10．Amiya Olden could have been a poster child for a reading crisis that affects nearly 2 million Michigan residents older than 1 6：They read below a sixth-grade level，which makes it difficult to find jobs and to improve their lives．Among them，Amiya is one．
Amiya Olden remembers well the day she graduated from Denby High sch001．She handed her diploma to her mother，who read it to her．"Then when someone asked me to read it，I could remember the things she read，and I knew what I had to say，"recalled Amiya Olden．"When we would go out to restaurants with my aunts，and that，S when I really would get upset．1 would see words on the menu but I couldn，t read!"
But don‘t feel sorry for herI She changed her life by reaching a point where shel d read enough．Two summers ago，she took charge of her life when she walked into Pro Literacy Detroit to improve her reading．Nineteen months ago，she was reading at a second-grade level；now at a fifth-grade level．
Olden now splits her days between her classes at Pro Literacy and the library，where she checks out books and reads them．She says she hopes her improved reading skills will help her find a good job．
And she has advice for others，who have trouble reading．
"Don't give up on it，"she said．"Even though it can be challenging and you might get frustrated sometimes，practice does help．If you really want to be able to go somewhere，go out to a restaurant and you have to read signs and things like that，you want to know what you want to eat and where you want to go…If you want to succeed in life and grow，you have to read．More important，you have to feel confident that you can．"
56．Amiya'mother read the diploma to her so thatB．
A．she could encourage her daughter to improve her reading
B．her daughter could remember the content of the diploma
C．they both could remember the particular moment
D．she could show off before her daughter
57．Amiya attends Pro Literacy Detroit toB．
A．get another diploma
B．improve her reading level
C．find a good job in the training center
D．be a poster child for the reading crisis
58．From the passage we can see in MichiganA．
A．many people can't find good jobs due to poor reading
B．the job market pays too much attention to reading
C．most students can't graduate from high school
D．the reading crisis affects only poor people
59．Which of the following is true of Amiya？D
A．She is 16 years old now．
B．A good job has been offered to her．
C．She is an adviser for those with reading difficulty．
D．Most of her time is divided between her classes and the library．
60．With the study at Pro Literacy，Amiya is nowC．
A．puzzled B．discouraged C．confident D．1earned．
分析 文章主要講述密歇根州存在的一個社會問題：16歲以上的孩子在閱讀方面存在很大障礙，畢業(yè)后找不到好工作．
解答 56．B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．從第二段第三句Olden說的話可知，由于閱讀能力低下，她不得不讓她的母親給她讀畢業(yè)證上的字以便她記住內(nèi)容．
57．B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．從第三段第三句Two summers ago，she took charge of her life when she walked into Pro-Literacy Detroit to improve her reading．可知，她去這個學(xué)校是為了提高自己的閱讀水平．
58．A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．從第一段可知，密歇根州很多16歲以上的孩子因?yàn)殚喿x能力太差而找不到好工作．
59．D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．從第四段第一句Olden now splits her days between her classes at Pro Literacy and the library可知她大部分時間都是在上課或在圖書館，故D項(xiàng)正確．
60．C 推理判斷題．從最后一段Amiya的話尤其是最后一句More importantly，you have to feel confident that you can可知Amiya現(xiàn)在很自信．
點(diǎn)評 閱讀理解題測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系，對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點(diǎn)理論，對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋．考生首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點(diǎn)．
