12．Like anyone who lives in a major city．Doniece Sandoval，a successful businessperson，sees homeless people everywhere．Two years ago，when Sandoval，then 51，happened upon a young woman crying uncontrollably under an overpass at the San Francisco Design Center，she stopped to listen．The woman said sadly"I'll never be clean．"Sandoval realized how hard it is for homeless people to clean their own bodies．
Sandoval could have stopped there．She could have written letters to nonprofits（非贏利性組織），or to City Hall，asking someone else to set up more public showers．Instead，she started Lava Mae （Spanish for"wash me"）．It is a nonprofit with a new idea：Take old，unused city buses and retrofit（翻新）them with fully functioning showers for homeless people who can use them for nothing．By early next year，the organization's first retrofitted bus will be taken to the streets of San Francisco．
"The design of our buses was based on discussions with homeless people，"Sandoval said．For example，many homeless women expressed concern for their safety and privacy while showering．As a result，Sandoval and her team designed two separate bathrooms in each bus，one of which is for persons with disabilities．Each room includes not only a shower，but also a toilet，a sink，and a space to store one's things．Each bus will permit around 30people to shower on a given day．Once all the buses are running，they will be able to provide more than 2，000showers per week．
This is not a campaign to"end homelessness"，Sandoval pointed out．Some 10to 15percent of the homeless population is chronically（長期地）so，and a shower won't change that．What a shower will do，though，is enable some of them who have lost their dignity（尊嚴）to retrieve a bit of it，even if only for a few minutes or the few hours that cleanliness lasts．
24．What caused Sandoval to start Lava Mae？C
A．Her success in business．
B．Letters from local nonprofits．
C．The homeless young woman's crying．
D．The rising number of homeless people．
25．What is the purpose of the organization's buses？D
A．Raise money to buy the homeless houses．
B．Provide a place for the homeless to meet．
C．Take the homeless to public showers．
D．Offer free showers to the homeless．
26．What can we say about Sandoval and her team？B
A．They are modest．
B．They are considerate．
C．They are experienced．
D．They are strong-willed．
27．Which of the following can replace the underlined word"retrieve"in the last paragraph？A
A．Get back．B．Think over．
C．Wish for．D．Believe in．
分析 本文寫了Sandoval和她的團隊改裝廢舊汽車讓無家可歸的人洗澡的故事．
解答 24．C 細節(jié)連接題．根據(jù)句中Two years ago，when Sandoval，then 51，happened upon a young woman crying uncontrollably under an overpass at the San Francisco Design Center，she stopped to listen．The woman said sadly"I'll never be clean．"Sandoval realized how hard it is for homeless people to clean their own bodies．可見他聽到一個婦女的哭聲，并從婦女的口中知道無家的人很難洗澡，因此在下文中she started Lava Mae 她建立了Lava Mae，所以答案選C．
25．D 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)句子Sandoval and her team designed two separate bathrooms in each bus．桑多瓦爾和她的團隊設(shè)計的每輛車兩個單獨衛(wèi)生間．所以答案選D．
26．B 推理判斷題．根據(jù)句子Each room includes not only a shower，but also a toilet，a sink，and a space to store one's things．每個房間不僅包括淋浴，還包括衛(wèi)生間、水槽和存放物品的空間．由此可以看出Sandoval和她的團隊考慮的如此周全．所以答案選B．
27．A 詞義猜測題．根據(jù)句子What a shower will do，though，is enable some of them who have lost their dignityto retrieve a bit of it．然而，淋浴能使一些失去尊嚴的人挽回一點尊嚴成為現(xiàn)實．retrievea bit of it，這里的it應(yīng)該是前文中的尊嚴，應(yīng)該是挽回尊嚴的意思，所以答案鉆A．
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