In his State of the Union address, President Obama held out the hope of mending the main law outlining the federal role in public schools, a slow-progressing 45-year-old law that dates to the Johnson administration. But experts say it would be a heavy lift for the administration to get the job done this year because the law has produced so many conflicts, there is so little time and there are so many competing priorities. In 2001, when Congress completed the law's most recent rewrite, the effort took a full year, and the bipartisan (两党的) agreement that made that possible has long since shattered (破灭). Today there is wide agreement that the law needs to be mended, but not on how to fix its shortcomings. Since it was revised into its current form by the second Bush administration—and renamed No Child Left Behind—it has generated frequent debate with different opinions, partly because it requires schools to apply tests with a far more strict standard and because it labels schools that fail to make progress fast enough each year as "needing improvement." That category draws penalties (处罚) and has grown to include more than 30,000 schools. Several states sued (控告) the Bush administration over the law in the last decade, unsuccessfully. Connecticut challenged its financing provisions, saying it imposed costly demands without providing adequate financing. Arizona fought rules on the testing of immigrant students. "It's hard to see how they can get" a rewrite done, said Joel Packer, executive director of the Committee for Education Funding. "If there's some bipartisan agreement about what the administration proposes, and the Republicans say, 'We want to work together,' then may be. But I think it's going to be tough." During the 2008 campaign and his first year in office, President Obama's attitude was popular with almost everyone: the law reflects worthwhile goals like narrowing the achievement gap between ethnic minority and white students, he said, but includes weak provisions that need fixing. Once any rewrite begins in earnest, however, Mr. Obama will need to support specific changes that will be unpopular with at least some groups.1. What did President Obama look forward to according to his State of the Union address?A) He wished to establish a new law about public education in the country.B) He intended to better the relationship between the government and schools.C) He wanted to modify the present law concerning the government function in public schools. D) He proposed to keep the traditional law to maintain the federal status in schools.2. What is the experts' view on Obama's new proposal?A) There might be enough time to get it finished.B) It may confront many difficulties. C) There would be many competitive parties refusing to do it.D) It would be a job too hard to be finished.3. According to the passage, how was the law of education developed?A) It got several rewrites successfully in the past 45 years since its establishment.B) The rewritten law during the second Bush administration made a great progress.C) It was developed slowly with mending disagreements from different parties. D) The most recent form of the law received disagreement on the necessity of mending.4. How did some states react to the law during the second Bush administration?A) They showed doubt to the weakness of financial support and a strict testing standard. B) They fought against the administration successfully with a legal method.C) They demanded more freedom according to the real situations.D) They successfully put the law into effect in schools.5. What might the rewritten law bring to people's life?A) More agreements between different parties might be achieved due to the rewrite.B) It may bring more financial support to schools in order to improve the educational quality.C) Mr. Obama might become unpopular with some people who disagree with the rewrite.D) It may narrow the achievement gap between students of different types.