2007年秋江苏省二级VFP考试试题与参考答案.pdf

2006 年考研英语真题
Section Ⅰ Use of English
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark [A], [B], [C] or [D] on
ANSWER SHEET 1 (10 points)
The homeless make up a growing percentage of America’s population. 1 , homelessness has reached such
proportions that local government can’t possibly 2 . To help homeless people 3 independence, the
federal government must support job training programs, 4 the minimum wage, and fund more low-cost
housing.
5 everyone agrees on the numbers of Americans who are homeless. Estimates 6 anywhere from
600, 000 to 3 million. 7 the figure may vary, analysts do agree on another matter: that the number of the
homeless is 8 . One of the federal government’s studies 9 that the number of the homeless will reach
nearly 19 million by the end of this decade.
Finding ways to 10 this growing homeless population has e increasingly difficult. 11 when
homeless individuals manage to find a 12 that will give them three meals a day and a place to sleep at night,
a good number still spend the bulk of each day 13 the street. Part of the problem is that many homeless
adults are addicted to alcohol or drugs. And a significant number of the homeless have serious mental disorders.
Many others, 14 not addicted or mentally ill, simply lack the everyday 15 skills need to turn their
lives 16 . Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are 17
programs that address the many needs of the homeless. 18 Edward Zlotkowski, director munity
service at Bentley College in Massachusetts, 19 it, “There has to be 20 of programs. What’s need is a
package deal.”
1. [A] Indeed [B] Likewise [C] Therefore [D] Furthermore
2. [A] stand [B] cope [C] approve [D] retain
3. [A] in [B] for [C] with [D] toward
4. [A] raise [B] add [C] take [D] keep
5. [A] Generally [B] Almost [C] Hardly [D] Not
6. [A] cover [B] change [C] range [D] differ
7. [A] no