48. Which of the following statements can be validated by the passage above?
(A) Blackness is synonymous with victimization.
(B) Academic achievement is a white prerogative.
(C) Ethnic consciousness outweighs individualism.
(D) Middle-class values encourage segregation.
(E) Retreat from achievement hampers black community.

44. According to the article, in addition to Pluto the other known plutoid is _____. (A) Uranus (B) Mars (C) Ceres (D) Eris (E) Venus

45. According to the article, what is NOT one of the definitions of plutoids? (A) The plutoids must be close to Pluto. (B) The plutoids should be big enough to overcome body forces. (C) The plutoids need to have certain brightness. (D) The plutoids should be of near-spherical shape. (E) The plutoids must be part of the Kuiper Belt.

46. In the passage above, one sentence is missing between the first two paragraphs. Which of the following is it? (A) Frankly, I never took the “acting white＂ accusation seriously. (B) Honestly, I didn＇t share Fordham＇s view that school success meant “acting white.＂ (C) Precisely, I observed that many black students limited their potentials to avoid “acting white.＂ (D) Indeed, I used to believe that school success accounted for the “acting white＂ accusation. (E) Unfortunately, school success was characteristic of Caucasian Americans.

47. Like Fordham＇s research, in general, an ethnographic study may explore the following topics except ___? (A) Australian folk medicine (B) Traditional music in Tibet (C) higher education in Germany (D) American slave narratives (E) Acadian and Creole folklore and mythology

49. What can be safely concluded about Shelby Steele? (A) He views racial identification as a predictable source of social problem. (B) He traces racial identification among blacks back to the civil-rights movement. (C) He believes that a monolithic form of racial identification is recommendable. (D) He confirms that blacks are largely disadvantaged in mainstream society. (E) He feels strongly hostile to white Americans, who are, mostly, racists.

50. What does the author conclude about some black adolescents? (A) They are persistent in their racial identity. (B) They take an adversative stance towards the mainstream. (C) They are mostly low-achievers in academic performance. (D) They view themselves as embattled minority. (E) They believe that success is unattainable.

51. What would be the best title for this essay? (A) The Color of Success (B) The White Man＇s Burden (C) Keeping Blacks Down (D) Black is beautiful (E) Against Acting White

52. Which of the following words best describes the nature of social sciences nowadays? (A) diversified (B) generalized (C) panoramic (D) unified (E) chaotic

53. Which of the following will not be included in the curriculum of social sciences? (A) political campaign in Europe (B) organizational psychology (C) theory of macroeconomics (D) computation and corpus linguistics (E) cultures of Latin America

54. Which statement below is incorrect about today＇s social scientists? (A) They refute the idea that events occurring in human society are largely accidental. (B) They assert that there are regular patterns in most human activities. (C) They employ the ideas of class and kinship to describe human activities. (D) They usually stay within the scope of their own ideas in their research. (E) They have distinctive concepts and terminologies for their own disciplines.