Homosexuals（同性恋者）

Many homosexualsprefer to be called gay or,for woman,lesbian.Most of them live quiet livesjust______(51)anyone else.Some gay people have always raised

children,______(52)orwith partners,and the use of artificial insemination（人工受精）is increasing among lesbians.

Gay persons are inevery kind of job.Some are very open about their homosexuality,and some aremore private.Some______(53)their sexual orientation as a biological given

and others as achoice.For those women who see it as a choice,one reason often given is theinequality in most heterosexual（异性恋的）relationships.

Homosexuality hasbeen common in most cultures throughout history and generally______ (54).As aresult,homosexual activity became a crime,______(55)which the penalty

in early courts wasdeath.Homosexual behavior is still______(56)in many countries and the United States.

Homosexuality latercame to be viewed widely as less a sin than a sickness,but now no mentalhealthprofessional（具有专业资格的人）anylonger ______ (57)

homosexuality anillness. More recent theories to______(58)for homosexuality have included thosebased on biological and sociological factors.To date.______(59),there is

no conclusivegeneral theory that can explain the cause of homosexuality.

Attitudes______(60)homosexualitybegan to change in the second half of the 20th century. Gays attribute this,inpart,to their own struggle for their rights and pride in their

orientation. Somelarge companies now______(61)health-care benefits to the life partners of theirgay employees. Many cities also have officially appointed lesbian and gay

advisory（咨询的）committees.______(62)someattitudes have changed,however,prejudice（偏见）stillexists,and in the late 1980s and early 1990s,there were

considerable shoutsagainst homosexuals,with attempt to ______(63)laws forbidding the granting ofbasic civil rights to gays.

The AIDSepidemic,which started in the 1980s,has devastated（毁坏）the gay community and brought ittogether as never before,The organized gay response to the lack of

government financialsupport for fighting AIDS and to the needs of the thousands of AIDSvictim______(64)they be gays or not,has been a model of community

action.AIDS,however,hasalso______(65)people with another reason for their prejudice._________(64)

A.whatever

B.however

C.whenever

D.whether