Nine?year?old Barack Obama was looking through a magazine.__1__the African?American boy was __2__by a series of photos.The __3__ were of a black man who destroyed his skin with chemicals that promised to make him __4__.

For the first time,the boy began to __5__ who he was.

However,now the boy who used to struggle with his __6__ doesn't see it as a problem any more,but a(n) __7__ for his successful career.It is a good example that Obama made history by being elected as the first black president of the United States.

Obama's white mother was born in the heartland of __8__.His black father grew up in a tiny village in Kenya.They met during college in Hawaii,but his father left the __9__ when Obama was just two years old and his mother moved to Indonesia.

At 10,Obama __10__ to live with his white grandparents in Hawaii.At his class,a white boy asked Obama if his father ate people.Out of __11__,Obama __12__ to his classmates that his father was a prince.

Things came to change __13__ the young man made friends with those with a similar background at college.Their __14__ back in Africa helped Obama to finally face up to his  __15__ origin.He worked hard to become a star at Harvard Law School and the third black senator in US history.

At the beginning of his __16__ for the White House,__17__ people viewed Obama favorably.Many doubted his unusual __18__,which left him neither “black”enough nor “white” enough.

But Obama turned his pain of growing up into a tool to make __19__ believe:There is not a black America and a white America and a Latino America and an Asian America.There's the United States of America.

Barack Obarea's __20__ fulfilled Martin Luther King's dream that a man be judged not by the colour of his skin,but by the content of his character.

1.A.So          B.But

C.Indeed         D.While

2.A.frightened     B.pleased

C.shocked        D.feared

3.A.newspapers      B.stories

C.reasons        D.pictures

4.A.white      B.strong

C.healthy        D.popular

5.A.doubt      B.realize

C.hate          D.hide

6.A.nationality     B.family

C.memory       D.identity

7.A.practice       B.chance

C.advantage     D.permission

8.A.Asia       B.Africa

C.the US        D.Indonesia

9.A.family       B.university 

C.America      D.village

10.A.decided      B.returned

C.left        D.considered

11.A.embarrassment    B.politeness 

C.anger         D.curiosity

12.A.told        B.refused

C.lied       D.pretended

13.A.until       B.before

C.after         D.from

14.A.arrivals      B.experiences 

C.travels        D.adventures

15.A.American      B.Indonesian 

C.Hawaii        D.African

16.A.attempt       B.campaign  

C.movement      D.approach

17.A.many      B.some

C.few        D.no

18.A.background     B.ability

C.result        D.opportunity

19.A.Africans      B.the world 

C.Americans      D.the whites

20.A.action     B.words

C.victory        D.life

 

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