I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer last surnmen The training
I received, though excellent, did not tell me how it was to work with a real student, however. When I began to discover what other people's lives were like because they could not read, I realized the true importance of reading.
My first student Marie was a 44-year-old single mother of three. In the first lesson, I found out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she didn't know which bus to take. When I told her I would get her a bus schedule, she told me it would not help because she could not  read it. She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket,because she couldn't always remember what she needed. Since she did not know words, she could not write out a shopping list. Also, she could only recognize items by sight, so if the product had a different label, she would not recognize it as the product she wanted.
As we worked together, learning how to read built Marie's self-confidence,which encouraged her to continue her studies. She began to make rapid progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarketelt. After this successful trip, she reported how self-confident she felt. At the end of the program, she began helping her youngest son,Tony, a shy first grader with his reading. She sat with him before he went to sleep and together they would read bedtime stories. When his eyes became wide with excitement as she read, pride was written all over her face. As she described this experience, I was proud of myself as well. I found that helping Marie to build her self-confidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done before.
As a literacy volunteer, I learned a great deal about teaching and helping others. In fact, I may have learned more from the experience than Marie did

  1. 1.

    What did the author do last summer?

    1. A.
      She worked in the supermarket
    2. B.
      She helped someone to learn to read
    3. C.
      She gave single mothers the help they needed
    4. D.
      She went to a training program to help a literacy volunteer
  2. 2.

    Why didn’t Marie go to the supermarket by bus at first?

    1. A.
      Because she liked to walk to the supermarket
    2. B.
      Because she lived far away from the bus stop
    3. C.
      Because she couldn’t afford the bus ticket
    4. D.
      Because she couldn’t find the right bus
  3. 3.

    How did Marie use to find the goods she wanted in the supermarket?

    1. A.
      She knew where the goods were in the supermarket
    2. B.
      She asked others to take her to the right place
    3. C.
      She managed to find the goods by their looks
    4. D.
      She remembered the names of the goods
  4. 4.

    What did the writer think of her work as a literacy volunteer?

    1. A.
      Interesting
    2. B.
      Meaningful
    3. C.
      Tiring
    4. D.
      Touching
BDCB
試題分析:文章敘述了作者去年夏天的一段經(jīng)歷。當(dāng)時(shí),作者參加了一項(xiàng)培訓(xùn),并成為了一名掃盲志愿者。在幫助一位44歲的單身母親學(xué)習(xí)的過程中,作者收獲頗多。
1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章的第一段和最后一段內(nèi)容可以看出作者在暑假期間參加了一項(xiàng)培訓(xùn),成了一名掃盲志愿者,并最終成功地幫助了一位不識(shí)字的單身母親學(xué)會(huì)了閱讀。文章的主體就是敘述作者是如何幫助那位母親(學(xué)會(huì)閱讀)選B。
2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第二句的提示可知,Marie 步行去超市是因?yàn)樗恢雷穆饭卉。故答案為D項(xiàng)。
3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句可知,Marie以前不識(shí)字,到超市購物只能看物品的外觀。選C。
4.推理判斷題。由文章最后一段可知,作為掃盲志愿者,作者從教學(xué)和助人的過程中學(xué)到了很多,因此作者認(rèn)為做一名掃盲志愿者是很有意義的。選B。
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