三、完形填空(共15小题;每题2分，共30分。)

　　通读下面的短文，掌握其大意。然后，从每小题的四个选择项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳

　　选项。

　　In nearly every town or city centre in the UK，on most days of the week you can find one or more pe0-pie standing in the street selling a magazine 2 1 The Big Issue.These people are all 22 ，but they are not begging for money.23 ，they are selling the magazine as a means(手段)of 24 a small but respectable living.

　　The Big Issue magazine was 25 in 1991 by Jon Bird and Gordon Roddick after they 26 that there were many homeless people who were 27 0n the streets of London.On a previous(之前的) 28 to New York，one of them had seen homeless people selling a newspaper known as Street News 29 they decided to set up something30 in the British capital.

　　Nowadays，The Big Issue has31 all over the UK and there are even different versions(版本)of the magazine in different parts of the 32 .The sellers buy each magazine from the organization for sev-enty pence and then sell it to a 33 for one pound fifty.By working with The Big Issue，many people have been 34 to escape from homelessness，and 35 many of them have moved on to new jobs and new lives.

　　21.A.printed B.spelt C.called D.stuck

　　22.A.healthy B.homeless C.impolite D.single

　　23.A.Instead B.Besides C.Anyhow D.Therefore

　　24.A.changing B.enjoying C.making D.improving

　　25.A.recognized B.started C.found D.written

　　26.A.forgot B.hoped C.saw D.doubted

　　27.A.driving B.1iving C.drawing D.working

　　28.A.visit B.entrance C.way D.flight

　　29.A.or B.but C.for D.and

　　30.A.similar B.personal C.natural D.friendly

　　31.A.broken B.1anded C.spread D.floated

　　32.A.city B.town C.world D.country

　　33.A.reporter B.painter C.1istener D.reader

　　34.A.asked B.helped C.needed D.forced

　　35.A.in the end B.now and then C.all the time D.in a hurry