Question

Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope for the future but with no real idea of what I wan?ted to do. My degree, with honours, in English litera?ture had not really prepared me for anything practical. I knew I wanted to make a difference in the world some?how, but I had no idea how to do that. That's when I learned about the Lighthouse Project.

I started my journey as a Lighthouse Project volun?teer by reading as much as I could about the experiences of previous volunteers. I knew it would be a lot of hard work, and that I would be away from my family and friends for a very long time. In short, I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly. Nei?ther did my family.

Eventually, however, I won the support of my family, and I sent in all the paperwork needed for appli?cation. After countless interviews and presentations, I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone. Several months later, I finally received a call asking me to report for duty. I would be going to a small village near Abuja,Nigeria. Where? What? Ni?geria? I had no idea. But I was about to find out.

After completing my training, I was sent to the vil?lage that was small and desperately in need of proper ac?commodation. Though the local villagers were poor, they offered their homes? hearts, and food as if I were their own family. I was asked to lead a small team of lo?cal people in building a new schoolhouse. For the next year or so, I taught in that same schoolhouse. But I sometimes think I learned more from my students than they did from me.

Sometime during that period ， I realized that all those things that had seemed so strange or unusual to me no longer did, though I did not get anywhere with the local language, and I returned to the United States a different man. The Lighthouse Project had changed my life forever.

1.    What do we know about the author?

A.    His dream at university was to become a volun?teer.

B.    His university education focused on theoretical knowledge.

C.    He took pride in having contributed to the world.

D.    He felt honoured to study English literature.

2.    According to Paragraph 2， it is most likely that the author ,

A.    discussed his decision with his family

B.    asked previous volunteers about voluntary work

C.    attended special training to perform difficult tasks

D.    felt sad about having to leave his family and friends

3.    In his application for the volunteer job, the author

A.    participated in many discussions

B.    went through challenging survival tests

C.    wrote quite a few papers on voluntary work

D.    faced strong competition from other candidates

4.    What can we infer from the author's experiences inNigeria?

A.    He found some difficulty adapting to the local culture.

B.    He had learned to communicate in the local lan?guage.

C.    He had overcome all his weaknesses before he left for home.

D.    He was chosen as the most respectable teacher by his students.

Answer 1

【文章大意】本文是一篇記敘文，敘述了作者在尼日利亞當志愿者的故事。作者大學畢業后，報名參加了燈塔項目活動，經過激烈的競爭，他被選中了。他在尼日利亞學到很多東西，所以他說燈塔項目永遠改變了他的生活。

B 細節理解題'根據第一段的"My degree, with honours, in English literature had not really prepared me for anything practical."可知作者所學的英語文學專業沒有讓他為實際生活做好準備，故推斷在大學里他學習的主要是理論知識，故選B項。

A 細節理解題。根據第二段中"In short, I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly. Neither did my family."可知作者沒有輕易地做這個決定，他的家庭也沒有，可知作者與家人商量了這件事，故選A項。

D 推理判斷題。根據"After countless interviews and pres?entations, I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone."可知作者在申請成為志愿者的過程中，成功在許多應聘者中脫穎而出，故推斷競爭對手多，他面對了來自對手的強大競爭。故選D項。

A 推理判斷題。根據"…though I did not get anywhere with the local language..."可知作者在尼日利亞期間，由

于語言的障礙沒去任何地方，故推斷他很難適應當地的文化。故選A。