Question

Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer (掃盲志愿者). The training I received, though excellent, didn't 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 children. 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 couldn't read it. She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket because she couldn't always remember what she needed. 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. She began to make rapid progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket. 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. 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. What did the writer do last summer?

A. She worked in the supermarket.

B. She helped someone to learn to read.

C. She helped some single mothers.

D. She was trained by a literacy volunteer.

2. Why didn't Marie go to the supermarket by bus at first?

A. Because she liked to walk to the supermarket.

B. Because she didn't have a bus schedule.

C. Because she couldn't afford the bus ticket.

D. Because she couldn't find the right bus.

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

A. She knew where the goods were in the supermarket.

B. She asked others to take her to the right place.

C. She managed to find the goods by their looks.

D. She remembered the names of the goods.

4. Which of the statements is TRUE about Marie?

A. She could do many things she had not been able to before.

B. She was able to read stories with the help of her son.

C. She decided to continue her studies in school.

D. She helped to build up my self-confidence.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是去年夏天作者成為了一個掃盲志愿者，去幫助那些沒有知識的人學習如何閱讀。在短文中作者給我們舉了一個例子，在作者的幫助下，Marie從一個文盲變成了一個會閱讀的人，以前她不會做的很多事情，現在都會做了，也有了自信。作者也感覺自己做的這個事情很有意義。

1.細節理解題。根據短文的開頭Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer以及I realized the true importance of reading可知，去年夏天，作者成為了一名掃盲志愿者，幫助人們閱讀。故選B。

2.細節理解題。根據短文第二段中My first student Marie was a 44-year-old single mother of three children. 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.可知，作者的第一個學生叫Marie，她每周要步行兩次去最近的超市，因為她不知道做哪一輛公交車。故選D。

3.細節理解題。根據短文第二段中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.可知，Marie來到超市后，她也經常忘記她要買的東西。她只能通過眼睛記住一些項目，當這個東西的標簽變了的時候，她就辨別不出這是她想要的東西了。故選C。

4.推理判斷題。根據短文第三段的描述可知，在作者的幫助下，Marie有了很大的進步，她能做很多以前不能做的事情了。故A是正確的。根據At the end of the program, she began helping her youngest son, Tony, a shy first grader, with his reading可知B選項不符合文意；C選項的內容在文中并沒有提到；根據I found that helping Marie to build her self-confidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done before.可知D選項的說法正好和文中的內容相反，是作者幫助Marie建立了自信。

考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。