I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer last surnmen The training
I received, though excellent, did not 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. 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 could not read it. She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket,because she couldn't always remember what she needed. Since she did not know words, she could not write out a shopping list. 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,which encouraged her to continue her studies. She began to make rapid progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarketelt. 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. She sat with him before he went to sleep and together they would read bedtime stories. When his eyes became wide with excitement as she read, pride was written all over her face. As she described this experience, I was proud of myself as well. 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.
小题1:What did the author do last summer?
A．She worked in the supermarket
B．She helped someone to learn to read
C．She gave single mothers the help they needed
D．She went to a training program to help a literacy volunteer小题2:Why didn’t Marie go to the supermarket by bus at first?
A．Because she liked to walk to the supermarket
B．Because she lived far away from the bus stop
C．Because she couldn’t afford the bus ticket
D．Because she couldn’t find the right bus小题3:How did Marie use to find the goods she wanted in the supermarket?
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小题4:What did the writer think of her work as a literacy volunteer?
A．Interesting
B．Meaningful
C．Tiring
D．Touching
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:B
题目分析：文章叙述了作者去年夏天的一段经历。当时，作者参加了一项培训，并成为了一名扫盲志愿者。在帮助一位44岁的单身母亲学习的过程中，作者收获颇多。
小题1:细节理解题。从文章的第一段和最后一段内容可以看出作者在暑假期间参加了一项培训，成了一名扫盲志愿者，并最终成功地帮助了一位不识字的单身母亲学会了阅读。文章的主体就是叙述作者是如何帮助那位母亲（学会阅读）选B。
小题2:细节理解题。根据第二段第二句的提示可知，Marie 步行去超市是因为她不知道坐哪路公交车。故答案为D项。
小题3:细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句可知，Marie以前不识字，到超市购物只能看物品的外观。选C。
小题4:推理判断题。由文章最后一段可知，作为扫盲志愿者，作者从教学和助人的过程中学到了很多，因此作者认为做一名扫盲志愿者是很有意义的。选B。
点评：文章是故事体裁。只要把握故事的七要素：时间、地点、人物、事件、原因、结果和评价或总结，文章便不难理解。题目设置主要是细节理解题，做题时不能粗心，要带着题目找到相关的信息句，加以判断。