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2014届高三英语二轮精品卷专题8定语从句(大题特训4)Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
PeoplewithouthomeshavealwaysbeenpresentinAmerica.Inthepast,theywerecalledhobos,bums,ordrifters.Itwasnotuntiltheearly1980sthatthesepeoplereceivedanewname,whenactivistsnamedthemthehomeless.
Thetypesofpeoplewhowerehomelessalsochangedinthe1980s.Nolongerweretheyprimarilyoldermen.Theywereyounger,withanaverageageof35.Theirnumbersconsistedofwomen,children,adolescentsandentirefamilies.Theywereofmanyracesandcultures.Nolongerweretheyonlyintheinnercity.Theylivedinruralareasandinlargeandsmallcities.Nolongerweretheyinvisibletothepeoplewithhomesandjobs.Thehomelessofthe1980slivedinpackingcrates(装货箱)anddoorways.Theysleptonsidewalksandinpublicparks.Theybeggedmoneyfrompassers-by.
Countingthenumbersofhomelesspeopleisdifficult.However,in1984theDepartmentofHousingandUrbanDevelopmentestimatedthehomelesspopulationatbetween250,000and350,000.In1990theCensusBureaucountedabout459,000peopleinshelters,incheaphotels,andonthestreets.In1995theNationalAlliancetoEndHomelessnessestimatedthattherewere750,000homelessAmericans.
Thehomelessofthe1980salsobegantospeakoutforthemselves.SomespoketoCongressandtogovernmentcommitteescontrollingfundingforsocialprograms.Streetnewspapers,suchasChicago’sStreetwiseandBoston’sSpareChange,hadstories,poems,andessaysthatexpressedthehomelessviewpoint.Thevisibleandvocalpresenceofthehomelesspromptedhelpfromvolunteersandgovernmentagencies.ButwhatisstillneededisasolutiontotheplightofAmerica’shomelesspopulation.
Thispassageismainlyabout .
onehomelessperson’sstory
thehistoryofthehomeless
thechangesofthehomelessinthelate20thcentury
D.awaytoprovidehomesforthehomeless
答案 C
解析 主旨大意题。通读全文可知,本文主要论述了二十世纪八九十年代无家可归群体的变化。
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