waif
A、a homeless child
B、wandering musician
C、countryman
D、smuggler
A、a homeless child
B、wandering musician
C、countryman
D、smuggler
To some extent, Van Gogh began to dress like a street waif because
A.he wanted to show his longing for the up-class society.
B.he regarded the polite society as hypocritical.
C.the polite society was willing to take him as a member.
D.he often lived a miserable life.
2.It is said that many people are homeless after the floods. (say)
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The author implies in the first paragraph that _____.
A) the homeless population is growing rapidly
B) there is serious shortage of school administrators and teachers
C) homeless children often move from place to place
D) homeless children usually stay outside schools
He managed to save ______ he could to tend the homeless boy.
A.what little time
B.so little time
C.such little time
D.how little time
A.coined
B.forged
C.cast
D.molded
The homeless population represents all of us Americans, It includes men and women, the elderly, children, and infants. Its members are from all ethnic (种族的) groups. What they have in common is poverty.
Currently in the U.S., thirty-nine million people live in poverty. When money is really tight, paying the rent or buying food often becomes a choice. Government assistance in the form. of food stamps does help but, as one homeless man explains, you can't pay the rent with food stamps.
With no money for rent, the streets and homeless shelters become the alternative.
Although men constitute the largest group within the homeless population, homeless women with children are rapidly joining them. In fact, one quarter of the homeless people in the U.S. are teenagers and young children.
People may become homeless for numerous reasons. However there are certain factors that many of these individuals have in common. They include a lack of adequate education and job skills. A majority of the teenagers and adults have not completed high school.
The abuse of alcohol and drugs is also a common factor. One third of the adult homeless population abuses alcohol, while one quarter of the same group uses drugs.
Some members of this population suffer mental health problems. Within the past several years many institutions for the menially ill have been closed and their patients sent "home". Unfortunately, a number of those people have no home to go to and they are unable to adequately look after themselves.
Job loss in today's economy has also become a real factor in the loss of people's homes. The breakup of families through abandonment and divorce are also contributing factors, particularly when there are children involved. The parent who is left to care for the kids with inadequate income may be forced to depend on the homeless shelters to put a roof over their heads.
The writer thinks that the U.S. 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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