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Few social problems have incread so suddenly or been dramatized so effectively as the plight of the homeless in the 1980s and 1990s.Once an invisible people who could easily be ignored, the homeless are now recognized everywhere on the streets and in the public facilities of major cities. There are bag ladies who roam the streets carrying what is left of their posssions in shopping bags or grocery carts. There are disoriented men curled up on benches, in stairwells, or alongside walls. There are children – some runaways and some throwaways scrounge(偷，骗取) for food and shelter.
初三数学辅导The number of homeless people in underdeveloped societies in the mid-1980s was estimated by the United Nations (UN) to be more than 100 million. The so-called “new”homeless live in the developed, industrialized nations of Europe, North America, and East Asia. Accurate statistics have been impossible to verify, in part becau of the conflicting viewpoints on the subject of homelessness. Politicians, lawyers, and others who become advocates for the homeless have said that there are from 2 to 3 million homeless in the US alone. Others who have studied the problem from a less sympathetic point of view suggest that the
number is clor to 300,000.
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One reason for statistical uncertainty is the composition of the homeless population. Some families suffer temporary poverty becau of loss of a job. Unable to afford rent or mortgage payment, they may temporarily join the ranks of the homeless of the homeless for a period of days or weeks (or they may live with relatives). Once another job is found, the family can usually afford shelter once more.
The number of tho who are truly homeless consist of possibly 3 percent or less of the very poor. Their most common characteristic is poverty, though some work at least part-time, while others receive various kinds of welfare payments. The makeup of the homeless population, according to a study by the US Conference of Magors, indicated the following breakdown: 56 percent single men, 15 percent single women, and 28 percent in families- usually one-parent families. As a group, the homeless tend to be young, mostly under the age of 40.
1 According to this passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A The homeless could not be en until 1980s and 1990s.
B The number of “new ” homeless is 2 to 3 million.
C Some people becomes homeless on temporary.
chaosD Some homeless people get help from the government.
2 Why are there different statistics of the homeless the US?
A Becau there are a lot of so-called “new” homeless people.
B Becau the accurate statistics are impossible to verify.
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C Becau some of the homeless are easily ignored.
D Becau there are different opinions on homelessness.
3 Which of the following is true?
[A] There are more homeless people in Europe, North America, and East Asia.
[B] The make-up of the homeless changes.
[C] When people lo their job, they become homeless.
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[D] Homeless is clearly defined.
4 What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A The composition of the homeless has broke down.introduction用法
B Most homeless people are young and without a job.
C The truly homeless usually does not posss a true family.
D The homeless are very poor though they work part-time.
5 In this passage, what is the author’s attitude towards the homeless?
A indifferent
B sympathetic
supperC enthusiastic
D neutral
Text 2
Recent stories in the newspapers and magazines suggest that teaching and rearch contradict each other, that rearch pays too prominent a part in academic promotions, and that teaching is badly underemphasized. There is an element of truth in tho statements, but
they also ignore deeper and more important relationships.
Rearch experience is an esntial element of hiring and promotion at a rearch university becau it is the emphasis on rearch that distinguishes such a university from an arts college. Some professors, however, neglect for rearch and that prents a problem.
Most rearch universities renowned outstanding teaching, but the greatest recognition is usually given for achievements in rearch. Part of the reason is the difficulty of judging teaching. A highly responsible and tough professor is usually appreciated by top students who want to be challenged but disliked by tho who records are less impressive. The mild professor gets overall ratings that one usually high, but there is a n of disappointment on the part of the best students, exactly tho for whom the system should prent the greatest challenge. Thus, a university trying to promote professors primarily on the basis of teaching qualities should have to confront this confusion.
As modern science moves faster, two forms are exerted on professors: one is the time needed to keep up with the profession; the other is the time needed to teach. The training of new scientists requires outstanding teaching at the rearch university as well as the arts college. Although scientists are usually “made ”in the elementary schools. Scientists can be “lost”by poor teaching at the college and graduate school levels. The solution is not to parate teaching from rearch but
to recognize that the combination is difficult but vital. The title of professor should be given only to tho who profess and it is perhaps time for universities to rerve it for tho given only to tho who profess and it is perhaps time for universities to rerve it for tho willing to be on earnest part of the community of scholars. Professors usually to teach can be called “distinguished rearch investigators” or something el.
The pace of modern science makes it increasingly difficult to be a great rearch and a great teacher. Y et many are described in just tho terms. Tho who say we can parate teaching and rearch simply do not understand the system but tho who say the problem will disappear are not fulfilling their responsibilities.
1 What idea does the author want to convey in the first paragraph?
A the relationship between teaching and rearch should not be simplified.
B Teaching and rearch are contradictory to each other.
get freshC Rearch can never be emphasized too much.
D It is wrong to overestimate the importance of teaching.
2 In academic promotion, rearch universities attach more importance to rearch partly becau_
A rearch improve the quality of teaching
aipB students who want to be challenged appreciate rearch professors
C professors with achievements in rearch
