【正文】 imilar study in 2006. That39。 instead psychologists assess what is known as implicit bias, using a puterbased test that measures how quickly people associate positive and negative words—such as love or evil—with photos of black or white faces. A similar test can also measure how quickly subjects associate stereotypical traits—such as athletic skills or mental ability—with a particular group.t prove a distraction, says Friedman.Lingering racism Obama39。 presidential candidate performed just as well, on average, as the white his election victory, this was true of all the black participants.Dramatic shifts 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。 They tested four separate groups at four key stages of Obama39。s views and behaviour. Perhaps surprisingly, it is not all good news: there is a sting in the tail of the Obama effect. Ashby Plant is one of a number of psychologists who seized on Obama39。s experience is what many psychologists had expected that Obama would prove to be a powerful role model for 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 Ashby Plant of Florida State University. He39。s like a barrier has been let down. I39。t all good news for black AmericansIn this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 17, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 810, plete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Obama39。 ；Due Attention Should Be Given to the Study of Chinese. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below:Directions:若被他人抄襲，一經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)，后果自負(fù)。劃線要有一定粗度，濃度要蓋過字母底色。選定答案后，用HB2B濃度的鉛筆在相應(yīng)字母的中部劃一橫線。五、考生必須在答題卡上作答，凡是寫在試題冊上的答案一律無效。30分鐘后，考生按指令啟封試題冊，在接著的15分鐘內(nèi)完成快速閱讀理解部分的試題，然后監(jiān)考員收取答題卡1，考生在答題卡2上完成其余部分的試題。三、仔細(xì)讀懂題目的說明。2010年6月英語六級真題一、將自己的校名、姓名、準(zhǔn)考證號寫在答題卡1和答題卡2上，將本試卷代號劃在答題卡2上。二、試題冊、答題卡1和答題卡2均不得帶出考場，考試結(jié)束，監(jiān)考員收卷后考生才可離開。四、在30分鐘內(nèi)做完答題卡1上的作文題。全部答題時間為125分鐘，不得拖延時間。六、多項選擇題每題只能選一個答案；如多選，則該題無分。正確方法是：[A][B][C][D]，使用其它符號答題者不給分。七、在考試過程中要注意對自己的答案保密。全國大學(xué)英語四、六級考試委員會Part I Writing (30 minutes)注意：此部分試題在答題卡1上。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__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions:s success isn39。 As Erin White watched the election results head towards victory 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.ve 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 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 it39。 White39。s very intelligent and eloquent.Sting in the tails candidacy to test hypotheses about the power of role models. Their work is already starting to reveal how the Obama effect is changing people39。 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. Indeed, the Obama effect can be surprisingly immediate and powerful, as Ray Friedman of Vanderbilt University and his colleagues discovered.s presidential campaign. Each group consisted of around 120 adults of similar age and education, and the test assessed their language skills. At two of these stages, when Obama39。s acceptance speech as the Democrats39。 What can explain this dramatic shift? At the start of the test, the participants had to declare 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 negative stereotypes, which has been shown to damage the performance of African Americans.s successes seemed to act as a shield against this. We suspect they felt inspired and energised by his victory, so the stereotype threat wouldn39。 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 wa