A.Flowers.B.Trees.C.Cows and sheepD.Wheat, barely and vegetables.
A. Flowers.
B. Trees.
Cows and sheep
D. Wheat, barely and vegetables.
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The homeless make up a growing percentage of America’s population. 【C1】______ homelessness has reached such proportions that local governments can’t possibly 【C2】______ . To help homeless people 【C3】______ independence, the federal government must support job training programs 【C4】______ the minimum wage, and fund more low-cost housing.
【C5】______ everyone agrees on the number of Americans who are homeless. Estimates 【C6】______ anywhere from 600,000 to 3 million. 【C7】______ the figure may vary, analysts do agree on another matter: that the number of the homeless is 【C8】______ . One of the federal government’s studies 【C9】______ that the number of the homeless will reach nearly 19 million by the end of this decade.
Finding ways to 【C10】______ this growing homeless population has become increasingly difficult. 【C11】______ when homeless individuals manage to find a 【C12】______ 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 【C13】______ the street. Part of the problem is that many homeless adults are addicted to alcohol or drags. And a significant number of the homeless have serious mental disorders. Many others 【C14】______ not addicted or mentally ill, simply lack the everyday 【C15】______ skills needed to mm their lives 【C16】______ Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are 【C17】______ programs that address the many needs of the homeless. 【C18】______ Edward Zlotkowski, director of community service at Bentley College in Massachusetts, 【C19】______ it, "Them has to be 【C20】______ of programs. What’s needed is a package deal."
【C1】
A. Indeed
B. Likewise
C. Therefore
D. Furthermore
听力原文: Armenia's president has declared 3 days of mourning for the country's slain prime minister and 7 others killed by gunmen who stormed the parliament building Wednesday. President Robert Kocharian says the mourning period will run through Sunday when the victims will be buried. The gunmen released their hostages and surrendered Thursday after the president promised them personal safety and a fair trial. The Defense Ministry has demanded the ouster of top law enforcement officials over the incident.
The mourning period starts from ______.
A. Wednesday
B. Thursday
C. Friday
D. Sunday
听力原文: The infant mortality rate in China has declined notably since the beginning of the 1990s, according to China's new white paper on children's conditions. The average decrease in infant mortality in the country is 5 percent a year since 1990. The mortality rate of children under five years old has been tailing off by 5.85 percent annually, the white paper says. The white paper, entitled "The Situation of children in China" and issued by the Information Office of the State Council says that so far, no other country in the world with an annual per capita income approximate to China's has attained such rapid decreases.
The percentage of the annual decrease in infant mortality rate since 1990 is
A. 6.5.
B. 5.85.
C. 5.
D. 19.
Why did the United States President dismiss the Bosnian Serb referendum?
A. To delay the military action.
B. To reject the Vance Owen plan.
C. To destroy its elaborate ethnic quiet.
D. To press reluctant Europeans for military action.