporarilyjointheranksofthehomelessofthehomelessforaperiodofdaysorweeks(ortheymaylivewithrela
6、tives).Onceanotherjobisfound,thefamilycanusuallyaffordshelteroncemore.Thenumberofthosewhoaretrulyhomelessconsistofpossibly3percentorlessoftheverypoor.Theirmostcommoncharacteristicispoverty,thoughsomeworkatleastpart-time,whileothersreceivevariouskindsofwelfarepaym
7、ents.Themakeupofthehomelesspopulation,accordingtoastudybytheUSConferenceofMagors,indicatedthefollowingbreakdown:56percentsinglemen,15percentsinglewomen,and28percentinfamilies-usuallyone-parentfamilies.Asagroup,thehomelesstendtobeyoung,mostlyundertheageof40.1Accor
8、dingtothispassage,whichofthefollowingisTRUE?AThehomelesscouldnotbeseenuntil1980sand1990s.BThenumberof“new”homelessis2to3million.CSomepeoplebecomeshomelessontem
