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