Question

【题目】Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格，每个单词或词组只能用一次）：

A)abroad B)proud C)better D)visit E)worse F)aim

Wego to school every day to become a better person. How can we start to make changes in our lives? Perhaps we can get tips from former US First Lady Michelle Obama. During a 【1】to China, Obama shared her views on education and youth with students.

The first lady encouraged Chinese students to【2】high and get a good education. At Chengdu No 7 High School, she told students that coming from poor families doesn’t matter as long as you have perseverance (毅力). Obama said her family was not rich. Like many Chinese students, her parents had big dreams for her. She worked hard to make them 【3】. Sometimes she had to wake up at 4:30 amand study late into the night. “But whenever I got tired or discouraged…, I would remember something my mother always told me. She said, ‘A good education is something that no one can take away from you.’”

Mrs Obama also encourages Chinese students to study【4】broaden their horizons (开阔视野) in a speech at Peking University.“As the Chinese saying goes: It is【5】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 that are different from your own.

Studying overseas can also benefit future international relations. It can help young people from different countries work together to deal with shared problems like climate change, Obama said.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】F

【3】B

【4】A

【5】C

【解析】

本文讲述根据前美国第一夫人米歇尔奥巴马的讲话，我们如何成为一个更好的自己。首先一定要接受良好的教育，然后去国外求学，开拓自己的视野。

【1】句意：在访问中国期间，奥巴马与学生们分享了她对教育和青年的看法。

A加可数名词单数，拜访visit，故选D。

【2】句意：第一夫人鼓励中国学生目标高远，接受良好的教育。

根据下文her parents had big dreams for her. She worked hard to make them ___3___.可知，第一夫人用自己的例子，有远大的梦想来激励学生们，故空格处为目标，故选F。

【3】句意：她努力学习使他们自豪。

Them代指前文的her parents，她的父母为她设立了远大的梦想，她便努力实现梦想，让父母骄傲，故选B。

【4】句意：在北京大学的一次演讲中，奥巴马夫人还鼓励中国学生去国外学习，开阔视野。

根据下文It’s also important to have real experience with languages, cultures and societies that are different from your own. 拥有与自己不同的语言、文化和社会的真实体验也很重要。可知，奥巴马夫人鼓励学生学习不同的文化，即到国外进行学习，故选A。

【5】句意：她说:“中国有句老话：读万卷书不如行万里路。”

根据谚语，可知，行万里路比读万卷书更好，故选C。