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Until the 1980s, the American homeless population was made up of mainly older males. Today, homelessness strikes much younger part of the society. In fact, a 25-city survey by the US Conference of Mayors in 2013 found that families with children made up the fastest growing part of the homeless population. Many homeless children gather in inner cities; this changeable and frequently frightened student population creates additional problems—both legal and educational—for already overburdened urban school officials and teachers.

Estimates (估計) of the number of homeless Americans range from 350,000 to three million. Moreover, estimates of the number of homeless school children vary extremely. A US Department of Education report, based on state estimates, shows 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 (拋棄) 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, included a section that pointed out the educational needs of homeless children. The educational provisions (條款) of the McKinney Act were based on the belief that all homeless children had the right to a free, good education.

1. The National Coalition for the homeless believes that the number of homeless children is about ＿＿＿ .

A. 110,000 B. 350,000

C. 440,000 D. 1,500,000

2. One part of the homeless population is difficult to estimate. The reason might well be ＿＿＿ .

A. the homeless children are too young

B. the homeless population is growing rapidly

C. the homeless children usually stay outside school

D. some homeless children are cast away by their families

3. The McKinney Act is mentioned in this passage in order to show that ＿＿＿ .

A. the educational problems of homeless children are being recognized

B. the estimates on homeless children are hard to determine

C. the address of grade-school children should be located

D. all homeless people have the right to get free education

4. The passage mainly deals with ＿＿＿ .

A. the social status of older males

B. estimates on the homeless population

C. the legal problems of the homeless children

D. the educational problems of homeless children

B

Crossroads International

How does Crossroads work?

Crossroads is a resource network. We take goods Hong Kong doesnt want and give them to people who badly need them. We collect those goods and give them out in the welfare arena (福利院) in Hong Kong, Mainland China, elsewhere in Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa. So Crossroads is just that: a Crossroads between need and resource.

Who do we help?

The welfare agencies we help do not run on large budgets (預(yù)算). They are grass-root groups who have seen a need and tried to meet it. They cant get the job done without back-up, so our task is to help them do their task. Our warehouse is full of goods, from computers to high chairs, clothing to books to medical things, cupboards to dining sets. They send us a list of their needs and we try to match it with the resource we have in stock.

How do we operate?

Crossroads itself also operates on a low budget. We do not buy the goods we send. They are donated. Similarly, rather than raising funds for transportation, we ask transport companies to donate their services. Nobody in our organization receives a salary. Even our full-time staff works on a voluntary basis.

Those that donate goods and services:

?Factories ?Manufacturers ?Hospitals

?Hotels ?Householders ?Offices

?Other Charities ?Transport Companies

?Educational Institutions

One resource that we are always in need of is people. While we receive large quantities of goods and there is never a short supply of requests for them, we are always in need of hands to help sort and prepare them for shipping.

What can I do?

We are always in need of people. We have a lot of tasks. If you are volunteering regularly, we can offer work in some of the following categories, some of the time. You are welcome to number your top three choices and we will do our best to accommodate them.

?Sewing ?Clothing categorization

?Furniture handling ?Toy categorization

?Driving ?Book categorization

?Office work ?Household goods categorization

?Book keeping ?Electrical goods categorization

?Fund-raising ?Stationery categorization

?Medical categorization

Where to find us?

All volunteer work is done at our warehouse:

Located in Basement Zone M of the Kai Tak Government Building

Our warehouse hours: Tues.-Sat. 10:00 am-5:30 pm

Postal address: 16 Man Tong, Silvermine Bay, Lantau Island, HK

Office details: Ph: 2984 9309, 2740 9657

Fax: 2984 7452

Email: 106122.2524@compuserve.com

5. Crossroads International is ＿＿＿ .

A. a welfare agency

B. a place to store goods donated

C. an organization run by the government

D. an organization to collect goods for those who need them

6. People in poor areas cant get help from the Crossroads if they need ＿＿＿ .

A. toys and books

B. fresh water and food

C. furniture and computers

D. clothes and washing machines

7. We can conclude about Crossroads that ＿＿＿ .

A. it doesnt give goods directly to the people who need them

B. you can do whatever you like if you offer help at it

C. people who work at it get low pay from it

D. it has collected more goods than needed

8. The purpose of this passage is mainly to ＿＿＿ .

A. call on people to donate more goods

B. tell people what Crossroads can provide

C. look for volunteers to work for Crossroads

D. let people know what Crossroads International is

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1. After being ＿＿＿＿ with our evidence, the other side had to back down.

2. The camels could no more be ＿＿＿＿ than the sand in the seashore.

3. He is a very ＿＿＿＿ young man, certain of his own abilities and eager to make a difference in the world.

4. They ＿＿＿＿ with one another about how to solve the mathematical problem.

5. People kept in ＿＿＿＿ with their friends and relatives far away mainly by letter at that time.

6. He kept silent, eating just silently as though everything tasted ＿＿＿＿ .

7. I behaved badly yesterday and I am ＿＿＿＿ of myself now.

8. It offers ＿＿＿＿ service to its clients, creates forever and pursues excellence.

1. 我很遺憾必須離開這個城市，但我會跟所有朋友保持聯(lián)系。

2. 你不記得以前見過那個女生嗎?

3. 做完練習(xí)以后，我們繼續(xù)學(xué)習(xí)了下一模塊的單詞。（用動詞ing形式的完成式）

4. 既不懂當(dāng)?shù)卣Z言，又沒有朋友在這個國家，他覺得找份工作是不可能的。

1. Anyone who has spent time with children knew the difference in the way boys and girls respond to ＿＿＿ situations.

A. similar B. likely

C. same D. alike

2. I really regret ＿＿＿ to you, but at that time, I had no choice but ＿＿＿ .

A. to tell a lie; do so B. telling a lie; to do so

C. tell a lie; to do so D. telling a lie; do so

3. — Robert is indeed a wise man.

— Oh, yes. How often I have regretted ＿＿＿ his advice!

A. to take B. taking

C. not to take D. not taking

4. ＿＿＿ to reach them on the phone, we sent an e-mail instead.

A. Failing B. Failed

C. To fail D. Having failed

5. The engine of the plane was out of order and the thunderstorm ＿＿＿ the helplessness of the pilot.

A. made up B. led to

C. added to D. got through

6. ＿＿＿ many times, he finally understood how it worked and what could be achieved with it.

A. Told B. Telling

C. Having told D. Having been told

7. — The light in the office is still on.

— Oh, I forgot ＿＿＿ .

A. turning it off B. turn it off

C. to turn it off D. having turned it off

8. She reached the top of the hill and stopped ＿＿＿ on a big rock.

A. to have rested B. resting

C. to rest D. rest

9. ＿＿＿ , Mr Wang couldnt enter his house.

A. Lost the key B. Losing the key

C. Since the key has lost D. Having lost the key

10. It is reported that women ＿＿＿ only 30% of the work force.

A. fill up B. set up

C. make up D. bring up

My wife and I had just finished the 150-mile trip home from our daughters college. It was the first time in our lives that we would 1 for any length of time. We wondered how other people had 2 it.

Later in bed, I 3 the time I started college. My father had driven me, too. My mother had to stay home to 4 the cattle from getting into the crops. I, the fourth in a line of brothers, was the first to 5 college.

The truck was slow, and I was 6 . I didnt want to get to the city too soon. I shook hands with my father in the truck and he didnt say a word. But I knew he was going to make a little 7 . He finally said, “I never went to college and 8 of your brothers did. I cant say dont do this or that, because everything is 9 and I dont know what is going to come up, but I think things will 10 out. When you get a job, be sure to be honest and work hard.” I knew that soon I would be 11 in the big city and I would be 12 the life home. Then my father brought 13 the Bible (圣經(jīng)) that he had read so often. I knew that he would miss it but I must 14 it. He just said, “This can help you 15 you will let it.”

When I finished school I took the Bible back to my father. But he said he wanted me to 16 it.

Now, too late, I remember. It would have been so 17 to give it to my 18 when she got out of the car. But I didnt. My father could give me only a Bible, but I dont really believe now that I gave her half as 19 as my father gave me. So the next morning I 20 up the book and sent it to her. I wrote a note. “This can help you,” I said, “if you will let it.”

1. A. worry B. separate C. stay D. travel

2. A. left B. stood C. enjoyed D. tried

3. A. wasted B. spent C. remembered D. killed

4. A. defend B. stop C. keep D. protect

5. A. graduate from B. go away to

C. keep out of D. come out of

6. A. serious B. anxious C. glad D. lively

7. A. speech B. living C. promise D. progress

8. A. some B. one C. none D. all

9. A. impossible B. different C. difficult D. favorite

10. A. work B. burst C. hold D. break

11. A. happy B. alone C. free D. lost

12. A. forgetting B. spending C. missing D. living

13. A. about B. out C. up D. down

14. A. refuse B. trust C. follow D. take

15. A. if B. unless C. but D. though

16. A. post B. return C. keep D. sell

17. A. nice B. bad C. impolite D. strange

18. A. father B. son C. wife D. daughter

19. A. much B. many C. far D. good

20. A. set B. turned C. gave D. packed