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】本文是一篇记叙文，叙述了作者在尼日利亚当志愿者的故事。作者大学毕业后，报名参加了灯塔项目活动，经过激烈的竞争，他被选中了。他在尼日利亚学到很多东西，所以他说灯塔项目永远改变了他的生活。

B 细节理解题'根据第一段的"My degree, with honours, in English literature had not really prepared me for anything practical."可知作者所学的英语文学专业没有让他为实际生活做好准备，故推断在大学里他学习的主要是理论知识，故选B项。

A 细节理解题。根据第二段中"In short, I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly. Neither did my family."可知作者没有轻易地做这个决定，他的家庭也没有，可知作者与家人商量了这件事，故选A项。

D 推理判断题。根据"After countless interviews and pres?entations, I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone."可知作者在申请成为志愿者的过程中，成功在许多应聘者中脱颖而出，故推断竞争对手多，他面对了来自对手的强大竞争。故选D项。

A 推理判断题。根据"…though I did not get anywhere with the local language..."可知作者在尼日利亚期间，由

于语言的障碍没去任何地方，故推断他很难适应当地的文化。故选A。