Question

Michelle Obama's Early Life


Michelle Obama is the 44th first lady of the United States. She is a lawyer, who also worked for the city of Chicago. The first lady had quite an impressive background before moving into the White House when her husband became the president of the United States.
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson was born on January 17, 1964, and was raised on Chicago's South Side. Her close-knit family lived in a one-bedroom apartment. Her mother was a stay-at-home mother and later worked as a secretary. Mr. Robinson worked for the city as a pump operator. Michelle's brother Craig is just 21 months older than she is, and the two siblings were often confused for twins. She said, "We learned about gratitude and humility, that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean...and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect."
Education was a major priority in the Robinson home; Michelle and Craig learned to read by the age of four. Both siblings also skipped second grade. Michelle began taking accelerated classes, and she attended the first magnet high school in Chicago for gifted students. She graduated from Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in 1981 as the class salutatorian. She attended Princeton University, where she earned her BA in Sociology and, later, she earned her law degree from Harvard Law School.
Michelle Obama was raised to always do the best she could rather than just what was expected of her. She once said, "One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am." She credits this philosophy for her amazing accomplishments.


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Which of the following is the best paraphrase of each sentence from the passage?
Michelle Obama's parents always expressed
the importance of education,
teaching Michelle and her brother
to read by the age of four.
Michelle Obama was raised
by her parents to do
the best she could
rather than just what
was expected of her.
Michelle Obama's parents
taught her to value her
own efforts more than
other people's expectations
of her.
Michelle Obama said that her parents
taught her that because many people
had a hand in her success at school, she
should value everyone's contribution
and treat everyone with respect.
The Robinson family learned
how to read by the age
of four, because they considered
education a major priority.
Michelle Obama and her brother
learned to be grateful and to
respect people who helped them
in their education, from
teachers to janitors.

Answer 1

Best matches (original sentence → best paraphrase):

1) "Education was a major priority in the Robinson home; Michelle and Craig learned to read by the age of four."
→ "Michelle Obama's parents always expressed the importance of education, teaching Michelle and her brother to read by the age of four." (first option)

2) "Michelle Obama was raised to always do the best she could rather than just what was expected of her."
→ "Michelle Obama was raised by her parents to do the best she could rather than just what was expected of her." (second option)

3) "We learned about gratitude and humility, that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean...and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect."
→ "Michelle Obama and her brother learned to be grateful and to respect people who helped them in their education, from teachers to janitors." (last option)