We go to school every day to become a better
person. So how can we become powerful and start
changes in our own life? Perhaps we can get tips from the US
First Lady Michelle Obama. During her 'visit to China, from March 20-26, Mrs. Obama shared her views on education and youth empowerment with students.
The first lady encouraged Chinese students to aim high and get a good education* In Chengdu No. 7 High School, she told students that having humble (貧寒的) roots doesn't matter as long as you have perseverance（毅力）
Mrs. Obama said her family was not rich. Like many Chinese students, her parents had big dreams for her. She felt the weight of her parents' sacrifices（犧牲） on her shoulders and worked hard to make them proud. Persevering was not easy, though. Sometimes she had to wake up at 4:30 am and study late into the night. "But whenever I got tired or discouraged(氣餒 WJ)... I would remember something my mother. always told me. She said: 'A good education is something that no one cart take away from you.''
Mrs. Obama also encourages Chinese students to study abroad to broaden their horizons（開闊眼界） in her speech at Peking University. "As the Chinese saying goes: It is better to travel 10,000 miles than to read 10,000 books," she said. It's not enough to get good grades in school. It's also important to have real experience with languages, cultures and societies different from your own, she noted.
Studying overseas could also benefit future international relations. It could help young people from different countries work together to deal with shared problems such as climate change, Mrs. Obama said.

【小題1】From the first paragraph , what kind of views did Mrs. Obama share with the students ?

A．education and development
B．empowerment and perseverance
C．education and youth empowerment
D．education and youth perseverance
【小題2】From the last paragraph, what is the meaning of the word "benefit"?
A．be good at B．be good with
C．be bad for D．be good for
【小題3】From the passage ,we can learn that
A．Michelle Obama lived a rich life when she was young .
B．Michelle Obama worked hard to make her parents proud..
C．Michelle Obama sometimes had to wake up at 4:30 pm and study late into the night.
D．Michelle Obama would remember something her teachers always told her whenever she got tired or discouraged.
【小題4】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．The first lady encourages Chinese students to aim high and get a good education.
B．The first lady thinks it terrible for students to have humble roots .
C．The first lady thinks that a good education is something that no one can take away from you.
D．Mrs. Obama encouraged Chinese students to study abroad to broaden their horizons.
【小題5】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．We can get tips from the US First Lady Michelle Obama during her visit to Beijing No. 7 High School
B．It's wonderful enough for students to get good grades only in school.
C．It's not important to have real experience with languages, cultures and societies different from your own.
D．Studying overseas could help young people from different countries work together to deal with shared problems.


【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】B
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：這篇新聞報(bào)道了奧巴馬夫人在三月二十日到二十六日訪問了中國(guó)。她到學(xué)校進(jìn)行了交流，她對(duì)學(xué)生們講述了她的求學(xué)歷程，重點(diǎn)說明，只要你有學(xué)習(xí)的毅力，貧寒的家庭根本不是問題。她在北京大學(xué)演講中，提到中國(guó)的俗語：行萬里路，讀萬卷書。以此來激勵(lì)學(xué)生好好學(xué)習(xí)。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：通過第一段，奧巴馬夫人與這些學(xué)生分享了什么見解？分析原文：Mrs. Obama shared her views on education and youth empowerment with students.句意：奧巴馬夫人與這些學(xué)生分享了她對(duì)于青年授教育的見解。明確答案為第三項(xiàng)。故選C
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：通過最后一段，劃線詞的意思？分析原文：Studying overseas could also benefit future international relations. 句意：出國(guó)留學(xué)也能有利于國(guó)際關(guān)系的發(fā)展。聯(lián)系上下文，得知為利益之意，也就是be good for，對(duì)……有好處。故選D
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：通過短文，我們能了解到什么？分析：奧巴馬夫人講述了她求學(xué)的經(jīng)過。結(jié)合原文：She felt the weight of her parents' sacrifices（犧牲） on her shoulders and worked hard to make them proud. 句意：她覺得她的父母為她負(fù)出了很多，因此她努力學(xué)習(xí)想讓父母?jìng)優(yōu)榇硕湴�。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，第二項(xiàng)符合短文之意。故選B
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：通過短文的描述，下列描述不正確的是哪一項(xiàng)？聯(lián)系原文：she told students that having humble (貧寒的) roots doesn't matter as long as you have perseverance（毅力）句意：她告訴學(xué)生們，只要你有學(xué)習(xí)的毅力，貧寒的家庭根本不是問題。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)第二項(xiàng)描述不正確，第二項(xiàng)描述的是：學(xué)生們有貧寒的家庭是麻煩的。因此不正確。故選B
【小題5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：依據(jù)短文，下列描述正確的一項(xiàng)是？分析原文：Studying overseas could also benefit future international relations. It could help young people from different countries work together to deal with shared problems such as climate change, Mrs. Obama said.句意：奧巴馬夫人說 出國(guó)留學(xué)可以有利于國(guó)際關(guān)系的發(fā)展。它可以幫助來自不同國(guó)家的年輕人一起工作，來解決共同的問題，如氣候變化。故選D
考點(diǎn)：新聞報(bào)道類短文閱讀。

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