【SocialworkerCathyHeyingnoticedagrowingtendencyamongthehomelessandunemployedpeoplesheservedfornearlyadecadeatSt.Stephen'sCatholicChurchinMinneapolis."Atleasttwiceaweek,someonewouldmentioncartroubleasareas】
SocialworkerCathyHeyingnoticedagrowingtendencyamongthehomelessandunemployedpeoplesheservedfornearlyadecadeatSt.Stephen'sCatholicChurchinMinneapolis."Atleasttwiceaweek,someonewouldmentioncartroubleasareasonformissingajobinterviewornotgettingthekidstodaycare,"saysCathy,44."IthoughtifIcouldoffercarrepairs,Icouldpreventtheseproblems."SoinDecember2012,withlittlemoreautomotiveexperiencethanmakingsmallchangestoimproveherownmotorcycle,Cathysignedupforamechanics(机械学)program.Aftertwoyearsoftakingafull-timecourse,Cathyobtainedapart-timedegreeinautotechnologyfromDunwoodyCollegeofTechnology.
ThensheopenedtheLift,anonprofitgarageofferingaffordablecarrepairforneedypeople."Ihadnomechanics,novolunteers,andonlyafewtools,"saysCathy.Sheoperatedfromapartlyclosedareainafriend'sgarage.Butshemadeitwork.
OneofCathy'sfirstcustomers,LindaGranger,wasunemployedwhenhersocialworkerreferredhertotheLift.Her20-year-oldpickuptruckhadanewheater,timingbelt,andbrakesfixedbyCathyandavolunteerfor600total,whichLindaispayingoffin20monthlyinstallments.Thesamerepairswouldhavecostatleast$1,800atatypicalgarage.
"There'snowayIcouldhaveaffordeditotherwise,"saysLinda.
"It'sbeenahardjourneyfromsocialworkertomechanic,"saysCathy."Butcomparedwithotherpeople'sstruggles,Ihavenothingtocomplainabout."
21.WhatmotivatesCathyHeyingtoopentheLift?___
A.Thecartroubleofthehomelessandunemployed.
B.Tenyearsofhardworkwithpoorpeoplelikeher.
C.Thegrowingtendencyofmorejobinterviews.
D.Thejoyofgettingthekidstodaycareinhercar.
22.Theunderlined"it"inPara.3mostprobablyrefersto___.
A.apartlyclosedarea
B.afriend'sgarage
C.theLift
D.freecarrepair
23.Linda'sexperiencewasmentionedinthepassagetoshowthat___.
A.Cathyhelpedherfixthetruck
B.theLiftdidmanagetohelptheneedy
C.hertruckdidneedathoroughrepair
D.a