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         Ten-year-old Barack Obama was one of the only three black students at his school in Hawaii,US. He felt very different from most other students. White girls wanted to touch his hair. A white boy asked him whether his father ate people.

        “l(fā) lied to them that my father was a Kenyan prince. But I kept asking myself who I am ? ”said Obama.

        However,37  years later,the boy made history. In 2008,Obama became the first black president in US history.

       Obama was bom in 1961,to an African father and a white American woman from a small town in the US. He grew up in Indonesia and HawaⅡ. This unusual background made him wonder who he was. He once turned to alcohol to help forget this question.

        With the help from his friends ? Obama finally turned his life around at college. His hard work made him a star at Harvard. Later,he became the third black senator in US history.

        During his race to the highest post in the US,Obama talked about his background. He called for a United States of America ? rather than a white America or a black America.

       “Obama's success has made Martin Luther King's dream come true. That is: A man should not be judged by the colour of his Skin ? but by the content of his character ?wrote ABC News.

A) Choose the best answer according to the passage.

() l. Barack Obama was in 2008.

   A. 37   B. 47   C. 57   D. 27

() 2. When he was a child,Obama at school.

   A. was popular   B. looked different

   C. felt uneasy   D. was hard-working

() 3. “This unusual background” refers to the fact that .

   A. 10-year-old Obama was one of the only three black students in his school in Hawaii

   B. Obama became the first black president in US history

   C. he comes from a mixed-race family and grew up in different countries

   D. Obama became the third black senator in US history

() 4. Which fact about Obama is NOT true?

   A. He graduated from Harvard University.

   B. He thinks hard work was the key to his success at college.

   C. He lied to his classmates that his father was a Kenyan senator.

   D. He called on blacks and whites to come together.

B) Fill in the blanks with fhe right??hrases.

lie to,grow up,keep asking,feel different from,come true

1. His sister herself why she couldn, t work out the problem.

2. My brother wants to be a singer when he .

3. My dream with the help of my teacher.

4. Do you the others?

5. I don’t believe in Peter. He always us.

A) 1. B    2. C    3. C    4. C

B) 1. kept asking   2. grows up   3. came true   4. feel different from   5. lies to

題目來源：2016年英語文化之旅初中英語聽讀空間八年級下冊 > Topic 1 Biography

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