Question

Barack Obama, a black man, is the president of the United States now. He was born on August 4th, 1961, in Hawaii and has lived in many places. His mother was from Kansas and his father was from Kenya. Obama went to Columbia University in New York and got a law degree at Harvard University in Massachusetts. His wife is Michelle Obama. She also worked as a lawyer (律師) and later worked for the University of Chicago. They have two young daughters.
Obama wrote a book Dreams from My Father. “I always live in the dream of my father and American people, ” Obama once said. He was born in a poor family. And he was taken good care of by his grandparents when he was young. He also lived and worked in Africa. Then he got good education in Harvard University. On November 4th, 2008, he became the president of America for the first time.
【小題1】Where was Barack Obama born?

A．In Massachusetts.	B．In Kansas.
C．In Hawaii.	D．In New York.

【小題2】________ universities are mentioned in the passage.

A．Two

B．Five

C．Four

D．Three

【小題3】Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Obama’s father was from Kenya.	B．Obama has a son and a daughter.
C．Obama once worked in Africa.	D．Obama studied in Columbia University.

【小題4】Barack Obama became the president at the age of _________ for the first time.

A．37

B．47

C．38

D．48

【小題5】Which is the best title of this passage?

A．Education of the President	B．Dreams from My Father
C．Life of Barack Obama	D．The book by Barack Obama

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】B
【小題5】C

解析試題分析：本文主要講述了奧巴馬的生平簡介。
【小題1】根據 He was born on August 4th, 1961, in Hawaii 可知，奧巴馬出生在夏威夷。所以本題選C。
【小題2】通過閱讀全文可知，文中提到了Columbia University、 Harvard University和University of Chicago三所大學。所以本題選D。
【小題3】根據They have two young daughters.可知，奧巴馬夫婦有一對女兒，而不是一兒一女。所以本題選B。
【小題4】根據 He was born on August 4th, 1961和On November 4th, 2008, he became the president of America for the first time可知，奧巴馬出任總統時是47歲。所以本題選B。
【小題5】通過閱讀全文，我們知道本文主要講述了奧巴馬的生平簡介，只有C符合文意，其他選項有失偏頗。所以本題選C。
考點：本題考查說明文體。
點評：本文是人物簡介或人物傳記類的文章，應該注意人物的生平，特別是他們的出生年月，在什么時間發生的什么事；注意人物的事跡的都有哪些，它們的先后順序是怎樣的等等問題。