【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 sh 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 pleting my training, I was sent to the village that was small and desperately in need of proper acmodation. 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 bee 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 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 paper on voluntary work D. faced strong petition 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 B. He had learned to municate in the local language. C. He had overe all his weaknesses before he left for home. D. He was chosen as the most respectable teacher by his students. D Scientists today are making greater effort to study ocean currents (洋流 ) . Most do it using satellites and other hightech equipment. However, ocean expert Curtis Ebbesmeyer does it in a special way by studying movements of random floating garbage. A scientist with many years’ experience, he started this type of research in the early 1990s when he heard about hundreds of athletic shoes washing up on the shores of the northwest coast of the United States. There were so many shoes that people were setting up swap meets to try and match left and right shoes to sell or wear. Ebbesmeyer found out in his researches that the shoes — about 60,000 in total — fell into the ocean in a shipping accident. He phoned the shoe pany and asked if they wanted the shoes back. As expected, the pany told him that they didn39。t. Ebbesmeyer realized this could be a great experiment. If he learned when and where the shoes went into the water and tracked where they landed, he could learn a lot about the patterns of ocean currents. The Pacific Northwest is one of the world39。s best areas for beachbing(海灘搜尋 ) because winds and currents join here, and as a result, there is a group of serious beachbers in the area. Ebbesmeyer got to know a lot of them and asked for their help in collecting information about where the shoes landed. In a year he collected reliable information on 1, 600 shoes. With this data, he and a colleague were able to test and improve a puter program designed to model ocean currents, and publish the findings of their study. As the result of his work, Ebbesmeyer has bee known as the scientist to call with questions about any unusual objects found floating in the ocean. He has even started an association of beachbers and ocean experts, with 500 subscribers from West Africa to New Zealand. They have recorded all lost objects ranging from potatoes to golf gloves. 41. The underlined phrase swap meets in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______________. A. fitting rooms B. trading fairs C. busi