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Less than 60 percent of students now entering fouryear American colleges are likely to completion rate is lower than that of almost any other wealthy country.

On last Tuesday President Obama gave a nationally broadcast speech to students about the importance of staying in spoke on the first day of classes at a high school in talked about personal responsibility，and used himself as an example of someone who overcame difficulties.

“My father left my family when I was two years old，and I was raised by a single mother who had to work and struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn't always able to give us things the other kids e were times when I missed having a father in my e were times when I was lonely and felt like I didn't fit in，”said President Obama.

But he told students that problems in their own lives should not stop them from learning. “There's no excuse for talking back to your teacher，or cutting class or dropping out of school. There's no excuse for not trying.”

This was not the first presidential speech to ld Reagan spoke from the White House in George H． spoke from a school in Washington in 1991.

But many conservatives(保守者) criticized plans for the called it“socialized education”or federal interference(干预) in local rs feared it would be too political. Some schools decided not to show the the White House released (发布)the text on Monday，and that calmed a lot of critics.

On Sunday，on the CBS program“Face the Nation”，Untied States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said 30 percent of students do not graduate from high called the dropout rate“staggering(令人吃惊的)”．It represents more than a million students every year who entered ninth grade but did not complete 12th grade.

ident Obama gave a nationally broadcast speech on Tuesday to________.

A．criticize the students who talked back to their parents

B．tell the students how he struggled to go to school in his childhood

C．encourage students to drop out

D．persuade the students to go on with their studies even if they have problems

h of the following statements is true according to the passage？

A．Some people considered Obama's speech to be too political.

B．George H． spoke to students from the White House in 1990.

C．Obama's mother left him when he was two years old.

D．The White House decided not to release the text on Monday.

can be inferred from the passage that________.

A．40 percent of American high school students drop out