16．Several recent studies have found that being randomly （隨機地） assigned to a roommate of another race can lead to increased tolerance but also to a greater likelihood （可能性） of conflict．
Recent reports found that lodging with a student of a different race may decrease prejudice and compel students to engage in more ethnically diverse friendships．
An Ohio State University study also found that black students living with a white roommate saw higher academic success throughout their college careers．Researchers believe this may be caused by social pressure．
In a New York Times article，Sam Roakye-the only black student on his freshman year floor-said that"if you're surrounded by whites，you have something to prove．"
Researchers also observed problems resulting from pairing interracial students in residences．
According to two recent studies，randomly assigned roommates of different race are more likely to experience conflicts so strained that one roommate will move out．
An Indiana University study found that interracial roommates were three times as likely as two white roommates to no longer live together by the end of the semester．
Grace Kao，a professor at Penn said she was not surprised by the findings．"This may be the first time that some of these students have interacted，and lived，with someone of a different race，"she said．
At Penn，students are not asked to indicate race when applying for housing．
"One of the great things about freshman housing is that，with some exceptions，the process throws you together randomly，"said Undergraduate Assembly chairman Alec Webley．"This is the definition of integration．"
"I've experienced roommate conflicts between interracial students that have both broken down stereotypes and reinforced stereotypes，"said one Penn resident advisor （RA）．The RA of two years added that while some conflicts"provided more multicultural acceptance and melding （融合），"there were also"jarring cultural confrontations．"
The RA said that these conflicts have also occurred among roommates of the same race．
Kao said she cautions against forming any generalizations based on any one of the studies，noting that more background characteristics of the students need to be studies and explained．
62．What can we learn from some recent studies？D
A．Conflicts between studies of different races are unavoidable．
B．Students of different races are prejudiced against each other．
C．Interracial lodging does more harm than good．
D．Interracial lodging may have diverse outcomes．
63．What does Sam Boakye's remark mean？D
A．White students tend to look down upon their black peers．
B．Black students can compete with their white peers academically．
C．lack students feel somewhat embarrassed among white peers during the freshman year．
D．Being surrounded by white peers motivates a black student to work harder to succeed．
64．What does the Indians Univerisity study show？A
A．Interracial roommates are more likely to fall out．
B．Few white students like sharing a room with a black peer．
C．Roommates of different races just don't get along．
D．Assigning students'lodging randomly is not a good policy．
65．What does Grace Kao say about interracial lodging？A
A．It is unscientific to make generalizations about it without further study．
B．Schools should be cautious when making decisions about student lodging．
C．Students'racial background should be considered before lodging is assigned．
D．Experienced resident advisors should be assigned to handle the problems．
分析 本文介紹了在美國很多的大學(xué)在分配宿舍的時候，沒有考慮到學(xué)生的種族，最后導(dǎo)致了很多的問題．
解答 62．D 推理題．根據(jù)文章第一段being randomly （隨機地） assigned to a roommate of another race can lead to increased tolerance but also to a greater likelihood （可能性） of conflict．說明隨機分配其宿舍而沒有考慮種族，這樣的行為會有多種結(jié)果，故D項正確．
63．D 細節(jié)題．根據(jù)文中內(nèi)容，Sam Roakye-the only black student on his freshman year floor-said that"if you're surrounded by whites，you have something to prove．"由此可知，當黑人學(xué)生周圍全是白人學(xué)生的時候，他需要做很多的事來證明他是優(yōu)秀的，不比其他人差，結(jié)合選項，故選D
64．A 推理題．根據(jù)第四段An Indiana University study found that interracial roommates were three times as likely as two white roommates to no longer live together by the end of the semester．說明這樣的安排導(dǎo)致的室友之間的問題很多，所以這樣的安排會失�。蔆正確．
65．A 推斷題．根據(jù)"This may be the first time that some of these students have interacted，and lived，with someone of a different race，"she said．說明很多的人都是第一次遇見這樣的情況，所以會出很多問題．故這樣的安排不合理．故D正確．
點評 本文是一個科教類閱讀，題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題，做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細分析，結(jié)合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．
