说到“无家可归者”，你能想到那些相关概念？——老夏考研每日一题（

以下是与“homeless”相关的表达:shelter, wander, street，dependence等等。

老夏考研“每日一题”选自《基督教科学箴言报》文章标题为“The Homeless Are Dying in Record Numbers on the Streets of Los Angeles”（洛杉矶街头无家可归者死亡人数创下纪录）。

今天给的是一个完形题目。能够做对，一定给自己狠狠点赞哟。......

【题目】空缺中的动词应该是 

[A] associated.

[B]identified.

[C] assessed.

[D] neglected.

【试题】

①Deaths have jumped 76% in the past five years, outpacing the growth of the homeless population, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis. ②Health officials and experts have not ________ a single cause for the sharp increase in deaths, but they say rising substance abuse may be a major reason. ③The surge also reflects growth in the number of people who are chronically homeless and those who don't typically use shelters, which means more people are living longer on the streets with serious physical and behavioral health issues, they say. ④“It is a combination of people who are living for a long time in unhealthy situations and who have multiple health problems," said Michael Cousineau, a professor at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. ⑤"It's just a tragedy."

【参考译文】

①Deaths have jumped 76% in the past five years, outpacing the growth of the homeless population, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis. 根据《凯撒健康新闻》(Kaiser Health News)的分析，在过去五年中，死亡人数上升了76%，超过了无家可归人口的增长速度。

②Health officials and experts have not ________ a single cause for the sharp increase in deaths, but they say rising substance abuse may be a major reason. 卫生官员和专家没有________一个死亡人数的大幅增加的单一原因，但他们说增加的药物滥用可能是主要原因。

③The surge also reflects growth in the number of people who are chronically homeless and those who don't typically use shelters, which means more people are living longer on the streets with serious physical and behavioral health issues, they say. 这一激增还反映了长期无家可归者和通常不使用庇护所的人数的增加，这意味着有更多的人由于有严重的身体和行为健康问题而在街上活得更久。

④“It is a combination of people who are living for a long time in unhealthy situations and who have multiple health problems," said Michael Cousineau, a professor at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. Michael Cousineau是南加州大学凯克医学院的教授，他说：“情况错综复杂，既有长期在不健康情况下生活的人还有患多种健康问题的人。”⑤"It's just a tragedy." “那就是个悲剧。”

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