37.(单选题)The government has failed to deal with the _ of homelessness.A. sandalB. screenC. scandalD. scatter

本题考查对形似单词词义的辨析。解题思路是先先明确题干的语境和大致意思，然后依次分析每个选项选项单词的含义，看哪个能使句子通顺合理。。

• A选项：“sandal”的意思是“凉鞋；檀香”。将其代入句子中，“The government has failed to deal with the sandal of homelessness.” 表达的意思不符合逻辑，政府处理的不是“凉鞋”或“檀香”与无家可归的关系，所以A选项不正确。
• B选项：“screen”常见含义为“屏幕；屏风；掩护”。“The government has failed to deal with the screen of homelessness.” 此句语义不通，政府不会去处理“屏幕”“屏风”与无家可归的关联，所以B选项错误。
• C选项：“scandal”意为“丑闻；丑事；令人愤慨的事”。“The government has failed to deal with the scandal of homelessness.” 表示政府未能处理好无家可归这一令人愤慨的事，语义通顺合理，所以C选项正确。
• D选项：“scatter”是动词，意为“撒播；驱散；散布”。而题干中需要的是一个名词，所以D选项不符合要求。