Throughout his early years, Obama was known at home and at school as “Barry”. Obama’s parents met while both were attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where his father was enrolled(登記入讀) as a foreign student. They separated when he was two years old and later divorced(離婚). His father received Master’s degree in Economics from Harvard University, then returned to Kenya, where he became a finance minister before dying in an automobile accident in 1982. His mother married another foreign student, Lolo Soetoro, and the family moved to Soetoro’s home country of Indonesia in 1967. Obama attended local schools in Jakarta, from age 6 to 10, where classes were taught in the Indonesian language.
During his time in Indonesia, he first attended St. Francis Assist Catholic school for almost three years. When Obama was in third grade he wrote an essay saying that he wanted to be president. His teacher later said that his reason for becoming president was that he wanted to make everybody happy.
Obama returned to Honolulu to live with his materal(母親一方的) grandparents while attending Punahou School, a private college elementary school, from the fifth grade until his graduation in 1979. Obama’s mother, Ann, died of cancer a few months after the publication of his 1995 memoir(傳記), Dreams from My Father.
In the memoir, Obama describes his experiences growing up in his mother’s middle class family. Of his early childhood, Obama writes, “That my father looked nothing like the people around me---that he was black as pitch(瀝青), my mother white as milk .”
Some of his fellow students at Punahou School later told the Honolulu Star—Bulletin that Obama was mature(成熟的) for his age as a high school student and that he sometimes attended parties and other events in order to connect with       African American college students and military service people.
小題1:When Obama was a child, _________.
A.people used to call him Berry
B.his father died of serious illness
C.his father became a finance minister of America
D.his parents attended Harvard University
小題2: Which of the following is TURE about Lolo Soetoro?
A.He got college education in Indonesia
B.He is a person from Kenya in Africa
C.He is Obama’s stepfather and is a black
D.He is a foreign student in America
小題3:Obama’s mother, Ann, died of cancer in about ________ while his father died in _________.
A.1982; 1967B.1967; 1982C.1979; 1967D.1995; 1982
小題4:Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Obama’s father was very black while his mother very white
B.Obama’s materal grandparents lived in Honolulu of Indonesia
C.Obama wanted to be president because he liked making people happy
D.Obama’s classmates thought he was mature for his age as a high school student

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:D
小題4:B

試題分析:本文介紹了奧巴馬童年的事情,和家庭成員的情況,以及接受的教育。
小題1:細節(jié)題:從第一段的句子:Throughout his early years, Obama was known at home and at school as “Barry”可知奧巴馬小時候,父母叫他“Barry”選A
小題2:細節(jié)題:從第一段的句子:His mother married another foreign student, Lolo Soetoro,可知選D
小題3:細節(jié)題:從第一段的句子:where he became a finance minister before dying in an automobile accident in 1982. 和第三段的句子:Obama’s mother, Ann, died of cancer a few months after the publication of his 1995 memoir(傳記), Dreams from My Father.可知選D
小題4:推理題:從第三段的句子:Obama returned to Honolulu to live with his materal(母親一方的) grandparents while attending Punahou School,可知奧巴馬的外祖父母不是住在Honolulu,選B
點評:本文考查細節(jié)題為主,細節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關(guān)的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時使用的具體事實、數(shù)據(jù)。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題,然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文,找出與問題有關(guān)的詞語或句子,再對相關(guān)部分進行分析對比,找出答案。
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It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen  36  for almost a month. The crops were dying. Every day, my husband 37  to get water to the fields. But  38  we saw some rain soon, we would lose everything.
However, one day I learned the true lesson of   39  and witnessed the only miracle I had  40  seen before. I was cooking in the kitchen when I saw my son, Billy,   41  toward the woods. He was walking   42  with effort, trying to be as still as possible. Minutes after he disappeared into the  43 , he came running back. I went on cooking, 44  that whatever he had been doing was finished. Moments later,  45 , he was once again walking slowly toward the woods. This activity went on for an hour. Finally I couldn’t help  46  him and saw the most amazing 47 .
Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. I 48  screamed(尖叫) for him to get away, because a huge deer was dangerously 49  to him at that time. But the deer didn’t even move as Billy knelt down(跪下). I saw a tiny  50  lying on the ground, obviously suffering from 51 , lifting its head to drink the water cupped in Billy’s hands. When the water was 52 , Billy ran back to get more. It then became quite  53  to me what my son was doing.
I stood there, watching my  54  boy working so hard to save another life. As my tears began to hit the ground, they were suddenly joined by other drops. I looked up at the sky. It was as if God himself was weeping with pride. The rain that day 55 our farm.
小題1:
A.waterB.cloudC.rainD.storm
小題2:
A.decided B.choseC.triedD.offered
小題3:
A.beforeB.unlessC.untilD.if
小題4:
A.sendingB.sharingC.forgivingD.begging
小題5:
A.neverB.everC.onceD.yet
小題6:
A.runningB.jumpingC.walkingD.riding
小題7:
A.slowlyB.quicklyC.hurriedlyD.dangerously
小題8:
A.plantsB.flowersC.woodsD.vegetables
小題9:
A.thinkingB.wonderingC.worryingD.dreaming
小題10:
A.thoughB.besidesC.howeverD.too
小題11:
A.beatingB.followingC.teachingD.hoping
小題12:
A.sceneB.fieldC.worldD.sign
小題13:
A.a(chǎn)lmostB.a(chǎn)lreadyC.justD.even
小題14:
A.weakB.closeC.illD.brave
小題15:
A.horseB.cropC.babyD.deer
小題16:
A.thirstB.diseasesC.heatD.pain
小題17:
A.goneB.cleanedC.lostD.dried
小題18:
A.comfortableB.clearC.a(chǎn)cceptableD.simple
小題19:
A.kindB.cleverC.naughtyD.honest
小題20:
A.hitB.washedC.ruinedD.save

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