完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When Nancy Lubin got $5,000 from her great-grandfather, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off student loans with it. 36 , the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about the clothing 37 faced by the typical low-income woman:“If she goes for a job interview 38 dressed, she won’t get the job.” Lubin says,“But without a job, she can’t 39 good clothing.”
A few weeks later, Lubin 40 Dress for Success and began searching for clothing and volunteers. She asked women to donate(捐献)used business clothes that were 41 in good condition. She asked members of diet centres to give away clothes that no longer 42. At first Lubin stored the clothes in her one-bedroom apartment. Finally she found 43 in a Greenwich Village church basement(地下室),which now 44 as the organization’s main office.
Today, when women arrive at shelters and job training programmes—they 45 a suit, shoes, a bag, stockings and jewllery, and self-confidence as well. Some are trying to enter the work 46 after being on welfare(福利)for years.
_47 Dress for Seccess helped its first client a year and a half ago, more than 1,000 women have received suits—and many have been given 48 . Yarit Polanco was rencently hired 49 a law-firm office manager. “Because of Dress for Success, I made a good 50 ,”she says.
Donations are now 51 in, including jewellery,6,000 pairs of trousers and 40,000 worth of handbags. Broadcast journalists have given suits. And Lubin, who has put her 52 on hold is opening Dress for Success 53 in other cities.
“So many women have clothes lying around that they’ll never 54 again,”says a volunteer. “Nancy’s _55__ is so simple, yet so important to the women who benefit from it.”
36. A. Anyway B. Instead C. Fortunately D. Meanwhile
A.situation B.shops C.pollution D.position
A.particularly B.easily C.beautifully D.poorly
A.make B.find C.wear D.afford
A.reached B.called C.founded D.built
A.only B.already C.almost D.still
A.demand B.remain C.fit D.need
A.space B.support C.tailors D.methods
A.regards B.serves C.looks D.lies
A.buy B.sell C.receive D.watch
A.office B.industry C.wealth D.force
A.When B.Once C.Although D.Since
A.trousers B.jewels C.jobs D.success
A.as B.for C.to D.into
A.impression B.work C.place D.progress
A.giving B.pouring C.showing D.leading
A.own business B.new project C.law career D.personal time
A.competitions B.trades C.races D.branches
A.wear B.have C.donate D.mind
A.problem B.belief C.idea D.office