13.When Nancy Lublin got﹩5,000from her great-grandfather,she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off student loans.(16)Instead,the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about the clothing (17)condition faced by most of today's low-income women:"If she goes for a job interview (18)poorly dressed,she won't get the job,"Lublin says."But without a job,she can't (19)affordproper clothing."
A few weeks later,Lublin (20)founded Dress for Success and began searching for clothing and volunteers.She asked women to give away (21)usedbusiness clothes that were (22)still in good condition.She asked the members of diet centers to give away clothes that no longer fit.At first Lublin(23)storedthe clothes in her one-bedroom apartment,but finally she found (24)space in Greenwich Village church basement,which now (25)serves as the organization's main office.
Today,when women arrive at the office for help with job-hunting,they (26)receive
a dress,shoes,a bag,stockings and jewelry,and self-confidence as well.Some are trying to enter the work (27)force after being on welfare for years.
(28)Since Dress for Success fitted its first person who got help a year ago,more than 1,000women have received dresses and many have won(29)jobs.Yarit Polanco was recently(30)hiredas a law-firm office manager."Thanks to Dress for Success,I made a good impression and was accepted,"she says.
Donations are now (31)pouring in,including jewelry and 6,000pairs of trousers and﹩40,000worth of handbags.Broadcast journalists have given suits.And Lublin is opening Dress for Success (32)branchesin other cities."Many women have clothes (33)lying around that they'll never wear again,"says a volunteer."Nancy's (34)idea is simple and practical and the (35)helphas proved so important to those women who are in great need of it."
16.A.Anyway | B.Instead | C.For tunately | D.Meanwhile |
17.A.condition | B.direction | C.design | D.plan |
18.A.poorly | B.well | C.better | D.worse |
19.A.make | B.find | C.wear | D.afford |
20.A.reached | B.called | C.founded | D.visited |
21.A.used | B.needed | C.new | D.torn |
22.A.yet | B.already | C.almost | D.still |
23.A.hid | B.stored | C.discovered | D.hanged |
24.A.space | B.employers | C.work | D.office |
25.A.regards | B.serves | C.looks | D.lies |
26.A.buy | B.sell | C.receive | D.watch |
27.A.office | B.victory | C.wealth | D.force |
28.A.When | B.Once | C.Although | D.Since |
29.A.jobs | B.shoes | C.business | D.prizes |
30.A.fired | B.hired | C.interviewed | D.considered |
31.A.giving | B.pouring | C.showing | D.sending |
32.A.schools | B.trades | C.races | D.branches |
33.A.lying | B.appearing | C.collecting | D.coming |
34.A.promise | B.belief | C.idea | D.opinion |
35.A.help | B.work | C.shop | D.money |