The campaign（競選）is over. The celebrations have ended. And the work for US president-elect Barack Obama has begun.
The 47-year-old politician rose to the highest post because of his stand against the war in Iraq and his plans to fix a weak economy. But what will the first 47-year-old African-American president do for race relations?
Obama’s victory appears to have given blacks and other minorities（少數(shù)民族）a true national role model. For years, many looked to athletes and musicians for inspiration. As Darius Turner, an African-American high school student in Los Angeles, told the Los Angeles Times, “Kobe doesn’t have to be everybody’s role model anymore.”
However, Bill Bank, an expert of African-American Studies, says that eventually young blacks need to find role models in their own communities. “That’s not Martin Luther King, and not Barack Obama,” he told the Los Angeles Times. “It’s actually the people closest to them. Barack only has so much influence. ”
In the opinion of black British politician Trevor Phillips, Obama’s rise will contribute more to multiculturalism than to race relations in the US.
“When the G8 meets, the four most important people in the room will be the president of China, the prime minister of India, the prime minister of Japan and Barak Obama,” he told London’s The Times newspaper. “It will be the first time we’ve seen that on our television screens. That will be a huge psychological shift（心理轉(zhuǎn)變）for both the white people and the colored ones in the world. ”
小題1: For years, before Obama was elected president of the US, __________.
A．Kobe was the only role model for all the blacks
B．blacks could only find role models on the basketball court
C．minorities in America couldn’t find role models in their real life
D．American blacks had no role model who was successful in political area
小題2:According to Bill Bank, ____________.
A．it’s better for young blacks to find role models in those who are close to them
B．young blacks should not be so much influenced by Obama
C．blacks should find other role models because Obama is far from their reality
D．Obama is not the proper role model for African-Americans
小題3:What would be the best title for this passage?
A．The First African-American PresidentB．America’s New Role Model
C．Obama-- A Successful Black. D．Choosing a Right Role Model
小題4:What will be the huge psychological shift Trevor mentioned at the end of the passage?
A．The other three leaders all support Obama.
B．Obama is an African-American president.
C．None of the four leaders is white.
D．The other three leaders except Obama are from Asian countries.

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:C
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