First Lady Michelle Obama urged students to visit China at the "100,000 Strong" China Study Abroad forum at Howard University in 2011.
President Barack Obama announced the "100,000 Strong" Initiative （倡議） during his 2009 visit to China. The program aims to increase and diversify the number of American students studying in China by making studying abroad more affordable.
During the event at Howard, Mrs. Obama spoke about the importance of studying abroad, something she never did while in college. "Studying in countries like China is about so much more than just improving your own prospects（前景） in the global market. The fact is that with every friendship you make and every bond of trust you establish you are shaping an image of America projected to the rest of the world," she said.
David Marzban from Pepperdine University recalled a time when he formed a cross-cultural bond with a complete stranger at a restaurant near Fudan University in Shanghai. He noticed a young chef signaling him to come over. "He presses the play button on his media player and starts singing 'California Dreaming' and wants me to sing along with him," Marzban said. "At this time I knew a great friendship had started during my first two weeks in China."
Nicole Baden, a senior communications major at Howard University, recalled how her time in China really helped her master the language. "You have to experience the culture while learning the language to really master it and to understand why things are how they are compared to your own culture," Baden said.
Mrs. Obama encouraged students to set aside concept that studying abroad is for rich kids only or for those attending certain schools. In addition, the first lady announced that the Chinese government is giving 10,000 "Bridge Scholarships" to cover costs for American students and teachers studying in China.
Students from several schools attended the forum. 12-year-old Sarah Davis, who studied in China last summer, said she was very excited to hear Michelle Obama talk about the country. “I love Chinese. Out of all the languages I’ve learned, Chinese is the most difficult and interesting,” she said.
小題1:The examples mentioned in the passage mainly indicate that _____.
A．the US students’ life in China is helpful and worthwhile
B．a(chǎn)ll students of the US are living a comfortable life in China
C．Chinese young people are friendly to foreigners
D．it isn’t realistic for some US young people to study in China
小題2:What can we infer from the passage?
A．Baden came to China to study the differences between English and Chinese.
B．Poor children from America have no opportunity to study in China.
C．David Marzban made a Chinese friend in an unexpected way in China.
D．Michelle Obama called on US students to study in China at a government meeting.
小題3:What is the best title for the passage?
A．The US has an ambitious program for Americans studying in China.
B．Michelle Obama encourages American students to study in China.
C．More American students plan to study in China.
D．China is attracting more and more international students.

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B

試題分析：奧巴馬夫人在一次和美國師生的座談會上鼓勵美國的學(xué)生和老師到中國去學(xué)習(xí)。并且指出在中國學(xué)習(xí)對美國的學(xué)生以后的生活和學(xué)習(xí)是很有幫助的，也是值得的。
小題1:推理判斷題。根據(jù)Studying in countries like China is about so much more than just improving your own prospects（前景） in the global market. 從這里可以推出在中國的美國學(xué)生的生活是對自己有幫助的并且也是值得的，故選A。
小題2:推理判斷題。根據(jù)David Marzban from Pepperdine University recalled a time when he formed a cross-cultural bond with a complete stranger at a restaurant near Fudan University in Shanghai. 和At this time I knew a great friendship had started during my first two weeks in China."
可推知他在參觀遇到一位中國人，故選 C。
小題3:標題歸納題。綜觀全文可知奧巴馬夫人鼓勵美國的學(xué)生到中國去學(xué)習(xí)。故選B。
點評：標題要能吸引讀者的注意力，喚起讀者對文章的閱讀興趣。標題是文章的點睛之筆，要簡潔、突出、新穎，是文章的靈魂和門面。標題的好壞往往影響文章的可讀性。讀者一般會從標題上決定文章的閱讀取舍，故標題要比較醒目，甚至比較離奇，目的是吸引讀者的注意力。所以在選擇標題的過程中，除了要滿足概括性的特點，還要考慮標題的醒目性特點。
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