Mrs. Ohama spoke to the graduates of Martin luther King Jr. High School on Saturday in her only high school commencemenl (毕业典礼）speech this year. The ceremony___1____in the gymnasium of Tennessee State University. 'The first lady told her 170 ___2_____ that she spent too much of her time in college _____3___ on acadamic achievements. While her success in college and law school ____4____ a good job, she said, she ended up focusing on public service. “My message to you today is that don’t ____5______ a minute living someone else’s dream”she said. “It ______6___ a lot of real work to discover what brings you___7____ and you won’t find what you love simply by _____8_____ mailboxes or surfing the net." She said MLK reminded her of her own high school ______9____ in Chicago. “My No. 1 _____10__ was to go to a high school that would push me and___11______me,” she said: “I wanted to go somewhere that would ____12_____achievement. ___13_____ schools like this don't exist for every kid,” she said. “You are blessed.” The first lady told graduates that__14____ may be a part of their college lives and careers, and that how they respond ___15_____ what they will became. “That’s when you ___16_____what you are really made of in those hard times,” she said. “But you can only do that if you’re willing to put yourself in a position ____17_____ you might fail.” Overcoming diffcultie has been the ____18_____of many great people，she said, “Oprah was demoted (降职)from her first job as a news reporter, and now she doesn’t even need a last name,” she said of media giant Oprah Winfrey.And then there’s this guy Barack Obama. I could ____19______a whole afternoon talking about his failures. He ___20____ his first race for Congress”.the first lady joked, “and now he gets to call himself my husband.
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:B
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:D
小题20:B
本文讲述了美国第一夫人在Martin luther King Jr. High School毕业典礼上的讲话的部分内容，她鼓励孩子们要正视失败，要把精力放到学业上。
小题1:考查动词短语辨析及语境理解。此处指毕业典礼在Tennessee State University体育馆举行，此处take place意为：举行。
小题2:考查名词词义辨析。此处graduates毕业生； teachers 教师；pupils学生；teenagers青少年。根据语境这里是第一夫人给中学的毕业生演讲。故最佳答案是A。
小题3:考查动词词义辨析。此处depending依靠；focusing集中精力做；deciding决定； living生活。在大学她花了很多时间集中精力于学业成就。
小题4:考查动词短语的用法。此处led to导致； referred to指，参阅；looked forward to 展望；occurred to发生。她在大学法学院的成功导致她找到好的工作。
小题5:考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。此处spend 花费；spoil毁掉； enjoy 欣赏；waste浪费。这里指不要浪费时间生活在别人的梦想里。
小题6:考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。此处demand需要；takes花费；spend花费；benefit受益。根据句型：it takes sth to do sth可知，选B。需要做很多工作才能发现什么能给你带来快乐。
小题7:考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。此处energy精力；power力量；joy快乐； laughter笑声。需要做很多工作才能发现什么能给你带来快乐。
小题8:考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。此处opening打开；checking查看；. writing 写；designing设计。这里指：只是简单地查看邮箱和上网不会使你找到你所喜欢的东西。
小题9:考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。此处 experience经历； memory 记忆； failure 失败；events事件。MLK学校使她想起了她在芝加哥上学的经历。
小题10:考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。此处task任务； goal目标；homework 作业；wish愿望。我的第一目标是上高中，这是对我自己的挑战。
小题11:考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。此处disappoint 使失望； encourage 鼓励；satisfy 使满意；challenge挑战。根据前文的push me可知，这里的challenge和它并列。
小题12:考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。此处celebrate庆祝；congratulate 祝贺； apply应用； analyse分析。这里指：我想找个地方庆祝一下我的成就。
小题13:考查副词词义辨析。此处Unfortunately不幸地； Fortunately 幸运地；Occasionally 偶然地；Unexpectedly意外地。根据后文don't exist for every kid可知，选A。不幸的是，学校不存在这样的地方。
小题14:考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。此处happiness幸福； sadness悲伤；failure 失败； success成功。第一夫人告诉毕业生们：失败是他们学习生活的一部分，但他们对失败的反应决定他们将成为什么样的人。
小题15:考查动词词义辨析。此处affects影响；determines 决定；dedicates 奉献；donates捐赠。第一夫人告诉毕业生们：失败是他们学习生活的一部分，但他们对失败的反应决定他们将成为什么样的人。
小题16:考查动词短语的含义。此处find out查清，弄明白；pull out拆除； beak out 爆发；hold out伸出。这里意为：那是你弄明白你在困难时刻应该具备什么品质的时候。
小题17:考查连接词的用法。根据前面的a position可知，这里是where引导的定语从句。
小题18:考查名词词义辨析。此处mark标志；shortcoming缺点； point点；advantage优势。这里意为：克服困难已经是伟人的标志。
小题19:考查动词短语的含义。此处turn on 打开；take on呈现；turn up出现；露面；take up占用。这里指占用一整下午的时间谈他的失败。
小题20:考查动词词义辨析。此处abandoned抛弃； lost输掉；won 赢得；obtain获得。根据前文的I could take up a whole afternoon talking about his failures中的failures可知，此处选B。