After college, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he worked to help poor people in this city. He traveled to Africa to meet his grandmother and cousins for the first time. He went back many times over the years to visit with his family and learn about where he came from. At work, he met a lawyer named Michelle Robinson. They worked together in a big law firm. Then he left Chicago to go to Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He did very well in law school.
After he was done with school, Barack moved back to Chicago and in 1992 he married Michelle. He worked as a lawyer, devoted to helping poor people for free who had been treated unfairly. He worked hard to get the people he helped to vote(投票)．
He made many people believe that their votes were important, and helped them feel like they could make a difference.
文章大意：本文介绍了奥巴马在赢得选举前的生平。
24. Barack Obama's father was probably born in ________.
A． Hawaii B． Illinois
C． Kenya D． California
答案：C 细节理解题。由第一段第二句话“His father came to America from Kenya, which is a country in Africa.”可知，奥巴马的父亲可能出生在肯尼亚。
