LikemanynewgraduatesIleftuniversityfullofhopeforthefuturebutwithnorealideaofwhatIwan?tedtodo.MydegreewithhonoursinEnglishlitera?turehadnotreallypreparedmeforanythingpractical.IknewIwantedtomakea

　　LikemanynewgraduatesIleftuniversityfullofhopeforthefuturebutwithnorealideaofwhatIwan?tedtodo.MydegreewithhonoursinEnglishlitera?turehadnotreallypreparedmeforanythingpractical.IknewIwantedtomakeadifferenceintheworldsome?howbutIhadnoideahowtodothat.That'swhenIlearnedabouttheLighthouseProject.

　　IstartedmyjourneyasaLighthouseProjectvolun?teerbyreadingasmuchasIcouldabouttheexperiencesofpreviousvolunteers.IknewitwouldbealotofhardworkandthatIwouldbeawayfrommyfamilyandfriendsforaverylongtime.InshortIdidnottakemydecisiontoapplyfortheLighthouseProjectlightly.Nei?therdidmyfamily.

　　EventuallyhoweverIwonthesupportofmyfamilyandIsentinallthepaperworkneededforappli?cation.AftercountlessinterviewsandpresentationsImanagedtostandoutamongthecandidatesandsurvivethetestalone.SeveralmonthslaterIfinallyreceivedacallaskingmetoreportforduty.IwouldbegoingtoasmallvillagenearAbujaNigeria.Where?What?Ni?geria?Ihadnoidea.ButIwasabouttofindout.

　　AftercompletingmytrainingIwassenttothevil?lagethatwassmallanddesperatelyinneedofproperac?commodation.Thoughthelocalvillagerswerepoortheyofferedtheirhomes?heartsandfoodasifIweretheirownfamily.Iwasaskedtoleadasmallteamoflo?calpeopleinbuildinganewschoolhouse.ForthenextyearorsoItaughtinthatsameschoolhouse.ButIsometimesthinkIlearnedmorefrommystudentsthantheydidfromme.

　　Sometimeduringthatperiod，IrealizedthatallthosethingsthathadseemedsostrangeorunusualtomenolongerdidthoughIdidnotgetanywherewiththelocallanguageandIreturnedtotheUnitedStatesadifferentman.TheLighthouseProjecthadchangedmylifeforever.

　　1. Whatdoweknowabouttheauthor?

　　A. Hisdreamatuniversitywastobecomeavolun?teer.

　　B. Hisuniversityeducationfocusedontheoreticalknowledge.

　　C. Hetookprideinhavingcontributedtotheworld.

　　D. HefelthonouredtostudyEnglishliterature.

　　2. AccordingtoParagraph2，itismostlikelythattheauthor

　　A. discussedhisdecisionwithhisfamily

　　B. askedpreviousvolunteersaboutvoluntar