We go to school every day to become a better
person. So how can we become powerful and start
changes in our own life? Perhaps we can get tips from the US
First Lady Michelle Obama. During her 'visit to China, from March 20-26, Mrs. Obama shared her views on education and youth empowerment with students.
The first lady encouraged Chinese students to aim high and get a good education* In Chengdu No. 7 High School, she told students that having humble (贫寒的) roots doesn't matter as long as you have perseverance（毅力）
Mrs. Obama said her family was not rich. Like many Chinese students, her parents had big dreams for her. She felt the weight of her parents' sacrifices（牺牲） on her shoulders and worked hard to make them proud. Persevering was not easy, though. Sometimes she had to wake up at 4:30 am and study late into the night. "But whenever I got tired or discouraged(气馁 WJ)... I would remember something my mother. always told me. She said: 'A good education is something that no one cart take away from you.''
Mrs. Obama also encourages Chinese students to study abroad to broaden their horizons（开阔眼界） in her speech at Peking University. "As the Chinese saying goes: It is better to travel 10,000 miles than to read 10,000 books," she said. It's not enough to get good grades in school. It's also important to have real experience with languages, cultures and societies different from your own, she noted.
Studying overseas could also benefit future international relations. It could help young people from different countries work together to deal with shared problems such as climate change, Mrs. Obama said.

【小题1】From the first paragraph , what kind of views did Mrs. Obama share with the students ?

Jane is a junior（低年级的）middle school student in Beijing。She doesn’t talk to her mother at home .She thinks her mother talks too much about her school work，

  Jim is also a junior middle school student in Belling．He doesn't like living at home． Because his parents don’t let him play computer games．

    In fact，lots of middle school students have the same problem like Jane and Jim．They don’t get on well with their parents．Of course they feel unhappy at home。

    As a son or a daughter, you are the most important in the family．Your parents are the  closest（最亲近的）people to you in the world．They love you just because you’re their children．

    On May 15th，people around the world give thanks to their families and deal with on family problems．We call it the International Day of Families. It’s more and more popular with most

families all over the world．

    If you feel unhappy at home，you can try your best to get on well with your parents．It’s good for you and your parents．

1．Why doesn’t Jane talk to her mother at home?

A．Because she talks too much about Jane’s study．

B．Because she often hurts Jane at home．

C．Because she isn’t friendly to Jane．

D．Because she isn’t interested in Jane．

2．Why does Jim hate to live at home?

A．Because he wants to depend on himself．

B．Because he prefers living in the school．

C．Because his parents don’t allow him to play computer games．

D．Because his parents don’t allow him to make friends．

3．Parents love their kids just because__________．

A．they are lovely                                           B．they’re their children

C．their kids live at home                                 D．they have no family problems

4．The International Day of Families is a day__________．

A．to take good care of kids                             B．to give thanks to families 

C．to deal with family problems                        D．Both B and C

5．The writer tells that ___________．

A．it's important for kids to live at home

B．it’s good for students to live at school

C．it's good for kids to get on well with parents

D．all kids should learn to look after themselves

Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight, "You need fortune(运气)，" his father said. "But      you work hard, no fortune will come."

    What made him       was that his piano teacher in Beijing didn't like him. "You have no talent(天赋).You will never be a pianist." As an eight-year-old boy, Lang Lang was badly       . He decided that he didn't want to be a pianist any more. For the next two weeks, he didn't touch the piano. Wisely(明智的)his father didn't      ,but wait.

    Luckily the day came when his teacher asked him to play some holiday songs. He didn't want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he        he could show other people that he had ability to do it well. That day he told his father that he wanted to      with a new teacher. From that point on, everything turned around.

    He started         competitions. In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition when it was announced that Lang Lang had won, he was too        to hold back his tears. Soon it was clear that he couldn't stay in China forever-he had to play on the world's big stages. In 1997 Lang Lang       again, this time to Philadelphia, US. There he spent two years practicing and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over．After his      performance at Chicago's Raviniu Festival, gigs（演奏会）in Lincoln Center and Camegie Hall started pouring in. Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots(找到)him, and lets him shine.

1.A. if         B.unless          C. when         D.since

2.A. energetic   B.happy          C. lucky         D.sad

3.A.hurt       B. ill             C. broken        D.scared

4.A.hear       B. push           C. eat           D.sleep

5.A.realized    B. explained       C.forgot         D.noticed

6.A. argur      B.dance          C. study         D.interview

7.A. winning   B. beating         C. watching      D.refusing

8.A. annoyed   B.mad            C. tired         D.excited

9.A.started     B. left            C. moved        D.performed

10.A.helpful    B.meaningful      C. successful     D.useful