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　　1. How did Erin White feel upon seeing Barack Obama’s victory in the election”?

　　A) Excited.

　　B) Victorious.

　　C) Anxious.

　　D) Relieved.

　　此题问的是Eric对于Obama选举胜利后感觉如何?

　　此题从文中第一段来找，As Erin White watched the election results head towards victory for Barack Obama, she felt a burden lifting from her shoulders. 关键字为a burden lifting from her shoulders(肩上放下了一个重担)与D选项relieved同义，故此题答案为D。

　　2. Before the election, Erin White has been haunted by the question of whether ________.

　　A) she could obtain her MBA degree

　　B) she could go as far as she wanted in life

　　C) she was overshadowed by her white peers

　　D) she was really an achiever as a student

　　此题问的是选举前Erin被什么问题所困扰?

　　此题从文中第二段找答案，But there had always been these things in the back of my mind questioning whether I really can be who I want.

　　关键字是whether，题目中有个whether,而此句中也有个whether.

　　题目中有个词haunted意思是：长期不断地缠扰(某人) ,缠绕, 萦绕

　　而此句in the back of my mind 与haunted同义，

　　所以要选择与I really can be who I want(我想成为我想成为的人)的意思相近，故选择B选项(在她的生活中，她想走多远，就能走多远，即她可以成为她想成为的人)。

　　3. What is the focus of Ashby Plant’s study?

　　A) Racist sentiments in America.

　　B) The power of role models.

　　C) Personality traits of successful blacks.

　　D) The dual character of African Americans.

　　此题问的是Plant的研究重点在于什么?

　　此题可以从文中找到答案:

　　Ashby Plant is one of a number of psychologists who seized on Obama’s candidacy to test hypotheses about the power of role models.

　　关键字为：the power of role models，与B选项对应，故此题答案为B。

　　4. In their experiments, Ray Friedman and his colleagues found that ________.

　　A) blacks and whites behaved differently during the election

　　B) whites’ attitude towards blacks has dramatically changed

　　C) Obama’s election has eliminated the prejudice against blacks

　　D) Obama’s success impacted blacks’ performance in language tests

　　此题问的是在试验中，Ray Friedman 和他的同事发现了什么?

　　此题也可以从文中找到相应的答案：When the Obama fever was at its height, however, the black participants performed much better. Those who had watched Obama’s acceptance speech as the Democrats’ presidential candidate performed just as well, on average, as the white subjects. 当奥巴马热达到最高潮时，那些黑人试验者表现就更好，这说明Obama的成功影响着黑人的表现，与D选项对应，故此题答案为D。

　　5. What do Brian Nosek’s preliminary results suggest?

　　A) The change in bias against blacks is slow in coming.

　　B) Bias against blacks has experienced an unusual drop.

　　C) Website visitor’s opinions are far from being reliable.

　　D) Obama’s popularity may decline as time passes by.

　　此题问的是Brian 的初步结果显示什么?

　　此题从文中可以找到答案:Drop in bias

　　Brian Nosek of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, who runs a website that measures implicit bias using silimar test, has also observed a small drop in bias in the 700,000 visitors to the site since January 2007, which might be explained by Obama’s rise to popularity. However, his preliminary results suggests that change will be much slower coming than Plant’s results suggest.

　　关键词为： change will be much slower coming ，而根据原文，change具体指a small drop in bias against blacks.

　　所以综合起来就是：对黑人歧视的人的数量将减少，这一改变将会慢慢到来，与A选项对应，故此题答案为A。