10．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 sch001．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，S when I really would get upset．1 would see words on the menu but I couldn，t read!"
But don‘t feel sorry for herI She changed her life by reaching a point where shel 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 thatB．
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 toB．
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 MichiganA．
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？D
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 nowC．
A．puzzled B．discouraged C．confident D．1earned．
分析 文章主要讲述密歇根州存在的一个社会问题：16岁以上的孩子在阅读方面存在很大障碍，毕业后找不到好工作．
解答 56．B 细节理解题．从第二段第三句Olden说的话可知，由于阅读能力低下，她不得不让她的母亲给她读毕业证上的字以便她记住内容．
57．B 细节理解题．从第三段第三句Two summers ago，she took charge of her life when she walked into Pro-Literacy Detroit to improve her reading．可知，她去这个学校是为了提高自己的阅读水平．
58．A 细节理解题．从第一段可知，密歇根州很多16岁以上的孩子因为阅读能力太差而找不到好工作．
59．D 细节理解题．从第四段第一句Olden now splits her days between her classes at Pro Literacy and the library可知她大部分时间都是在上课或在图书馆，故D项正确．
60．C 推理判断题．从最后一段Amiya的话尤其是最后一句More importantly，you have to feel confident that you can可知Amiya现在很自信．
点评 阅读理解题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力，要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释．考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点．
