Question

Last summer I went through a training program and became a volunteer teaching people how to read. When I what other people’s lives were like because they could not read, I began to realize the true 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 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 once she got to the supermarket because she couldn’t always the things that she really needed. she did not know words, she could not write out a shopping list. Also, she could only items by sight.

We worked hard together, learning how to build Marie’s , which encouraged her to in her studies. She began to make rapid and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket. After this trip, she told me how self-confident she felt. the end of the program, she began her youngest son with his reading. She sat with him before he went to and read bedtime stories. When his eyes became with excitement as she read, was written all over her face. As she described this experience, I was proud of myself as . I found that helping Marie to build self-confidence was very rewarding.

I learned a great deal about and helping others and I may have learned more from the than Marie did.

1.A.forgetB. discoveredC. pickedD. supplied

2.A.importanceB. intelligenceC. possibilityD. responsibility

3.A.restaurantB. schoolC. supermarketD. station

4.A.difficultyB. moneyC. friendsD .pleasure

5.A.affordB. learnC. explainD. remember

6.A.IfB. SinceC. OnceD. Though

7.A.recognizeB. tasteC. touchD. sell

8.A.determinationB. confidenceC. conclusionD. consideration

9.A.stopB. forgetC. failD. continue

10.A.differenceB. mistakesC. progressD. noise

11.A.hopefulB. meaningfulC. carefulD. successful

12.A.AtB.InC. ForD. With

13.A.helpingB. expressingC. studyingD. learning

14.A.schoolB. workC. marketD. bed

15.A.newB. wideC. farD. sad

16.A.pressB. prideC. surpriseD. kindness

17.A.wellB.terribleC. goodD. bad

18.A.myB. herC. yourD. his

19.A.learningB. teachingC. readingD. communicating

20.A.experienceB. trainingC. planD. lesson

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.D

12.A

13.A

14.D

15.B

16.B

17.A

18.B

19.B

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中作者给我们讲述了他做识字志愿者的一次经历。他帮助了Marie女士学会了识字，增强了她的自信心。同时，作者从这次经历中也学到了很多东西。

1. what other people’s lives were like because they could not read当我发现不能阅读的人们生活的样子，所以选B。

2. of reading.我开始知道了阅读的重要性，所以选A。

3. twice a week because she didnt know which bus to take我发现她一周两次走着去最近的超市，因为她不知道应该做哪个公交车，后文出现了supermarket所以此处选C。

4. once she got to the supermarket她说她到达超市也是有困难的，因为她不会阅读，所以应是困难的，故选A。

5. the things that she really needed. 因为她连自己真正需要的都记不住，由前文她去超市有困难，所以可知她记不住，所以选D。

6. she did not know words因为她不认识字，由后文可知是因果关系，所以选B。

7. items by sight她不能写出一个清单，所以她只能通过看来了解她的目的，所以选A。

8. ,我们一起努力，学习怎样建立她的信心，build后面应是信心，所以选B。

9. in her studies.她的信心鼓励她继续她的学习，所以选D。

10. and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket.她开始有很快的进步，make progress固定搭配，意思是取得进步，所以选C。

11. trip在这个成功的旅行以后，因为作者成功的教会了 Maries，所以应该是成功的旅程，所以选D。

12. the end of the program, As she described this experience在这个项目结束后，她描述这一段经历，at the end of是固定搭配，意思是在…的末尾，所以选A。

13. her youngest son with his reading.她开始帮助她最年轻的儿子学习，所以选A。

14. and read bedtime stories. 在睡觉之前她和她的儿子坐在一起，给儿子讲故事，因为是讲睡前故事，go to bed是固定搭配，意思是睡觉，所以选D。

15. with excitement as she read随着阅读的增加，她的眼界令人惊喜的变宽了，所以选B。

16. was written all over her face.她的脸上写满了骄傲，因为学习多了，还可以教孩子可以推理出她有可能是骄傲的，所以选B。

17. .我也为自己骄傲，as well固定搭配，意思是“也”，所以选A。

18. self-confidence was very rewarding.我发现帮助她建立她的自信是很有用的，由前文可知我帮助她建立信心，所以是她的，故选B。

19. and helping others。我很好的学会了教学和帮助他人，因为我是去教Maries，所以选B。

20. than Marie did.我或许从这个经验中学到的比 Marie多，前文提到 Marie从这个经历中学到很多，所以选A。

考点：考查生活故事类短文阅读