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Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope for the future but with no real idea of what I wanted to do. My degree, with honours, in English 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 was going to a small village near Abuja, Nigeria. Where?  What?  Nigeria?  I had no idea. But I was about to find out.

After completing my training, I was sent to the village that was small and desperately in need of proper accommodation. 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 thought I learned more from my students than they did from me. Sometime during that period, I realised 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 as a different man. The Lighthouse Project had changed my life forever.

1£®According to 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 frightened about having to leave his family and friends

2£®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 papers on voluntary work

D£®faced strong competition from other candidates

3£®What can we infer from the author's experiences in Nigeria?

A£®He found some difficulty adapting to the local      culture at first.

B£®He had learned to communicate in the local language.

C£®He had overcome all his weaknesses before he left      for home.

D£®He was chosen as the most respectable teacher by     his students.