阅读理解 A lawyer friend of mine has devoted herself to the service of humanity. Her special area is called "public interest law". Many other lawyers represent only clients who can pay high fees. All lawyers have had expensive and highly specialized training, and they work long, difficult hours for the money they earn. But what happens to people who need legal help and cannot afford to pay these lawyers' fees? Public interest lawyers fill this need. Lisa, like other public interest lawyers, earns a salary much below what some lawyers can earn. Because she is willing to take less money, her clients need the help, even if they can pay nothing at all. Some clients need legal help because stores have cheated them with faulty merchandise. Others are in unsafe apartments, or are threatened with eviction (驱逐，赶出 ) and have no place to go to. Their cases are called "civil" cases. Still others are accused of criminal acts, and seeking those public interest lawyers who handle "criminal" cases. These are just a few of the many situa-tions in which men and women who are public interest lawyers serve to extend justice throughout our society.
单选题 A person who needs and uses legal help is called a__________.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】单词辨析题。由第四段第一句“一些当事人需要法律帮助”可推出需要和使用法律帮助的人是client“当事人”。lawyer“律师”；tenant“佃户，房客”；case worker“个案工作者”，都不对。
单选题 Public interest lawyers serve__________.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】事实细节题。从第三段可以看出，公共利益律师为没有钱付费的人们服务。
单选题 If only the rich could be helped by lawyers, the justice system would be__________.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】推理判断题。由整篇文章推出如果律师们只为有钱人服务，司法体系就是不民主的。
单选题 Public interest law includes__________.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】事实细节题。第四段倒数第二、三句说到了民法案例和刑事案例，所以选C。
单选题 Which of the following is not a matter for civil case?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】事实细节题。我们可使用排除法，第四段说商店出售有毛病的收音机，房客住在危险的房子里，和房客被赶出去都属于民法案例。只有C是说盗贼被逮捕是属于刑事案例。