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__  programs that address the many needs of the homeless.__18__Edward Zlotkowski, director of community service at Bentley College in Massachusetts,__19__it, "There has to be__20__of programs. What's needed is a package deal."

1. [A] Indeed            [B] Likewise          [C] Therefore                 [D] Furthermore
2. [A] stand              [B] cope               [C] approve                   [D] retain
3. [A] in                 [B] for                  [C] with                      [D] toward
4. [A] raise             [B] add                 [C] take                       [D] keep