第三部分 閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑．
A
Amiya Olden could have been a poster child for a reading crisis that affects nearly 2 million Michigan residents older than 1 6：They read below a sixth-grade level，which makes it difficult to find jobs and to improve their lives．Among them，Amiya is one．
Amiya Olden remembers well the day she graduated from Denby High school．She handed her diploma to her mother，who read it to her．“Then when someone asked me to read it，I could remember the things she read，and I knew what I had to say，”recalled Amiya Olden．“When we would go out to restaurants with my aunts，and that is when I really would get upset．1 would see words on the menu but I couldn’t read! ”
But don‘t feel sorry for her. She changed her life by reaching a point where she’d read enough．Two summers ago，she took charge of her life when she walked into Pro Literacy Detroit to improve her reading．Nineteen months ago，she was reading at a second-grade level；now at a fifth-grade level．
Olden now splits her days between her classes at Pro Literacy and the library，where she checks out books and reads them．She says she hopes her improved reading skills will help her find a good job．
And she has advice for others，who have trouble reading．
“Don’t give up on it，”she said．“Even though it can be challenging and you might get frustrated sometimes，practice does help．If you really want to be able to go somewhere，go out to a restaurant and you have to read signs and things like that，you want to know what you want to eat and where you want to go．．．If you want to succeed in life and grow，you have to read．More  important，you have to feel confident that you can．”
56．Amiya' mother read the diploma to her so that_________．
A．she could encourage her daughter to improve her reading
B．her daughter could remember the content of the diploma
C．they both could remember the particular moment
D．she could show off before her daughter
57．Amiya attends Pro Literacy Detroit to __________．
A．get another diploma                 B．improve her reading level
C．find a good job in the training center     D．be a poster child for the reading crisis
58．From the passage we can see in Michigan__________．
A．many people can’t find good jobs due to poor reading
B．the job market pays too much attention to reading
C．most students can’t graduate from high school
D．the reading crisis affects only poor people
59．Which of the following is true of Amiya?
A．She is 16 years old now．
B．A good job has been offered to her．
C．She is an adviser for those with reading difficulty．
D．Most of her time is divided between her classes and the library．
60．With the study at Pro Literacy，Amiya is now             ．
A．puzzled       B．discouraged         C．confident            D．1earned
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