The United States economy has dipped into economic recession (经济衰退). This caud

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The United States economy has dipped into economic recession (经济衰退). This caud discomfort and hardship in every level of society; but for many of the nation’s poor, discomfort and hardship turned into miry (苦难).An increa in homelessness is probably the worst result of a nation’s financial disaster. about 3 million Americans were homeless becau of a lack of affordable housing. Experts suggest that a family should spend no more than 30 percent of its income on housing. In fact, in some families housing costs make up 50 percent or more. An unexpected event, such as losing work or illness, can quickly push a family into homelessness.An article in Time magazine tells a story of one such family. A young couple and their three children rented a two-bedroom apartment for about $350 a month. They could hardly go on with the husband’s $920-a-month take-home pay; so when their rent was raid to $500 a month, they could no longer make ends meet.Another woman was found dead on a street in Washington D.C., the capital, and she died at a bus-stop across the street from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.People become homeless for different reasons. Some may not be able to pay for housing, becau they have lost their job and cannot find another place they can afford. Others have mental dias, or are addicted to drugs or alcohol, many of whom do not live with their family. And what’s more, there are not enough centers for shelter as the government doesn’t pay enough attention to this social problem. People are making efforts to solve the problem. However, it will not be easy, becau it is a personal and economical problem as well as a social problem.小题1:The passage is mainly about __________ in the US.A．ways of solving economic problemsB．homeless people being taken good care of C．different reasons for economic recession D．economic recession leading to social problems小题2:In the passage the author supported his view by __________.A．prenting specific figuresB．giving examplesC．explaining in detailsD．discussing different opinions小题3: One main result that economic recession has led to is __________A．an increa of living costsB．more and more deathsC．an increa of homeless peopleD．less centers for poor people小题4:How many reasons why people become homeless are listed in the passage?A．2.B．3.C．4.D．5. 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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小题1:D小题2:B小题3:C小题4:B

解析

经济衰退造成社会各阶层的不适和苦难。很多人因此无家可归失业和疾病使一个家庭很快就没了家。政府有没有足够的避难所容纳那些人。解决这个问题并非易事。小题1:段落大意题。根据文章的第一二行可知，美国的经济衰退造成社会各阶层的不适和苦难。故选D。小题2:文章结构题。第二、三段举例说明人们无家可归的原因和惨状。选B（举例说明）。小题3:细节理解题。根据An increa in homelessness is probably the worst result of a nation’s financial disaster.可知。无家可归的数量的增加可能是一个国家经济灾难最糟糕的结果。与经济衰退造成的最主要的结果导致了无家可归的人数的增加意思一致。所以选C。小题4:细节理解题。根据文章最后一句话可知，无家可归的原因有三：个人原因、经济原因、还有社会问题。选B。

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一、文章特点： 生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。二、解题技巧：针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。