In 1961 Obama was born in Hawaii, US. His father is an African and his mother is a white American. He grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii.
When Obama was 10 years old, he was one of only three black students at his school in Hawaii. He felt very different from most other students. White girls wanted to touch his hair. A white boy even asked him what his father was.
“I lied to them that my father was a Kenyan prince(王子). But I kept asking myself who I am,” said Obama.
However, 37 years later, the boy made history. Obama became the first black president(總統(tǒng)) in US history.
This unusual background(背景) made him wonder who he was. He once turned to alcohol (酒) to help forget this question.
With the help of his friends, Obama finally turned his life around at college. His hard work made him a star at Harvard. Later, he became only the third black senator (參議員) in US history.
“Obama’s success has made Martin Luther King’s dream come true. That is: A man should not be judged (判斷)by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character,” wrote ABC news.
小題1:Obama was born in _______________.
A Britain      B America      C Kenya        D Indonesia
小題2:There was/were _______black students besides Obama at the school where he studied when he was ten.
A no           B one              C two          D three
小題3:Obama became the first black president in US history when he was ______.
A 37            B 40               C 47           D 50
小題4:Which of the following is true?
A Obama’s father was a Kenyan prince.
B Obama once forgot who his father was with the help of alcohol.
C Obama was so dishonest when he was young that nobody believed him.
D Obama changed his college life because of his friends’ help and his hard work
小題5:From the passage we can see that____________.
A.we could judge a person by the colour of his skin
B.we could not judge a person by the content of his character
C.we should not judge a person by the color of his skin
D.we should judge a person by what he did when he was young

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:C

小題1:從本文的第一句我們可以知道奧巴馬出生在夏威夷,夏威夷屬于美國,所以我們可以說奧巴馬出生于美國,故選B。
小題2:在本文第二段首句中提到當奧巴馬十歲的時候,在夏威夷的一所學(xué)校讀書,學(xué)校里只有三個黑人,也就是說除了奧巴馬只有,只有兩個黑人,故本題選C。
小題3:本文的第四段提到奧巴馬在夏威夷讀書之后過了37年,成為美國的第一任黑總統(tǒng),也就是奧巴馬47當選了美國總統(tǒng),故選C。
小題4:本文的第六段提到奧巴馬在他朋友們的幫助之下和艱辛的工作,而改變了他的大學(xué)人生,奧巴馬曾經(jīng)受到白人的歧視,而謊稱自己的父親是肯尼亞的王子,又想通過酒精來忘掉自己的身份,但是未能做到,故本題中正確的選項是D,故選D。
小題5:本文的最后一句可以得出本文的主要意思是,我們判斷一個人不能以膚色作為依據(jù),而應(yīng)該以品質(zhì)作為依據(jù),故本題意思符合的為C項,故選C。
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