高中英语真题-2016高考英语阅读理解基础训练(1).pdfVIP

2016 高考英语阅读理解基础训练（1 ） 阅读理解。阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A 、B、C、D 四个选 项中，选出最佳选项。 First lady Michelle Obama turns 50 on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Michelle Obama has spent the first half- century of her life breaking barriers and checking off a series of firsts. Now, as she reaches her milestone birthday Friday, t he nation will be watching to see in what other areas she will l eave her mark. Five years after moving into the White House, and without a re- election campaign to worry about, she has more room to relax in her role and, political watchers say, possibly become more vocal (声音 的) on political issues in the three years left in office. So far, critics have complained about Michelle’s silence on i ssues where they expected to hear her voice: Last year, at th e start of her husband's second term, she disappointed advoc ates for tighter gun- control measures after she failed to push harder on the issue i n response to the massacre (残 杀) at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Sh e also disappointed some feminists (女权主义 者) who wanted her to defend their causes instead of falling b ack on her self-described role as the nation’s “mom-in- chief.” Nor did she handle racial issues during her second ter m, as some had expected. “The most important thing to remember is, whether you are bl ack, white or Hispanic, you’re the first lady and the president of all the people in the . That’s a huge melting pot, so to reinfo rce (强 化)that she's African American over anything else would not b e wise,” said Anita McBride, who directs programming and nat ional conferences on the legacies (遗 产) of America’s first ladies and their historical influence at Am erican University. Valerie Jarrett, a top White House adviser and a close frien d of the Obamas, said the first lady doesn't want to “spread h erself too thin.” “She really wants to have a maximum impact and to do that in fewer areas,” Jarrett told the Associated Press. “That, s