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内蒙古乌兰察布市2018届高三英语上学期第一次调研考试试题 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 A Less than 60 percent of students now entering four-year American colleges are likely to graduate. The completion rate is lower than almost any other wealthy country，and worst for poor and minority students. 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 took 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. But many conservatives(保守派) 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(公布) the text on Monday，and that calmed a lot of critics. On Sunday，on the CBS program “Face the Nation”，Education Secretary Arne Duncan said 30 percent of students do not graduate from high school. He called the dropout rate “staggering(令人难以置信的)”.It represents more than a million students every year who entered the ninth grade but did not complete the 12th grade. 1. President Obama