Question

Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer (扫盲志愿者). 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】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是去年夏天作者成为了一个扫盲志愿者，去帮助那些没有知识的人学习如何阅读。在短文中作者给我们举了一个例子，在作者的帮助下，Marie从一个文盲变成了一个会阅读的人，以前她不会做的很多事情，现在都会做了，也有了自信。作者也感觉自己做的这个事情很有意义。

1.细节理解题。根据短文的开头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，作者成为了一名扫盲志愿者，帮助人们阅读。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据短文第二段中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，作者的第一个学生叫Marie，她每周要步行两次去最近的超市，因为她不知道做哪一辆公交车。故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据短文第二段中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来到超市后，她也经常忘记她要买的东西。她只能通过眼睛记住一些项目，当这个东西的标签变了的时候，她就辨别不出这是她想要的东西了。故选C。

4.推理判断题。根据短文第三段的描述可知，在作者的帮助下，Marie有了很大的进步，她能做很多以前不能做的事情了。故A是正确的。根据At the end of the program, she began helping her youngest son, Tony, a shy first grader, with his reading可知B选项不符合文意；C选项的内容在文中并没有提到；根据I found that helping Marie to build her self-confidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done before.可知D选项的说法正好和文中的内容相反，是作者帮助Marie建立了自信。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。