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．________________________________________________________________

In 1961 Obama was born in Hawaii, US. His father is an African and his mother is a white American. He grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii.
When Obama was 10 years old, he was one of only three black students at his school in Hawaii. He felt very different from most other students. White girls wanted to touch his hair. A white boy even asked him what his father was.
“I lied to them that my father was a Kenyan prince（王子）. But I kept asking myself who I am,” said Obama.
However, 37 years later, the boy made history. Obama became the first black president（总统） in US history.
This unusual background（背景） made him wonder who he was. He once turned to alcohol (酒) to help forget this question.
With the help of his friends, Obama finally turned his life around at college. His hard work made him a star at Harvard. Later, he became only the third black senator (参议员) in US history.
“Obama’s success has made Martin Luther King’s dream come true. That is: A man should not be judged （判断）by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character,” wrote ABC news.
【小题1】Obama was born in _______________.
A Britain      B America      C Kenya        D Indonesia
【小题2】There was/were _______black students besides Obama at the school where he studied when he was ten.
A no           B one              C two          D three
【小题3】Obama became the first black president in US history when he was ______.
A 37            B 40               C 47           D 50
【小题4】Which of the following is true?
A Obama’s father was a Kenyan prince.
B Obama once forgot who his father was with the help of alcohol.
C Obama was so dishonest when he was young that nobody believed him.
D Obama changed his college life because of his friends’ help and his hard work
【小题5】From the passage we can see that____________.

①"I will think of it."It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking? Though we can not see, or hear, or feel our thoughts, they have great power (力量) !

②Isaac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer evening when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He began to think, and tried to find out why the apple fell. Then he discovered how the earth, sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.

③James Ferguson once saw the inside of his father's watch, and he wondered, "Why should I not make a watch?" This set him thinking and it led to a wooden clock which kept good time.

④Walt Disney, the famous American film-maker, was often thinking of new ideas. One day, when he was in a meeting, he suddenly stopped talking, deep in thought. He looked and looked at a place high up in the room. This continued for a long time, end then he got an idea for a new cartoon.

 ⑤Ideas come at any time, end the important thing is to think. When you meet with any difficulty, don't lose heart. Try to think of it before asking someone to help you. Think and by thinking you will learn how to think creatively.

1. Newton wanted to find out  ______.

A. when the apple hit him        B. why the apple fell

C. who made the apple fall      D. where the apple fell

2.Walt Disney was  ______  when he got an idea for a new cartoon.

A. making a film                           B. telling a story     

C. having a meeting        D. sitting in a garden

3.From the passage we can learn that ______.

A. we should always ask others for help

B. everyone of us likes thinking

C. it is easy to see and hear our thoughts

D. thinking helps to get new ideas