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Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage. YoungpeopleintheUnitedStatesarefallingbehindtheiroverseaspeersinreading,mathsandscience,PresidentBarackObamasaidonSaturday,callingeducationreformanessentialpartofeconomicrecovery.
Inhisweeklyradioandvideoaddress,ObamasaidasmanyasaquarterofAmericanstudentsarenot(36)highschoolandfartoofewyoungpeoplearegettingcollegedegrees.
"Itisan(37)factthatcountrieswhoout-educateustodaywillout-competeustomorrow.Businesseswillhirewhereverthehighlyskilled,highlytrainedworkersarelocated,"theDemocratsaid."Wehaveto(38)upourgameandraiseourstandards."
Withthe2012campaignfortheUSpresidencyheatingup,Obamaisspeaking(39)oftenabouteducation,akeyissueforhispoliticalbase.
His$447billionjobcreationplanincludesmoneyforhiringteachersandschoolrepairs,andonFridayheannounceda(40)of"NoChildLeftBehind",adecade-oldeducationmeasureintroducedbyformerPresidentGeorgeW.Bushthatseekstoholdschools(41)forstudents'performance.
"NoChild"hasbeenwidely(42)forbeinginflexible,requiringteacherstoadheretoanarrowcurriculum(43)mostlyatensuringthatstudentspassstandardisedtests.
"Experiencehastaughtusthatthelawhassomeserious(44)thatarehurtingourchildreninsteadofhelpingthem,"Obamasaid,makingplainthateducationwillbeoneofhiskey(45)issuesintothevotein2012.
"Theseproblemshavebeenobvioustoparentsandeducatorsalloverthiscountryforyears.Butforyears,Congresshasfailedtofixthem.Sonow,Iwill,"hesaid.
A.loosening
B.criticised
C.campaign
D.conversely
E.necessity
F.graduating
G.break
H.increasingly
I.undeniable
J.targeted
K.flaws
L.accountable
M.pick
N.acceptable
O.Finishing
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