Young people in the United States are falling behind their overseas peers in reading, math and science, President Barack Obama said on Saturday, calling education reform an essential part of economic recovery. In his weekly radio and video address, Obama said as many as a quarter of American students are not【C1】 1high school and far too few young people are getting college degrees. " It is an【C2】 2fact that countries who out-educate us today will out-compete us tomorrow. Businesses will hire wherever the highly skilled, highly trained workers are located," the Democrat said. " So we have to【C3】 3our standards. " With the 2012 campaign for the U. S. presidency heating up, Obama is speaking【C4】 4often about education, a key issue for his political base. His $447 billion job creation plan includes money for hiring teachers and school repairs, and on Friday he announced a【C5】 5of " No Child Left Behind," a decade-old education measure introduced by former President George W. Bush that seeks to hold schools【C6】 6for students' performance. "No Child" has been widely【C7】 7for being inflexible, requiring teachers to adhere to a narrow curriculum【C8】 8mostly at ensuring that students pass standardized tests. " Experience has taught us that the law has some serious【C9】 9that are hurting our children instead of helping them," Obama said, making plain that education will be one of his key【C10】 10issues into next November' s vote. "These problems have been obvious to parents and educators all over this country for years. But for years, Congress has failed to fix them. So now, I will," he said. A)flaws I)criticized B)conversely J)loosening C)necessity K)campaign D)undeniable L)targeted E)increasingly M)accountable F)break N)raise G)acceptable O)finishing H)graduating 【C1】