Question

Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4, 1961. His parents  36  while both were  _37   the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where his father was enrolled as a  38   student. Barack Obama's birth name is Barack Hussein Obama.

In the memoir (传记), Barack Obama described his experiences  39  in his mother's American middle class family. Of his early childhood, Barack Obama wrote, "That my father looked nothing  _40_ the people around me -- that he was  41  as pitch (沥青), my mother white as milk --  42_   impressed in my mind. "

When Obama was two years old, his parents divorced. Then the family moved to Indonesia in 1967,   _43  Obama attended local schools, such as Asisi, in Jakarta  44  he was ten years old. He then  45_   to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents (外祖父母) Madalyn and Stanley Dunham, while attending Punahou School from the fifth grade in 1971 until his  46  from high school in 1979.

_47  high school, Obama moved to Los Angeles, where he studied at Occidental College (西方学院) for two years.  48  his academic ambitions, he moved to New York's Columbia University, where he   _49  his undergraduate degree in political science.

Barack Obama is the first African-American  50  President of the United States. His rich and varied life experiences have  51  his political journey. Baraek Obama is able to  52   parties and people under a similar purpose:  53   the challenges of everyday Americans. This is a big part of what makes Barack Obama such a (n)  54  candidate (候选人) in the 2008 election.

On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama  55  the chair of the American President as the 44th President of the country.

A. touched                B. met              C. exchanged          D. influenced

A. attending               B. leaving           C. quitting            D. overcoming

A. hopeful                B. clever            C. foreign           D. promising

A. taking up              B. turning up                C. calling up         D. growing up

A. like                   B. as                  C. for                 D. on

A. black                  B. green              C. blue                 D. red

A. hardly                 B. really               C. only                D. probably

A. when                  B. where               C. while               D. so

A. as if                   B. because             C. although          D. until

A. returned             B. managed            C. travelled            D. went

A. independence           B. graduation           C. improvement        D. success

A. Adding               B. Catching            C. Following          D. Studying

A. To realize              B. To honor           C. To share            D. To enjoy

A. aeeei3ted              B. earned             C. arranged            D. rejected

A. recommended         B. charged            C. developed           D. elected

A. shaped                B. designed            C. proved              D. repeated

A. lead                  B. combine            C. guide              D. unite

A. understanding         B. meeting           C. performing        D. reaching

A. experienced           B. attractive           C. suitable             D. famous

A. occupied             B. employed         C. received            D. postponed

Answer 1

【小题1】B

【小题2】A

【小题3】C

【小题4】D

【小题5】A

【小题6】A

【小题7】C

【小题8】B

【小题9】D

【小题10】A

【小题11】B

【小题12】C

【小题13】A

【小题14】B

【小题15】D

【小题16】A

【小题17】D

【小题18】B

【小题19】C

【小题20】A

解析:

【小题1】他的父母是在念大学的时候认识的。

【小题2】attend v．上(大学等)。

【小题3】他的父亲作为一名外国学生入学。

【小题4】奥巴马描述了他在母亲美国中层家庭的成长经历。

【小题5】他的父亲根本不像奥巴马周围的人．

【小题6】他父亲的皮肤黑得像沥青。

【小题7】他的母亲自得像牛奶，只有这些留在作者的脑海里。

【小题8】奥巴马在印度尼西亚上了当地的学校。

【小题9】一直到奥巴马10岁。

【小题10】然后，他返回到夏威夷和他的外祖父母生活在一起。

【小题11】他在1979年高中毕业。

【小题12】接下来。奥巴马搬到Los Angeles，在那里念了两年大学．

【小题13】为了实现他的学术抱负，他又到纽约哥伦比亚大学进修．

【小题14】奥巴马在哥伦比亚大学获得肆业证书．

【小题15】奥巴马是美国第一位被选的非裔美国总统．

【小题16】他的丰富而富有变化的生活经历成就了他的政治生涯．

【小题17】他因与其他政党和人们有着相似的目的，所以他们能团结起来．

【小题18】他们的共同目的是解决美国日常的挑战。

【小题19】这也成为奥巴马非常合适成为2008大选的候选人的一大部分．

【小题20】occupy vt．，担任，从事.