Attitudes　10　homosexuality began to change in the second half of the 20th century.Gays attribute this, in part, to their own struggle for their rights and pride in their orientation.Some large companies now　11　health-care benefits to the life partners of their gay employees.Many cities also have officially appointed lesbian and gay advisory committees.
　　　12　some attitudes have changed, however, prejudice still exists, and in the late 1980s and early 1990s there were considerable shouts against homosexuals, with attempts to 　13　laws forbidding the granting of basic civil rights to gays.
　　The AIDS epidemic,/which started in the 1980s, has devastated the gay community and brought it together as never before.The organized gay response to the lack of government financial support for fighting AIDSand to the needs of the thousands of AIDS victims, reason　14　they be gays or not, has been a model of community action.AIDS, however, has also　15　people with another reason for their prejudice.
　　Exercise:
　　1.a.alikeb.likec.likelyd.liking
　　2.a.loneb.lonelyc.alongd.alone
　　3.a.glareb.observec.glanced.view
　　4.a.condemnedb.condemningc.to condemnd.being condemned
　　5.a.againstb.fromc.ford.of
　　6.a legalb illegalc.resistibled.irresistible
　　7.a.takesb.considersc.regardsd.thinks of
　　8.a.accountb.lookc.fightd.plead
　　9.a.in additionb.thereforec.howeverd.consequently
　　10.a.inb.atc.ford.toward
　　11.a.excludeb includec extendd.intend

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