10-12六级英语真题及答案

tes 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 Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Obama's success isn't all good news for black Americans As Erin White watched the election results head towards victory for Barack Obama, she felt a burden lifting from her shoulders. &uot;In that one second, it was a validation for my whole race,&uot; she recalls. &uot;I've always been an achiever,&uot; says White, who is studying for an MBA at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. &uot;But there had always been these things in the back of my mind uestioning whether I really can be who I want. It was like a shadow, following me around saying you can only go so far. Now it's like a barrier has been let down.&uot; White'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. &uot;The traits that characterise him are very contradictory to the racial stereotypes that black people are aggressive and uneducated,&uot; says Ashby Plant of Florida State University. &uot;He's very intelligent and elouent.&uot; Sting in the tail Ashby Plant is one of a number of psychologists who seized on Obama's candidacy to test hypotheses about the power of role models. Their work is already starting to reveal how the &uot;Obama effect&uot; is changing people's 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. 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 Obama's presidenti