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】细节理解题。根据第二段“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，文章开始介绍Gregory Talley的故事是为了介绍一个努力帮助别人的美国非营利组织。故选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】细节理解题。根据第六段最后一句“She has expanded the program beyond just providing beds for the night.”可知，Pam Michell开始只是给无家可归的人提供夜晚的住宿。故选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】细节理解题。根据倒数第二段最后一句“The program tries to teach the shelter residents self-reliance and work values，and includes courses on planning and personal responsibility.”可知，这个教育项目最终的目的是鼓励无家可归的人工作和独立。故选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】主旨大意题。根据第三段“The Kennedy Shelter is one of the facilities New Hope Housing provides for homeless people.”可知，文章主要介绍美国非营利组织Fairfax County Kennedy Shelter，帮助无家可归者结束流浪生活。故选D。