2006年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学统一考试英语试题(附答案).pdf

NBF 辅导，真正为考研人着想的辅导! 2006 年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学统一考试英语试题 (NBF 真题计划：公共课最准，专业课最全!) 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 governments 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 number 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 become 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 needed to turn their lives (16)___. Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are (17)