Obama has made history by becoming the first African-American in American history.
Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. His parents didn’t live together when he was two years old and later divorced. Obama grew up with his mother in Hawaii, and for a few years in Indonesia. Later, he moved to New York, where he graduated from Columbia University in 1983. Obama met his wife, Robinson, in June, 1989 and married her on October 3rd, 1992. The couple’s first daughter was born in 1998, followed by a second daughter in 2001.
Obama took office in January 20, 2009. However, just when he became the president, he had to face many serious challenges ---- two foreign wars, the climate change and what he had described as “the worst financial crisis (經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)) in a century”. But Obama said that he himself had been ready to face these challenges.
Obama’s success is a true milestone. It speaks to the fact that in America you really do get a chance to do anything, if you have the talent and abilities and you work hard enough.
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A．48.B．40.C．37.D．31.
小題2:   Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Obama grew up with his father in Hawaii.
B. Obama has two sons with Robison.
C. Obama is the first black president in the USA.
D. Columbia University is in Washington.
小題3:Obama’s success tells us that __________.
A．a(chǎn)ny black people can become the president
B．you can succeed if you are talented enough
C．everyone can succeed if he is lucky enough
D．a(chǎn) talented person can succeed if he works hard enough
小題4:   What does the underlined phrase “took office” in the third paragraph mean?
A．生效B．就任C．離職D．競選
小題5:   According to the passage, Obama had to face the following challenges except for _____________.
A．the climate changeB．the financial crisis
C．the population problemD．foreign wars

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:C

試題分析：小題1:根據(jù)Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961.和Obama took office in January 20, 2009. However, just when he became the president可知，奧巴馬當(dāng)總統(tǒng)時(shí)是48歲。
小題2:通過Obama has made history by becoming the first African-American in American history.可知，奧巴馬是美國歷史上首位非洲裔的總統(tǒng)，也是第一位黑人總統(tǒng)。所以C是正確的。
小題3: 通過if you have the talent and abilities and you work hard enough.可知，本題的答案是D。
小題4:根據(jù)句意和just when he became the president一句可知，此處的take office應(yīng)該是“就職”的意思。
小題5:根據(jù)第三自然段中的two foreign wars, the climate change and what he had described as “the worst financial crisis 一句可知，C選項(xiàng)中的人口問題是不對的，所以本題選C。
點(diǎn)評：對于人物傳記類的文章，應(yīng)該注意人物的生平，特別是他們的出生年月，在什么時(shí)間發(fā)生的什么事；注意人物的事跡的都有哪些，它們的先后順序是怎樣的等等問題。
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