问题补充：
Barack Obama is one of the most powerful people in the world.
In a speech, he ohis success to those hardships he went through: “I was nobody at first, but I wanted to make a d. I learned the owed(精神) of perseverance(坚持不懈) from people around me. La hard life, my mom struggled to put herself through school, and make ends m. My grandmother kept doing her job as well as she could and ended difference being vice president at a bank. spirit you do, remember that making your mark on the world is hard. Be patient and determined, rof the setbacks and failures you may Living/Leading across in achieving success. No one of achievement hasmeet(躲避) failure. They learn from mistakes and don’t quit.”
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解析：
【小题1】考查词组; owe…to…把…归功于…,用过去式owed
【小题2】考查词组：make a difference有影响，有差别
【小题3】考查名词：精神spirit
【小题4】考查词组：live/lead a hard life过着艰苦的生活，因为是做状语，填Living/Leading
【小题5】考查词组;make ends meet使收支平衡
【小题6】考查词组：end up doing最终做…
【小题7】考查whatever引导的让步状语从句，无论你做什么，whatever you do
【小题8】考查词组：regardless of不管不顾
【小题9】考查词组：come across遇上
【小题10】考查动词;avoid躲避，因为是过去完成时，用avoided
