【优化方案】2015届高考英语一轮复习 第一部分 基础考点聚焦 Unit4 Making the news单元检测同步探源 新人教版必修5.docVIP

【优化方案】2015届高考英语一轮复习 第一部分 基础考点聚焦 Unit4 Making the news单元检测同步探源 新人教版必修5 Ⅰ.阅读理解A (2014·安徽蚌埠高三第一次教学质量检查)Less than 60 percent of students now entering four-year pletion rate is lower than that of almost any other wealthy country. On Tuesday President Obama gave a nationally broadcast speech to students about the importance of staying in school.He spoke on the first day of classes at a high school in Virginia.He talked about personal responsibility，and used himself as an example of someone who overcame difficulties. “My father left my family when I was two years old，and I was raised by a single mother who had to work and struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn’t always able to give us things the other kids had.There were times when I missed having a father in my life.There were times when I was lonely and felt like I didn’t fit in，” said President Obama. But he told students that problems in their own lives should not stop them from learning.“There’s no excuse for talking back to your teacher，or cutting class or dropping out of school.There’s no excuse for not trying.” This was not the first presidential speech to students.Ronald Reagan spoke from the White House in 1988.And George H．W.Bush spoke from a school in Washington in 1991.(保守者)criticized plans for the speech.Some called it “socialized education” or federal interference(干预) in local schools.Others feared it would be too political.Some schools decided not to show the speech.But the White House released(发布) the text on Mondayof students do not graduate from high school.He called the dropout rate “staggering(令人吃惊的)”．It represents more than a million students every year who entered ninth grade but did not complete 12th grade.【文章大意】　本文是一篇新闻报道主要介绍了美国总统奥巴马发表电视演讲呼吁学生们克服困难继续学业人们对演讲有不同的评价。________．hildhood C．encourage students to drop out D．persuade the students to go on with their studies even if they have problems 解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第二段内容可知奥巴马发表电视演讲的目的在于呼吁学生们克服困难继续学业。according to the passage? A．Some people considered Ob