【正文】 s no easy way to see what those figures mean in real life. During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama assembled a racially and ideologically diverse coalition with his message of hope and change。s welfare? A) They fail to ensure children39。s productive citizenry (公民 ). In fact, by some estimates, the value of parental investments in children, investments of time and money (including lost wages), is equal to 2030% of gross domestic product. If these investments generate huge social benefits—as they clearly do—the benefits of providing more social support for the family should be that much clearer. 注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡 2 上作答。 unpaid leave for care of a newborn or dealing with a family medical problem. Despite the modesty of the benefit, the Chamber of Commerce and other business groups fought it bitterly, describing it as governmentrun personnel management and a dangerous precedent. In fact, every step of the way, as (usually) Democratic leaders have tried to introduce workfamily balance measures into the law, business groups have been strongly opposed. As Yale law professor Anne Alstott argues, justifying parental support depends on defining the family as a social good that, in some sense, society must pay for. In her book No Exit: What Parents Owe Their Children and What Society Owes Parents, she argues that parents are burdened in many ways in their lives: there is no exit when it es to children. Society expects—and needs—parents to provide their children with continuity of care, meaning the intensive, intimate care that human beings need to develop their intellectual, emotional and moral capabilities. And society expects—and needs—parents to persist in their roles for 18 years, or longer if needed. While most parents do this out of love, there are public penalties for not providing care. What parents do, in other words, is of deep concern to the state, for the obvious reason that caring for children is not only morally urgent but essential for the future of society. The state recognizes this in the large body of family laws that govern children39。s painting suggests that a distinction should be made between ______. 51. The ninthgrader is advised to go to his teacher or the principal to ______. Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 51 to 56 are based on the following passage. Only two countries in the advanced world provide no guarantee for paid leave from work to care for a newborn child. Last spring one of the two, Australia, gave up the dubious distinction by establishing paid family leave starting in 2020. I wasn39。s chance of getting a scholarship or getting into a top college. What it is wrong to condemn her for is overlooking your hard work. You diligence is worthy of encouragement, but effort does not equal acplishment. If scholars suddenly discovered that Rembrandt had dashed off The Night Watch in an afternoon, it would still be The Night Watch. I could spend months sweating over my own paintings, but I39。s grading system may be unwise, but it is not uhical. A teacher deserves wide latitude in selecting the method of grading that best promotes learning in her classroom。re (36) ______. You39。 Passage One Questions 26 to 29 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 26. A) It carried passengers leaving an island. B) A terrorist forced it to land on Tenerife. C) It crashed when it was circling to land. D) 18 of its passengers survived the crash. 27. A) He was kidnapped eight months ago. B) He failed in his negotiations with the Africans. C) He was assassinated in Central Africa. D) He lost lots of money in his African business. 28. A) The management and union representatives reached an agreement. B) The workers39。s potential B) Obama is but a rare example of black39。s opinions are far from being reliable. D) Obama39。s election has eliminated the prejudice against blacks D) Obama39。 1. How did Erin White feel upon seeing Barack Obama39。s solved. These findings do not only apply to Obama, or even just to race. They should hold for any role model in any country. There39。s family is such a salient (出色的 ) image, we generalise it and fail to see the larger picture—that there39。t be sure their results are due solely to Obama, they also showed that those with the lowest bias were likely to subconsciously associate black skin colour with political words such as government or president. This suggests that Obama was strongly on their mind, says Plant. Drop in bias Brian Nosek of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, who runs a website that measures implicit bias using similar test, has also observed a small drop in bias in the 700,000 visitors to the site since January 2020, which might be explained by Obama39。t prove a distraction, says Friedman. Lingering racism If the Obama effect is positive for African Americans, how is it affecting their white patriots (同胞 )? Is the experience of having a charismatic (有魅力的 ) black president modifying lingering racist attitudes? There is no easy way to measure racism directly。s success was less than certain, the tests showed a clear difference between the scores of the white and black participants—an average of out of 20, pared to , for example. When the Obama fever was at its height, however, the black participants performed much better. Those who had watched Obama39。s very intelligent and eloquent. Sting in the tail Ashby Plant is one of a number of psychologists who seized on Obama39。t all good