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1、2018-4-1 四六级资料整理：龚强Part I Writing (30 minutes)注意：此部分试题在答题卡 1 上。Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of Due Attention Should Be Given to the Study of Chinese. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below:1.近年来在学生中出现了忽视中文学习的
2、现象；2.出现这种现象的原因和后果； 3.我认为 Due Attention Should Be Given to the Study of Chinese _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _2018-4-1 四六级资料整理：龚强Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answe
3、r Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Obamas success isnt all good news for black AmericansAs Erin White watched the election results head towards victo
4、ry for Barack Obama, she felt a burden lifting from her shoulders. “In that one second, it was a validation for my whole race,“ she recalls.“Ive always been an achiever,“ says White, who is studying for an MBA at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. “But there had always been these things
5、in the back of my mind questioning whether I really can be who I want. It was like a shadow, following me around saying you can only go so far. Now its like a barrier has been let down.“Whites experience is what many psychologists had expected - that Obama would prove to be a powerful role model for
6、 African Americans. Some hoped his rise to prominence would have a big impact on white Americans, too, challenging those who still harbour racist sentiments. “The traits that characterise him are very contradictory to the racial stereotypes that black people are aggressive and uneducated,“ says Ashb
7、y Plant of Florida State University. “Hes very intelligent and eloquent.“Sting in the tail2018-4-1 四六级资料整理：龚强Ashby Plant is one of a number of psychologists who seized on Obamas candidacy to test hypotheses about the power of role models. Their work is already starting to reveal how the “Obama effec
8、t“ is changing peoples views and behaviour. Perhaps surprisingly, it is not all good news: there is a sting in the tail of the Obama effect.But first the good news. Barack Obama really is a positive role model for African Americans, and he was making an impact even before he got to the White House.
9、Indeed, the Obama effect can be surprisingly immediate and powerful, as Ray Friedman of Vanderbilt University and his colleagues discovered.They tested four separate groups at four key stages of Obamas presidential campaign. Each group consisted of around 120 adults of similar age and education, and
10、 the test assessed their language skills. At two of these stages, when Obamas success was less than certain, the tests showed a clear difference between the scores of the white and black participantsan average of 12.1 out of 20, compared to 8.8, for example. When the Obama fever was at its height, h
11、owever, the black participants performed much better. Those who had watched Obamas acceptance speech as the Democrats presidential candidate performed just as well, on average, as the white subjects.After his election victory, this was true of all the black participants.Dramatic shiftWhat can explai
12、n this dramatic shift? At the start of the test, the participants had to declare 2018-4-1 四六级资料整理：龚强their race and were told their results would be used to assess their strengths and weaknesses. This should have primed the subjects with “stereotype threat“ an anxiety that their results will confirm
13、negative stereotypes, which has been shown to damage the performance of African Americans.Obamas successes seemed to act as a shield against this. “We suspect they felt inspired and energised by his victory, so the stereotype threat wouldnt prove a distraction,“ says Friedman.Lingering racismIf the Obama effect is positive for Afri
