2008考研英语全题型高分强化教程十五(1)

　　Directions:

　　In the follow***g art***le, so*** sentences h**e been remov***. F*** Questions 1~5, choose the most suitable o*** from the ***st A~G *** fit ****** each of the number*** blanks. There are two extra cho***es wh***h do not fit *** any of the gaps.

　　In 1996, the Personal Responsibi***ty and W***k Opp***tunity Re***nci***ation Act was enact*** with the ***al of promot***g the e***nom*** self-suff***iency of fami***es by tran***ion***g them from pub***c assistance ****** the w***k f***ce as early as feasible.

　　1.________________ The PRWORA stat*** that by fiscal year 2002 states must h**e 50% of their caseload engag*** *** 30 hours per week of w***k acti***ties such as paid employ***nt, job tra******g, *** volunteer w***k. Subsequent legislation ***nt***u*** the program by expand***g the percentage of recipients requir*** *** w***k *** 70% and ***creas*** the requir*** number of hours of w***k acti***ty per week *** 40, ***clud***g at least 24 hours of actual w***k.

　　2. ________________ Unf***tunately, there are still ***d***ations that a large prop***tion of recipients are unable *** ga*** employ***nt and frequently cycle between w***k and welfare. The changes set f***th by the PRWORA h**e f***c*** researchers, po***cymakers, and f***eral adm***istra***rs *** analyze the employabi***ty of recipients rema******g on the rolls and *** exam***e the many fac***rs that can impact a recipients' abi***ty *** move from welfare *** w***k. These fac***rs often ***clude levels of ***ucation, job experience, ***ntal and phys***al hea***h status, and a***ess *** ********* ser***ces such as childcare subsidies and transp***tation.

　　3._________________ The ***terature that does exist on the ***p*** has rep***t*** ******nsistent ***nclusions.

　　4._________________ Another study exam******g wo***n le*****g welfare f*** employ***nt and wo***n rema******g on welfare found no differences *** emotional supp***t between the two groups .

　　5.__________________ In fact, e***dence suggests that drug use can effect and be affect*** by both social supp***t and employ***nt. It is unknown, however, how the use of drugs may impact this relationship among TANF recipients. In this paper, we build on the current ***terature by exam******g the extent *** wh***h social ***tw***k fac***rs ***fluence employ***nt among both drug-us***g and nondrug-us***g TANF-recei***ng wo***n.

　　[A] A large body of research ***d***ates that po***ive social supp***t and adequate social ***tw***ks are imp***tant *** the employ***nt process.

　　[B] Temp***ary Assistance f*** Ne***y Fami***es recipients are now under a w***k require***nt and a five-year ***fe-ti*** ***mit on cash be***fits.

　　[C] While there is ***nsiderable research on the role of social relationships *** the ***ves of wo***n, *** our knowl***ge few studies h**e focus*** on the extent *** wh***h social supp***t may ***fluence employ***nt among welfare-recei***ng wo***n.

　　[D] Early rep***ts suggest that welfare ref***m is h*****g the desir*** effect on welfare caseloads.

　　[E] Drug use may play a substantive role *** the association between social supp***t and employ***nt.

　　[F] Whereas o*** study found that welfare recipients were m***e ***kely *** be w***k***g if they receiv*** frequent supp***t from their ***tw***ks.

　　[G] Social supp***t has been def****** as ***f***mation that prompts the ***di***dual *** be***eve that he （*** she） is car*** f*** and lov*** esteemd valu*** and a ***mber of a ***tw***k of ***mmon and mutual ob***gation.