Gregory Talley used to sleep in a park or under a bridge.The 50-year-old has been homeless for more than 10 years.

“It is hard.It’s hard to live homeless.You filled every day trying to find out wher you are going to get something to eat.If I hadn’t found wonderful Fairfax County Kennedy Shelter，I wouldn’t know wher I would be by now.I might be dead.” Talley said.

The Kennedy Shelter is one of the facilities New Hope Housing provides for homeless people.

Pam Micheli has devoted her life to making the lives of this vulnerable population better as executive director of the non-profit organization.

“I went to Africa in 1985.And I saw a huge amount of poverty，but I saw so much hope.And I decided that I should try to do something that would bring hope to people.”Michell said.

When Michell began working with New Hope Housing 25 years ago，its three shelters had about 80 beds.Now，it has 350 beds and serves about 1，500 homeless people every year.She has expanded the program beyond just providing beds for the night.

“We do outreach，we do prevention，we do permanent housing，and we do transitional housing.We have an education program with all sorts of different things to move people to end their homelessness.” she said，“Our Out of Poverty program is not just about money.It’s about you could be spiritually poor…you could be relationship poor，you could be educationally poor.So it is focusing on how you get out of this poverty that has brought you to being homeless.The program tries to teach the shelter residents self-reliance and work values，and includes courses on planning and personal responsibility.”

“I learned I still have opportunities to change it and I can change it，”said shelter resident Lewis Webster.“It is just about going forth in doing necessary work to do it.I mean if you really want better，you would do better and that’s the frame of mind of me now.”

（  ）13.Gregory Talley’s story is told at the beginning of the text to______.

A.tell readers the situation for the poor in the US is getting worse

B.introduce a non-profit organization that is trying to help the poor in the US

C.disclose the truth that more and more homeless people are dying from hunger

D.remind readers that the homeless people in the US have no trouble getting food

13.B【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段“If I hadn’t found wonderful Fairfax County Kennedy Shelter，I wouldn’t know wher I would be by now.I might be dead.”可知，文章開始介紹Gregory Talley的故事是為了介紹一個(gè)努力幫助別人的美國(guó)非營(yíng)利組織。故選B。

（  ）14.According to Paragraph 6，Pam Michell started to bring hope to the homeless by_____.

A.providing clothes for them

B.offering food for them

C.building new houses for them

D.offering them shelters for the night

14.D【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第六段最后一句“She has expanded the program beyond just providing beds for the night.”可知，Pam Michell開始只是給無家可歸的人提供夜晚的住宿。故選D。

（  ）15.What is the final purpose of the education program？

A.To tell the homeless people the ways to make money.

B.To help the homeless people find the causes of their poverty.

C.To encourage the homeless to work and rely on themselves.

D.To teach the poor how to live a better life in the shelters.

15.C【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句“The program tries to teach the shelter residents self-reliance and work values，and includes courses on planning and personal responsibility.”可知，這個(gè)教育項(xiàng)目最終的目的是鼓勵(lì)無家可歸的人工作和獨(dú)立。故選C。

（  ）16.What may be the best title for the text？

A.Comfort in the Kennedy Shelter

B.Ways to Achieve Success

C.An Opportunity to Fight Homelessness

D.An Organization to End Homelessness

16.D【解析】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第三段“The Kennedy Shelter is one of the facilities New Hope Housing provides for homeless people.”可知，文章主要介紹美國(guó)非營(yíng)利組織Fairfax County Kennedy Shelter，幫助無家可歸者結(jié)束流浪生活。故選D。

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