Barack Obama made his victory speech in Chicago after a hard-fought campaign.

Democratic Senator Barack Obama has won the US presidential election, and will become the 44th President of the United States-the first African-American in the country's history to do so.

President-elect Obama marked his victory with a speech to a crowd of tens of thousands of people in his hometown of Chicago.

Obama described his election as a "defining moment' in the history of the United States, saying that "change has come to America".

The BBC's spokesman in Washington says that in electing Barack Obama, the American people have expressed their unhappiness with the present state and rejected their country's historical racial divisions.

The Australian Prime Minister summed up how many people felt when he congratulated President-elect Obama.

“Forty-five years ago Martin Luther King had a dream of an America where men and women would be judged not on the colour of their skin but on the content of their character. Today what America has done is turn that dream into a reality," said Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

President-elect Obama will not take office until 20th January next year. However, when he does become president, he will face many serious challenges, including two foreign wars, climate change and what he has described as " the worst financial crisis （經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)）in a century."

But the mood of the country is optimistic, according to most commentators, and Obama himself appears to enjoy the challenge.

"The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be difficult. We may not get there in one year or even in one term, but America--I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there," said the next President of the United States.

 

41. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. It was not a difficult process for Obama to win the US presidential election.

B. The American people welcome the historical racial divisions.

C. What Martin Luther King dreamed about America has come true.

D. After the election Obama didn't say anything about his victory.

42. According to the passage, it seems that in the United States, _____________.

A. people may still be treated unequally because of their color of skin.

B. people are experiencing two civil wars.

C. Americans are enjoying the economy developing.

D. People are not satisfied with President-elect.

43. From the last two paragraphs, we can learn that________________.

A. the attitude of American people to their country's future is not clear.

B. Obama has confidence in American future and ready to face it.

C. the road to America will be long.

D. the change of America is not hard to achieve.

44. What is probably the best title to the passage?

A. Historical presidential election                          B. The first African-American President

C. Change has come                                           D. Comments about America

41.     解析：after a hard-fought campaign 奧巴馬才獲勝，所以A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)。美國人民歡迎歷史上的種族劃分（歧視），奧巴馬就不可能獲勝the American people have expressed their unhappiness with the present state and rejected （拋棄）their country's historical racial divisions.，B項(xiàng)錯(cuò)。獲勝后什么也沒有說，怎么可能？ Obama described his election as a "defining moment' in the history of the United States, saying that "change has come to America". D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。 C項(xiàng)，馬丁路德金的夢想成為現(xiàn)實(shí)，正確。

42.     解析：A項(xiàng)正確。B項(xiàng)，人們正在經(jīng)歷兩次內(nèi)戰(zhàn)是顯然錯(cuò)誤的he will face many serious challenges, including two foreign wars（對外戰(zhàn)爭）。C項(xiàng)美國人名正享受經(jīng)濟(jì)的發(fā)展，也是錯(cuò)誤的。美國人民正在遭受what he has described as " the worst financial crisis （經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)）in a century." 百年一遇的經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)。D項(xiàng)美國人名不滿意總統(tǒng)選舉。怎么可能？

43.     解析：A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。But the mood of the country is optimistic 國內(nèi)的氣氛是樂觀的。

44.     C項(xiàng)，去美國的路會很長的。原文The road ahead will be long的意思是前方的路還很漫長。D項(xiàng)美國的改變不是很難實(shí)現(xiàn)的。Our climb will be difficult. We may not get there in one year or even in one term。說明D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。B項(xiàng)，奧巴馬有信心面對美國的未來顯然正確。I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there。

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