Question

Awards
by Michelle Obama

Welcome. Let me start by thanking from the bottom of my heart so many people. . . .
From the day we started, all of us, we've made it a priority to open up this house1 to as many young people from as many backgrounds as possible, because we wanted them to understand that this is their house too. And that's not always the case. There are kids all over this country, all over the world who think that places like this are not for them. So they're intimidated by it, and it defines the limits of who they can be.
Well, we want to change that. We've worked to change that. We want them to know that they should always feel at home within these walls and so many important institutions all over the world. At the same time, we also wanted to bring exciting arts programming to students across the country, and to get more kids engaged in the arts at their schools and also in their communities.
And the PCAH2 has been at the heart of both of these efforts. We've done just some really cool things. The Turnaround Arts Talent Show, which is one of my favorite things—just having kids doing their thing up here in front of George and Martha. The National Student Poet program, which highlights just some of the most amazingly gifted young people you ever want to see, to the Creative Youth Development Partnership, to the awards that we're giving out today.
For these awards in the past eight years, 3,000 programs have applied for just these awards. And we've honored more than 100 programs from 33 states, D.C., and nine countries. And we couldn't have done any of this without the PCAH. Their energy, their focus, their commitment—you guys have just gone above and beyond every step of the way. And that's not always the case for committees. Some people just like to see their name on some stationery, but not this team. So I want to thank you for making this all possible. I hope that you're proud of what you've accomplished, because I'm so proud of you. And it's been just a great ride.

1. The White House
2. President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
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Select ALL the correct answers.
In which two sentences from the passage does the speaker create a welcoming tone?
We want them to know that they should always feel at home within these walls and so many important institutions all over the world.
From the day we started, all of us, we've made it a priority to open up this house to as many young people from as many backgrounds as possible, because we wanted them to understand that this is their house too.
We've done just some really cool things.
At the same time, we also wanted to bring exciting arts programming to students across the country, and to get more kids engaged in the arts at their schools and also in their communities.
And we've honored more than 100 programs from 33 states, D.C., and nine countries.

Answer 1

From the day we started, all of us, we've made it a priority to open up this house to as many young people from as many backgrounds as possible, because we wanted them to understand that this is their house too.

We want them to know that they should always feel at home within these walls and so many important institutions all over the world.