We go to school every day to become better people. How can we start to make big changes in our lives? Perhaps we can get tips from former US First Lady Michelle Obama. During a visit to China from March 20 to 26 in 2015, Obama shared her views on education and youth empowerment with students.
The first lady encouraged Chinese students to aim high and get a good education. At Chengdu No 7 High School, she told students that having humble roots doesn’t matter as long as you have perseverance （毅力）．Obama said her family was not rich. Like many Chinese students, her parents had big dreams for her. She felt the weight of her parents’ sacrifices （牺牲） on her shoulders and worked hard to make them proud. Persevering was not easy, though. Sometimes she had to wake up at 4：30 am and study late into the night. “But whenever I got tired or discouraged…I would remember something my mother always told me. She said： ‘A good education is something that no one can take away from you. ’”
Mrs Obama also encouraged Chinese students to study abroad to broaden their horizons （开阔视野） in a speech at Peking University. “As the Chinese saying goes：It is better to travel 10, 000 miles than to read 10, 000 books,” she said. It’s not enough to get good grades in school. It’s also important to have real experience with languages, cultures and societies that are different from your own, she noted. Studying overseas can also benefit future international relations. It can help young people from different countries work together to deal with shared problems like climate change, Obama said.
【小题1】According to the passage, Michelle Obama shared her ideas with________.
| A．students in the US | B．students in China |
| C．her family members | D．students who visited the White House |
【小题2】We can learn that________from this passage.
| A．she studied abroad before | B．she was born in a rich family |
| C．she studied long into the night | D．she never felt tired and discouraged |
【小题3】________can be put into the beginning of paragraph 2.
| A．The first lady visited lots of fun places in China. |
| B．The first lady encouraged Chinese students to get a good education. |
| C．Mrs. Obama enjoyed her visit to China very much. |
| D．Mrs. Obama had a sad childhood. |
【小题4】The underlined Chinese saying in the last paragraph means________.
| A．better grades, better school life |
| B．traveling is more important than studying |
| C．studying far away is more important to success |
| D．real life experience is more important |
