阅读理解。 Barack Obama was born in Hawaii with
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阅读理解。 Barack Obama was born in Hawaii with a Kenyan father and an American mother. His father, Barack
Obama Sir, married his mother, Ann Dunbar, while studying at the University of Hawaii. The couple
separated two years after Obama was born. His father ultimately returned to Kenya, where he became a
noted economist. He died in a car accident in 1982.
Obama's mother's second marriage was to an Indonesian man named Lolo Soetoro. The family moved
to Indonesia and Obama remained there until he was 10 when he moved back to Hawaii and lived with his
grandparents, while studying on a scholarship at the elite Punahou Academy.
He has seven half-brothers and sisters in Kenya from his father's other marriages, and a half-sister,
Maya Soetoro-Ng, from his mother's second marriage.
After finishing college in 1983, Obama worked for a New York financial consultant and a consumer
organization. He landed a job in Chicago in 1985 as an organizer for Developing Communities Project, a
church-based group seeking to improve living conditions in poor neighborhoods.
Three years later, Obama went to Harvard Law School, where he became the first black president of
the law review. He worked as a summer associate at the Sidley Austin law firm in Chicago, where he met
his future wife. After graduation from Harvard in 1991, Obama practiced civil rights law at a small firm
in Chicago. He became a lecture in constitutional law at the University of Chicago in 1993.
Obama won a seat in the Illiao state Senate in 1996. During this time in the legislature he worked on
welfare and ethics legislation, as well as a measure requiring electronic recording of police interrogations
and confessions in homicide investigations.
Obama won a heavily contested US Senate seat in 2004, carrying 53 percent of the Democratic primary
vote in an eight-candidate race. He easily won the general election, In the Senate he compiled (编辑) a liberal
voting record, but was one of the few Democrats to back a measure on class-action lawsuits. He opposed
the appointment of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court.
The nonpartisan (无党派的) National Journal ranked him as the most liberal member of the Senate early
this year, based on his voting record in 2007. He was ranked 10th most liberal in 2006 and 16th most liberal
in 2005.1. What happened to Obama when he was a child?A. His father died in a car accident
B. His mother married a Kenyan father
C. His parents separated and his mother remarried an Indonesian man
D. He studied at the University of Hawaii2. In which year did Obama go to Harvard Law School?A. In 1983
B. In 1985
C. In 1988
D. In 1991 3. Which of the following sentences in right? A. His mother was divorced from his father when he was two years old
B. Obama moved back to Hawaii and lived with his grandparents until he was 10
C. The nonpartisan (无党派的) National Journal ranked him as the most liberal member of the Senate because
he won the general election
D. He met his future wife in Chicago while studying on a scholarship at the elite Punahou Academy 4. How many sisters and brothers does Obama have? A. 7
B. 8
C. 0
D. 9
最佳答案:
1-4: C C A C
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