America’s First Black President

    Ten-year-old Barack Obama was one of the only three black students at his school in Hawaii．the US．He is different from most of the other students．White girls wanted to touch his hair．A white boy asked him whether his father was people．

    ”I lied to them that my father was a Kenyan prince（王子）．But I kept asking myself who I was，”said Obama．

37 years later，to everyone’s surprise，the boy became well-known．On November 4th，2008，Obama became the first black president in US history．

    Obama was born to an African father and a white American woman from a small town in the US in 1961．He grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii．This unusual background（背景） made him wonder who he was．He even wanted to forget this question．

    With the help of his friends．Obama finally turned his life around in the university．After leaving from Columbia University in l983，he had a great idea——working hard to bring change to the world．So he moved from New York to Chicago in 1985 and worked in a poor African—American area for three years．After that，he studied laws in Harvard University and graduated in l991．Later．he became the third black senator（参议员）in US history．

During his race to the highest post in the US，Obama talked about his background．He called for a United States of America，rather than a white America or a black America.

（4）奥巴马的成功使马丁·路德·金（Martin Luther King）的梦想变成了现实．That is：（5）A man should not be judged by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character．”He said at the speech in Chicago after he was elected．

根据文章内容完成下列任务。

◇根据短文内容补全下列句子。

1．When Obama was ten years old，the other students at his school were _______ to him．

2．Obama’s father wasn’t a Kenyan prince，was he? ________．

3．From the story we know that Columbia University is in the city of _______．

◇将文中画线部分译成英语。

4．_______________________________________________________________

◇用“people”作主语改写文中画线句子，保持句意不变。

5．________________________________________________________________

选用方框内的动词，并在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各动词的正确形式。

1. He    ▲    off the bike when he was riding it.

2. I'm not sure which hair style    ▲    me best.

3. He got up early this morning    ▲    the first bus.

4. Sally, go and see who    ▲    on the door.

5. You should study hard, or you    ▲    many good chances.

用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分）

1.Jane is such a kind girl that she always ?????????? (reply) to anyone with a smile on her face.

2.By the end of the 20th century, the weather??????????? (affect) people’s life a lot.

3.I’m surprised to find that the price of bread ?????????? (rise) by 15% recently.

4.Have you ever thought about devoting all your life to ????????? ? (support) different charities?

5.It’s said that women in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (沙特阿拉伯)??? ?????? ? (not allow) to drive all

the time.

6.Though there’s enough time, I prefer ???????? (complete) the task quickly first to spend more time on

my hobbies.

7.— Mary, could you help me?

— Wait a moment. I ????? (argue) about what colour to wear at tonight’s party with my elder sister.

8.The notice says that anyone who breaks the school rules??????????? (punish) by our principal.