1、精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上2洛基英語(yǔ)，中國(guó)在線英語(yǔ)教育領(lǐng)導(dǎo)品牌【閱讀練習(xí)】Until the 1980s, the American homeless population comprised mainly older males. Today, homelessness strikes much younger part of society. In fact, a 25-city survey by the U. S. Conference of Mayors in 1987 found that families with children make up the fastest gro

2、wing part of the homeless population. Many homeless children gather in inner cities; this transient(變化無(wú)常的) and frequently frightened student population creates additional problems both legal and educational for already overburdened urban school administrators and teachers.Estimates of the number of

3、homeless Americans range from 350,000 to three million. Likewise, estimates of the number of homeless school children vary radically. A U.S. Department of Education report, based on state estimates, states that there are 220,000 homeless school-age children, about a third of whom do not attend schoo

4、l on a regular basis, But the National Coalition for the Homeless estimates that there are at least two times as many homeless children, and that less than half of them attend school regularly.One part of the homeless population that is particularly difficult to count consists of the “throwaway” you

5、ths who have been cast of their homes. The Elementary School Center in New York City estimates that there are 1.5 million of them, many of whom are not counted as children because they do not stay in family shelters and tend to live by themselves on the streets.Federal law, the Stewart B. McKinney H

6、omeless Assistance Act of 1987, includes a section that addresses the educational needs of homeless children. The educational provisions of the McKinney Act are based on the belief that all homeless children have the right to a free, appropriate education.1. It is implied in the first paragraph that

7、 _.A) the writer himself is homeless, even in his eightiesB) many older homeless residents are going on strike in 25 citiesC) there is a serious shortage of academic facilitiesD) homeless children are denied the opportunity of receiving free education2. The National Coalition for the homeless believ

8、es that the number of homeless children is _.A) 350,000B) 1,500,000C) 440,000D) 110,0003. One part of the homeless population is difficult to estimate. The reason might well be _.A) the homeless children are too young to be counted as childrenB) the homeless population is growing rapidlyC) the homel

9、ess children usually stay outside schoolD) some homeless children are deserted by their families4. The McKinney Act is mentioned in this passage in order to show that _.A) the educational problems of homeless children are being recognizedB) the estimates on homeless children are hard to determineC)

10、the address of grade-school children should be locatedD) all homeless people are entitled to free education5. The passage mainly deals with _.A) the legal problems of the homeless childrenB) the educational problems of homeless childrenC) the social status of older malesD) estimates on the homeless

11、population【答案及詳解】答案：C C D A B 直到20世紀(jì)80年代，美國(guó)無(wú)家可歸的人口主要包括的還是年齡較大的男性?，F(xiàn)在，社會(huì)上年齡較小的一些人也面臨無(wú)家可歸的威脅。的確，美國(guó)市長(zhǎng)會(huì)議在1987年對(duì)25個(gè)城市進(jìn)行了一項(xiàng)調(diào)查，結(jié)果表明，在無(wú)家可歸的人口中，兒童的增長(zhǎng)比例是最快的。許多無(wú)家可歸的兒童都聚集在城市的中心地帶。其中學(xué)齡兒童四處流浪，飽受驚嚇。這給已經(jīng)負(fù)擔(dān)優(yōu)習(xí)網(wǎng)過(guò)重的城市教學(xué)和教學(xué)管理帶來(lái)了許多額的外的麻煩，其中既涉及法律問(wèn)題又涉及教育問(wèn)題。美國(guó)無(wú)家可歸的人口數(shù)量估計(jì)在35萬(wàn)到300萬(wàn)人之間。同樣，無(wú)家可歸的學(xué)齡兒童人數(shù)也無(wú)法做出準(zhǔn)確的估計(jì)。一份根據(jù)各州估計(jì)數(shù)字而得出的美國(guó)教法的育部的報(bào)告指出，有22萬(wàn)無(wú)家可歸的學(xué)齡兒童，其中約有三分之一沒(méi)有按規(guī)定上學(xué)。然而國(guó)家關(guān)于無(wú)家可歸人員的聯(lián)盟會(huì)卻估計(jì)，這樣的兒童人數(shù)至少還應(yīng)該多一倍，其中半數(shù)以上沒(méi)有正常入學(xué)。有一部分無(wú)家可歸的人口尤其難以統(tǒng)計(jì)，就是那些遭家庭遺棄的“浪蕩”少年。據(jù)紐約小學(xué)中心估計(jì)，這樣的人口有150萬(wàn)左右。其中還有許多小孩沒(méi)有