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C

Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope for the future but with no real idea of what I wanted to do. My degree, with honors, in English literature had not really prepared me for anything practical. I knew I wanted to make a difference in the world somehow, 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 volunteer 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. Neither did my family.

Eventually, however, I won the support of my family, and I sent in all the paperwork needed for the application. 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 the duty. I would be going to a small village near Abuja, Nigeria. Where? What? Nigeria? I had no idea. But I was about to find out.

After completing my training, I was sent to the village that was small and desperately in need of proper accommodation. 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 local 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 returned to the United States a different man. The Lighthouse Project had changed my life forever.

36. What do we know about the author?

 A. His university education focused on the theoretical knowledge.

 B. His dream at university was to become a volunteer.

 C. He took pride in having contributed to the world.

 D. He felt honored to study English literature.

37. According to the Paragraph 2, it is most likely that the author                

 A. discussed his decision with his family.

 B. asked previous volunteers about voluntary work

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 C. attended special training to perform difficult tasks

 D. felt sad about having to leave his family and friends

38. 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

39. On arrival at the village, the author was        

 A. asked to lead a farming team

 B. sent to teach in a schoolhouse

 C. received warmly by local villagers

 D. arranged to live in a separate house.

40. What can we infer from the author’s experiences in Nigeria?

  A. He found some difficulty adapting to the local culture

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 B. He had learned to communicate in the local language.

 C. He had overcome all his weaknesses before he left for home.

 D. He was chosen as the most respectable teacher by his students.

本文作者叙述的是自己申请叫做灯塔计划的志愿者工作的过程和被选作志愿者后去阿布加附近的一个小村庄工作的经历，这段经历让作者学到了许多，改变了人生。

36. A 细节理解题。由第一段第二句 “My degree, with honors, in English literature had not really prepared me for anything practical”可知，作者的大学教育注重的是理解知识，选A。

37. A 推理判断题。由第二段最后一句In short, I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly. Neither did my family(总之，我并不是轻易决定申请灯塔计划的，我的家人也一样不是轻易决定的)和第三段首句Eventually, however, I won the support of my family(然而，最后我赢得了家人的赞同)可以推断出，作者是同家人讨论商量过的。

38. D 推理判断题。由第二段的第二句 “After countless interviews and presentations, I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone”可推知，作者面临了与其他候选人的激烈竞争，故选D。选项A“参加了许多讨论”，文中无信息支持，是无中生有，应排除；选项B“经历了富有挑点性的生存测试”，特别是由survival可知，编者题利用了文中的只言片语(survive, test)，编造与文中不符的信息，迷惑考生，应排除；选项C“写了相当多的有关志愿者工作的论文”与文中“sent in all the paperwork needed for the application(呈送申请所需要的文书)”不符，应排除。

39. C 细节理解题。由第四段Though the local villagers were poor, they offered their homes, hearts, and food as if I were their own family可知，一到达这个村庄时，他受到村民的热情接待，故选C。文中信息具体，正确选项是对其概括。

40. A 推理判断题。由最后一段第一句all those things that had seemed so strange or unusual to me no longer did…and returned to the United States a different man (他当初觉得奇怪或不寻常的所有事现在都不再觉得奇怪了……回到美国已是另外一个人了)可知，作者已适应了当地习俗，与之前相比，作者变化相当大，由此推 断，作者为了适应当地文化是不容易的，故选A。由though I did not get anywhere with the local language(虽然我没有学习当地语言并没有取得成效)可排除B(他学会了用当地语言进行交流)；选项C(在他回家前已经克服了所有的缺点)，文中既 找不到任何信息依据，也因all使得此种说法过于绝对，应排除；选项C(他被选为最受尊敬的老师)在文中没有信息支持，应排除。