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.

When my brother and I were growing up, we mowed (割)yards during the summer to earn pocket change. Dad traded our service to neighbours and    5   a price they could not refuse. We got 10 per yard. I later found out our friends  6   20 or more for the same amount of work.

One day we were 7 our next-door neighbour's yard. She always waited until the grass was knee-high to call us over. 8  we had an old lawnmower. That par?ticularly hot afternoon , I was finishing up and was tired. I   9   the tall grass as a cold drink to cool down.

I was just about to cut off the lawnmower   10  I saw Dad pointing to one lone piece. I thought about the  11   change I was getting paid for cutting grass so high that it 12  broke the mower. I ignored him and kept walking. Dad called me out, " You  13  a piece. " I frowned, hoping he would let me go home. He kept pointing. So  14  I went back to cut that piece of grass. I said to myself, "That piece doesn't  15  any?one. Why won't he just let it 16 

But when I reached adulthood, I understood his 17 : when you're running a business, the work you do 18  much about you. If you want to be seen as a businessman with 19 ,you must deliver a quality product. That single piece of grass meant the job was not done.

The   20   my father taught me stayed with me: if you say you are going to      21  a job at a certain time, keep your  22  Give your customers the kind of 23  you would like to receive. It shows how sincere you are and how much  24    you take in your work.

5.    A.  kept B. calculated

C.   lowered D. offered

6.    A.  charged   B. paid

C.  afforded  D. spent

7.    A.  cleaning  B. exploring

C.  cutting     D. searching

8.    A.  To be honest   B.  Worse still

C. Believe it or not          D.  Above all

9.    A.  pictured   B, watered

C.  planted    D.  enj oyed

 

10.   A.    after B.    before

C.    when       D.    while

11.   A.    total B.    exact

C.    loose       D.    poor


12.   A.   hardly   B. almost

C.   never        D. merely

13.   A.  lost  B. left

C.  missed     D. forgot

14.   A.   angry    B. happy

C.  astonished       D. stubborn

15.   A.  attract     B. hurt

C.  attack      D. comfort

16.   A.  come       B. live

C.  go           D. pass

17.   A.   action    B.   instruction,

C.  feeling     D. message

18.   A.   says       B. expresses

C.  explains   D. knows

19.   A.   fortune  B. pleasure

C.   content  D. honesty

20.   A.  lesson      B. experience

C.   skill       D. business

21.   A.  quil  H. find

C.   create    D. perform

22.   A.   word     B. secret

C.  mind       D. watch

23.   A.  dignity    B. service

C.   reward   D. praise

24.   A.   trouble  B. surprise

C.   pride     D. responsibility

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