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 本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了去年夏天，作者经历了一个培训计划，成为了一个文化志愿者．当他开始知道其他人因为不能阅读生活是什么样时实现了真正意义的阅读．作为一个文化志愿者，他学到了大量的有关教学和帮助他人的知识．
解答 54．答案：B．细节理解题．根据"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，作者经历培训成为了一名文化志愿者，帮助他人学习阅读．故选B．
55．答案：D．细节理解题．根据"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，我发现她每周两次步行两英里去最近的超市，因为她不知道乘哪辆公交车．故选D．
56．答案：C．细节理解题．根据"she could only recognize items by sight"可知，她只能通过看来辨认出货物．故可知她是通过物品的外表来找自己想要的东西的．故选C．
57．答案：A．推理判断题．根据"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，可以推测出她可以做许多原来不会做的事情．故选A．
点评 本文是一篇记叙文，题目涉及多道细节理解题及推理判断题，做题时应结合文章上下文内容，仔细阅读原文，并根据所给选项的含义进行分析，从而得出正确答案．切记胡乱猜测，一定要做到有理有据．
