14．Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer．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．
54．What did the writer do last summer？B
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．
55．Why didn't Marie go to the supermarket by bus at first？D
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．
56．How did Marie use to find the goods she wanted in the supermarket？C
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．
57．Which of the statements is TRUE about Marie？A
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．
分析 本文是一篇記敘文，主要講述了去年夏天，作者經歷了一個培訓計劃，成為了一個文化志愿者．當他開始知道其他人因為不能閱讀生活是什么樣時實現了真正意義的閱讀．作為一個文化志愿者，他學到了大量的有關教學和幫助他人的知識．
解答 54．答案：B．細節(jié)理解題．根據"Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer．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．"可知，去年夏天，作者經歷培訓成為了一名文化志愿者，幫助他人學習閱讀．故選B．
55．答案：D．細節(jié)理解題．根據"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，我發(fā)現她每周兩次步行兩英里去最近的超市，因為她不知道乘哪輛公交車．故選D．
56．答案：C．細節(jié)理解題．根據"she could only recognize items by sight"可知，她只能通過看來辨認出貨物．故可知她是通過物品的外表來找自己想要的東西的．故選C．
57．答案：A．推理判斷題．根據"I found that helping Marie to build her self-confidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done before．"及上文Marie如今可以做的事，可以推測出她可以做許多原來不會做的事情．故選A．
點評 本文是一篇記敘文，題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題及推理判斷題，做題時應結合文章上下文內容，仔細閱讀原文，并根據所給選項的含義進行分析，從而得出正確答案．切記胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據．
