Question

Barack Obama, a black man, is the president of the United States now. He was born on August 4th, 1961, in Hawaii and has lived in many places. His mother was from Kansas and his father was from Kenya. Obama went to Columbia University in New York and got a law degree at Harvard University in Massachusetts. His wife is Michelle Obama. She also worked as a lawyer (律師) and later worked for the University of Chicago. 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 he was taken good care of by his grandparents when he was young. He also lived and worked in Africa. Then he got good education in Harvard University. On November 4th, 2008, he became the president of America for the first time.

1.Where was Barack Obama born?

A．In Massachusetts.                       B．In Kansas.

C．In Hawaii.                             D．In New York.

2.________ universities are mentioned in the passage.

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

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Obama’s father was from Kenya.          B．Obama has a son and a daughter.

C．Obama once worked in Africa.             D．Obama studied in Columbia University.

4.Barack Obama became the president at the age of _________ for the first time.

A．37               B．47               C．38               D．48

5.Which is the best title of this passage?

A．Education of the President                B．Dreams from My Father

C．Life of Barack Obama                    D．The book by Barack Obama

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.B

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述了奧巴馬的生平簡(jiǎn)介。

1.根據(jù) He was born on August 4th, 1961, in Hawaii 可知，奧巴馬出生在夏威夷。所以本題選C。

2.通過閱讀全文可知，文中提到了Columbia University、 Harvard University和University of Chicago三所大學(xué)。所以本題選D。

3.根據(jù)They have two young daughters.可知，奧巴馬夫婦有一對(duì)女兒，而不是一兒一女。所以本題選B。

4.根據(jù) He was born on August 4th, 1961和On November 4th, 2008, he became the president of America for the first time可知，奧巴馬出任總統(tǒng)時(shí)是47歲。所以本題選B。

5.通過閱讀全文，我們知道本文主要講述了奧巴馬的生平簡(jiǎn)介，只有C符合文意，其他選項(xiàng)有失偏頗。所以本題選C。

考點(diǎn)：本題考查說明文體。

點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文是人物簡(jiǎn)介或人物傳記類的文章，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。