Passage 2 ??(江蘇省鹽城中學2007屆高三第三次模擬考試) ?完形填空

When Nancy Lublin got $ 5,000 from her great-grandfather, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off student loans. __36__, the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about the clothing __37__ faced by most of today's low-income women: "If she goes for a job interview __38__ dressed, she won't get the job," Lublin says. "But without a job, she can't __39__ proper clothing."

A few weeks later, Lublin __40__ Dress for Success and began searching for clothing and volunteers. She asked women to give away __41__ business clothes that were ?__42__ in good condition. She asked the members of diet centers to give away clothes that no longer fit. At first Lublin __43__ the clothes in her one-bedroom apartment, but finally she found __44__ in Greenwich Village church basement, which now __45__ as the organization's main office. ? ?

Today, when women arrive at the office for help with job-hunting, they __46__ a dress, shoes, a bag, stockings and jewelry, and self-confidence as well. Some are trying to enter the work __47__ after being on welfare for years.

__48__ Dress for Success fitted its first person who got help a year ago, more than 1,000 women have received dresses and many have won __49__. Yarit Polanco was recently __50__ as a law-firm office manager. "Thanks to Dress for Success, I made a good impression and was accepted," she says. ? ?

Donations are now __51__ in, including jewelry and 6,000 pairs of trousers and $ 40,000 worth of handbags. Broadcast journalists have given suits. And Lublin is opening Dress for Success __52__ in other cities. "Many women have clothes __53__ around that they'll never wear again," says a volunteer. "Nancy's __54__ is simple and practical and the __55__ has proved so important to those women who are in great need of it."

36．A．Anyway ? ? B．Instead ? ? ? C．Fortunately ? ? ?D．Meanwhile

37．A．condition ? B．direction ? ? ?C．design ? ? ? ? ? D．plan

38．A．poorly ? ? B．well ? ? ? ? ?C．better ? ? ? ? ? D．worse

39．A．make ? ? ? B．find ? ? ? ? ?C．wear ? ? ? ? ? D．a(chǎn)fford

40．A．reached ? ?B．called ? ? ? ?C．founded ? ? ? ? ?D．visited

41．A．used ? ? ? B．needed ? ? ? ?C．new ? ? ? ? ? ?D．torn

42．A．yet ? ? ? ?B．a(chǎn)lready ? ? ? C．a(chǎn)lmost ? ? ? ? ? D．still

43．A．hid ? ? ? ?B．stored ? ? ? ?C．discovered ? ? ? D．hanged

44．A．space ? ? ?B．employers ? ? C．work ? ? ? ? ? ? D．office

45．A．regards ? ?B．serves ? ? ? ?C．looks ? ? ? ? ? ?D．lies

46．A．buy ? ? ? ?B．sell ? ? ? ? ?C．receive ? ? ? ? ?D．watch

47．A．office ? ? ?B．victory ? ? ? C．wealth ? ? ? ? ? D．force

48．A．When ? ? ? B．Once ? ? ? ?C．Although ? ? ? ? D．Since

49．A．jobs ? ? ? B．shoes ? ? ? ? C．business ? ? ? ? D．prizes

50．A．fired ? ? ?B．hired ? ? ? ? C．interviewed ? ? ? D．considered

51．A．giving ? ? B．pouring ? ? ? C．showing ? ? ? ? ?D．sending

52．A．schools ? ?B．trades ? ? ? ?C．races ? ? ? ? ? ?D．branches

53．A．lying ? ? ?B．a(chǎn)ppearing ? ? C．collecting ? ? ? D．coming

54．A．promise ? ?B．belief ? ? ? ?C．idea ? ? ? ? ? ? D．opinion

55．A．help ? ? ? B．work ? ? ? ? ?C．shop ? ? ? ? ? ? D．money

答案 ?36.D ? 37.A ?38.A ?39.D ?40.C ?41.A ?42.D ?43.B ?44.A ?45.B ?46.C ?47.D ?48.D ?49.A ?50.B ?51.B ?52.D ?53.DA ?54.C ?55.A