Question

Barak Obama(巴拉克.奧巴馬), a black man, is the president(總統) of the United States now. He was born on August 4^th, 1961, in Hawaii(夏威夷) and has lived in many places. His mother was from Kansas(堪薩斯州) and his father was from Kenya（肯尼亞）. Obama went to Columbia University（哥倫比亞大學） in New York and got a law degree（律師學位） at Harvard University（哈佛大學） in Massachusetts（馬薩諸塞州）. His wife is Michelle Obama（米歇爾.奧巴馬）. She also worked as a lawyer and later worked for the University of Chicago（芝加哥大學）. They have two young daughters.

Obama wrote a book Dreams from My Father.  “ I always live in the dream of my father and American people, ” Obama once said. He was born in a poor family. And his grandparents looked after him very well when Obama was young. He also lived and worked in Africa（非洲）. Then he got good education（教育） in Harvard University. On November 4^th, 2008, he became the new president of America for the next four years.

根據短文內容，選擇最佳答案，并在答題卷上按要求作答。

1.Where was Barack Obama born?

A．In Kansas.                             B．In Hawaii.

C．In Kenya.                              D．In Massachusetts.

2.How many universities are there in the passage?

A．Three .           B．Six.              C．Two.             D．Five.

3.Barack Obama became President at the age of           

A．37.              B．57.               C．40.              D．47.

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Obama’s father was born in Kenya.

B．Obama has a son and a daughter.

C．Obama once worked in Africa.

D．Obama got good education in Harvard University.

5.Which is the best title of this passage?

A．Education of a President

B．Dreams from My father

C．Life of Barack Obama

D．Barack Obama and His Wife

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了美國總統奧巴馬的簡歷及其家庭情況。

1.根據He was born on August 4^th, 1961, in Hawaii(夏威夷)可知選B。

2.根據短文Obama went to Columbia University（哥倫比亞大學） in New York and got a law degree（律師學位） at Harvard University（哈佛大學） in Massachusetts（馬薩諸塞州）. His wife is Michelle Obama（米歇爾.奧巴馬）. She also worked as a lawyer and later worked for the University of Chicago（芝加哥大學）.描述，可知選A。

3.根據On November 4^th, 2008, he became the new president of America 聯系上文他1961年出生，計算可知2008-1961=47，故選D。

4.根據They have two young daughters. 可知奧巴馬有兩個女兒，故選B。

5.這篇短文主要介紹了美國總統奧巴馬的家庭生活情況，故選C，巴拉克奧巴馬的生活。

考點：關于美國總統奧巴馬的說明文閱讀

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