For Roy Johnson, a senior magazine editor, the latest indignity came after a recent dinner at a fancy restaurant in the wealthy New York City suburb where he and his family live. First the parking valet handed him the keys to his Jaguar instead of fetching the car. Then an elderly white couple came out and handed him the keys to their back Benz. “It took them a while to realize that I was not a valet,” says Johnson. “It didn’t matter that I was dressed for dinner and had paid a handsome price for the meal, just as he had. What mattered was that I didn’t fit his idea of someone who could be equal to him.” Such incidents, which are depressingly familiar to African-Americans of all ages, incomes and social classes, help explain why black and white attitudes often differ so completely. A recent survey found that 68 percent of blacks believe racism is still a major problem in America. Only 38 percent of whites agreed. Many Americans find the gulf between blacks and whites bewildering. After all, official
The word "valet" in the first paragraph most probably means?
- A、a restaurant owner
- B、a driver of expensive cars
- C、a wealthy-looking gentleman
- D、a restaurant employee taking care of dinners'car
正确答案:D
答案解析:有
Roy Johnson was unfairly treated because().
- A、his car was inferior in quality
- B、he didn't wear proper clothes
- C、he failed to express himself clearly
- D、he is black
正确答案:D
答案解析:有
From the passage we can learn that().
- A、both blacks and whites are bewildered by racism
- B、examples of racism are becoming rare in the US
- C、official segregation is forgotten because of bad memories
- D、a black man born in Harlem will be the next US president
正确答案:A
答案解析:有
It is implied in the passage that many white people deny the presence of racism in the US because().
- A、they tend to regard instances of racism as trivial misunderstandings
- B、they have never seen any instance of racism in their daily encounters
- C、they believe African-Americans have made significant progress
- D、they have treated black people as their equals on all occasions
正确答案:A
答案解析:有
Judging from the context, the most possible explanation for Mary Frances Berry's being watched at shopping malls is that().
- A、she was a celebrity
- B、she didn't fit people's idea of an Afro-American woman
- C、many people nowadays are insensitive and rude
- D、she is black
正确答案:D
答案解析:有
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