C. media reports have exaggerated the racial gap
D. media accounts have made people believe that the gap between blacks and whites has become narrower
2. What the Kerner Commission meant by “accelerating segregation” was that __________
A. more and more whites and blacks were forced to live and work separately
B. more and more blacks lived in the central cities, and whites outside the core
C. more and more whites lived in the central cities, and blacks outside the core
D. nowadays more and more blacks begin to live in the suburbs
3. The last taboo in the article is about ____________.
A. political status of America s minority people
B. economic status of America s minority people
C. racial integration
D. interracial marriages
4. Gunnar Myrdal kept asking whites how he could find “Mr. Jim Smith,” but no one seemed to know who he was, because _____________.
A. there was not such a person called Jim Smith
B. Jim Smith was not famous
C. the whites didn t know Jim Smith
D. the white people considered that a black man did not deserve the title of “Mr.”
5. In the author s opinion, _
A. few black Americans can climb the ladder to the top
B. Jesse Jackson s words in this article seemed too pessimistic
C. Colin Powell could never have been elected President
