Question

Despite being tall, Michelle Obama is much smaller than she appears on television． And she seemed a little short by her surroundings in the great hall of Christchurch College as she spoke quietly without a microphone because of a technical mistake． Her audience were 40 young girls from a London state school where 50 languages are spoken．

“I remember how well-meaning but misguided people questioned whether someone with my background could succeed at an elite （精英） university,” she said． “When I was accepted, I had all kinds of worries and doubts． I wouldn’t be as well prepared as students from privileged families and I wouldn’t fit in． But you are just as capable and have just as much to offer as anyone else．”

This was Mrs． Obama’s only solo outing during the state visit and part two of an unusual relationship which she has struck up with Anderson College in Islington． Two years ago on her first visit to the UK she visited the school．

Yesterday she returned to meet the pupils but this time at Christchurch College where they were taking part in an open day run to improve Oxford’s still poor record on diversifying student intake．

Mrs． Obama was asked why she married her husband, what it was like being First Lady and when there would be a female President in the White House． Her message—which she repeated time and again—was work hard, have self-belief, and don’t be afraid to fail． It was very un-British, but rather effective． Afterwards there were hugs for everyone and a photo with her．

And watching the group of multicultural young Britons surround her among the splendor of the college building one thought stood out． Had Mrs． Obama been born in Britain, she would almost certainly not have made it to Oxford as she did to Harvard． But now—thanks in part to her—some of these children just might．

1.According to the passage, Michelle Obama ____________．

   A． graduated from Anderson College

   B． paid her first visit to the UK this time

   C． was confident when she entered the college

   D． came from a family without good background

2.It is implied in the passage that these 40 young girls ____________．

   A． were all from the United States

   B． were students of Oxford University

   C． came from different cultural backgrounds

   D． stayed with Mrs． Obama because of hard work

3.Michelle Obama thinks success may come from the following EXCEPT ____________．

   A． working hard    B． believing in yourself

    C． good opportunities          D． facing failure without fear

4.What can we learn from the underlined sentence?

   A． The British pupils couldn’t understand her message．

   B． Her message reached the British pupils successfully．

   C． Repetition is not the British way to give a message．

   D． All effective messages are not conveyed in British．

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：

1.D 推理題。根據(jù)文章第二段1，2行I remember how well-meaning but misguided people questioned whether someone with my background could succeed at an elite （精英） university,說明她的出身背景并不好，人們懷疑她是否能在精英大學(xué)中取得成功。故D正確。

2.C 推理題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句Her audience were 40 young girls from a London state school where 50 languages are spoken．說明這些學(xué)生來自倫敦的一所學(xué)校，這個學(xué)校里面的學(xué)生來自很多不同的地方，故C正確。

3.C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段2,3行Her message—which she repeated time and again—was work hard, have self-belief, and don’t be afraid to fail．說明ABD都是她認(rèn)為的成功的因素，只有C沒有提到。

4.B 推理題。根據(jù)It was very un-British, but rather effective．中的effective說明她的講話很有效，故B正確。

考點：考查新聞報告類短文

點評：文章介紹了Michelle Obama在牛津Christchurch College的發(fā)言。主要考查了推理題，注重綜合語言能力的運用，結(jié)合語境，做出準(zhǔn)確的判斷。