Question

【題目】Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope for the future but with no real idea of what I wanted to do. My degree, with honors, in English literature had not really prepared me for anything practical. I knew I wanted to make a difference in the world somehow, 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 volunteer 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. Neither did my family.

Eventually, however, I won the support of my family, and I sent in all the paperwork needed for the application. 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 the duty. I would be going to a small village near Abuja, Nigeria. Where? What? Nigeria? I had no idea. But I was about to find out.

After completing my training, I was sent to the village that was small and desperately in need of proper accommodation. 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 local 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】According to the 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

【2】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

【3】On arrival at the village, the author was

A. asked to lead a farming team

B. sent to teach in a schoolhouse

C. received warmly by local villagers

D. arranged to live in a separate house.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

試題分析:本文是一篇記敘文。敘述了作者在尼日利亞當(dāng)志愿者的故事。作者大學(xué)畢業(yè)后，報(bào)名參加了燈塔項(xiàng)目活動(dòng)，經(jīng)過激烈的競爭，他被選中了。然后，他被拍到尼日利亞的一個(gè)村莊。他一到達(dá)那兒就開始帶領(lǐng)當(dāng)?shù)厝私ㄐＩ�，然后第二年在那所學(xué)校教書。他在尼日利亞學(xué)到很多東西，他所以說燈塔項(xiàng)目永遠(yuǎn)改變了他的生活。

【1】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)In short, I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly. Neither did my family.可知作者沒有決定好參加這個(gè)志愿者活動(dòng)，我的家人也不贊同，說明我和家人商量過了，故選A。

【2】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)After countless interviews and presentations, 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，成功地許多應(yīng)聘者中脫穎而出，故推斷競爭對(duì)手多，他面對(duì)來自對(duì)手的強(qiáng)大競爭，故選D。

【3】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Though the local villagers were poor, they offered their homes, hearts, and food as if I were their own family. 可知作者到達(dá)那個(gè)村莊后，村民們把他當(dāng)做家庭成員提供給他很多東西，故推斷他受到了熱烈的歡迎。選項(xiàng)A，被要求領(lǐng)導(dǎo)一個(gè)耕作組。根據(jù)I was asked to lead a small team of local people in building a new schoolhouse.可知他被要求領(lǐng)著當(dāng)?shù)厝艘娦Ｉ�，故與原文不符。選項(xiàng)B，他被派到學(xué)校教書。根據(jù)For the next year or so, I taught in that same schoolhouse.可知第二年，他在那所學(xué)校教書，不是一到達(dá)那兒，故排除B項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)D，他被安排住在一個(gè)單獨(dú)的房子里。根據(jù)they offered their homes, hearts, and food as if I were their own family.可知他住在村民家，故選C。