开放专科英语阅读4 试题开放专科英语阅读4 试题.doc

试卷代号：7162 座位号 中央广播电视大学开放教育专科2011 -2012 学年度第二学期期末考试 英语阅读（4）试题 2012年6 月 题号 一 二 三 四 总分 分数 得分 评卷人 Part I. Read two passages and then choose the best answers to each of the questions 1—10 and write your answers at the corresponding places.（20 points, 2 each） Passage one 　　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 growing part of the homeless population. Many homeless children gather in inner cities; this transient（变化无常的） 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 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 school 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” youths 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 Homeless Assistance Act of 1987， includes a section that addresses the educational needs of homeless children. The educational provisions