ThehomelessmakeupagrowingpercentageofAmerica’spopulation.__1__homelessnesshasreachedsuchproportionsthatlocalgovernmentcan’tpossibly__2__.Tohelphomelesspeople__3__independence,thefederalgovernmentmustsupportjobtr ainingprograms,__4__theminimumwage,andfundmorelow-costhousing.
__5__everyoneagreesonthenumbersofAmericanswhoarehomeless.Estimates__6__anywherefrom600,000to3million.__7__thefiguremayvary,analystsdoagreeonanothermatter:thatthenumberofthehomelessis__8__.Oneofthefederalgovernment’sstudies__9__thatthenumberofthehomelesswillreachnearly19millionbytheendofthisdecade.
Findingwaysto__10__thisgrowinghomelesspopulationhasbecomeincreasinglydifficult.__11__whenhomelessindividualsmanagetofinda__12__thatwillgivethemthreemealsadayandaplacetosleepatnight,agoodnumberstillspendthebulkofeachday__13__thestr eet.Partoftheproblemisthatmanyhomelessadultsareaddictedtoalcoholordrugs.Andasignificantnumberofthehomelesshaveseriousmentaldisorders.Manyothers,__14__notaddictedormentallyill,simplylacktheeveryday__15__skillsneedtoturntheirlives__16__.BostonGlobereporterChrisReidynotesthatthesituationwillimproveonlywhenthereare__17__programsthataddressthemanyneedsofthehomeless.__18__EdwardBlotkowsk,directorofcommunityserviceatBentleyCollegeinMassachusetts,__19__it,“Therehastobe__20__ofprograms.Whatweneedisapackagedeal.”
1.___________
[A]Indeed
[B]Likewise
[C]Therefore
[D]Furthermore
正确答案：A
