The homeless make up a growing percentage of America’s population. 【B1】 homelessness has reached such proportions that local gov

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问题     The homeless make up a growing percentage of America’s population. 【B1】 homelessness has reached such proportions that local government can’t possibly 【B2】.To help homeless people 【B3】 independence, the federal government must support job training programs, 【B4】 the minimum wage, and fund more low-cost housing. 【B5】 everyone agrees on the numbers of Americans who are homeless. Estimates 【B6】 anywhere from 600,000 to 3 million. 【B7】 the figure may vary, analysts do agree on another matter: that the number of the homeless is 【B8】 , one of the federal government’s studies 【B9】 that the number of the homeless will reach nearly 19 million by the end of this decade.
    Finding ways to 【B10】 this growing homeless population has become increasingly difficult. 【B11】 when homeless individuals manage to find a 【B12】 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 【B13】 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, 【B14】 not addicted or men tally ill, simply lack the everyday 【B15】 skills needed to turn their lives 【B16】 . Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are 【B17】 programs that address the many needs of the homeless. 【B18】 Edward Blotkowsk, director of community service at Bentley College in Massachusetts, 【B19】 it. "There has to be 【B20】 of programs. What we need is a package deal".

选项 A、Indeed
B、Likewise
C、Therefore
D、Furthermore

答案A

解析 这道题考查对上下文句子关系的把握。无家可归者占美国人口的比例越来越大,_____,无家可归者的比率已经增加到了地方政府都无法应对的地步。这里选Indeed(确实),表示强调关系。注意such在这里隐含强调的意味。
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