Is anti-white bias a problem? A new study says whites think discrimination against them is a bigger problem than anti-black bias. They feel threatened by "【C1】______racism". In what some have called the new post-racial era, what constitutes discrimination is【C2】______. A new study has found that Americans think significant progress has been made in the fight【C3】______anti-black bias. But white Americans【C4】______that progress as coming at their【C5】______and that anti-white bias has become a more【C6】______social problem than anti-black bias. White Americans see blacks' progress as a(n) 【C7】______of their status. Is this finding surprising? Do we see this view【C8】______in government policies or court decisions? If so, how? Our recent research【C9】______that white and black Americans agree that bias against blacks was【C10】______in the 1950's and 1960's. And many Americans support the march【C11】______full and equal rights for all.【C12】______when blacks see such racism as continuing, whites【C13】______to see it as a problem that has been more or less "solved". Many whites now believe that it's anti-white bias that's on a rise, to the point where it's even more【C14】______than anti-black bias. Why would the perception of anti-white bias have increased【C15】______among whites, particularly in recent years? The answer is still【C16】______. What is certain is that this【C17】______is a danger to the nation In fact, for all the gains of the civil rights movement, blacks【C18】______among the poorest, most isolated and most unemployed of all Americans. But such reality is【C19】______to white fellow citizens who are【C20】______instead by fantasies of competitive vic-timhood.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：此处的that progress指代上文提及的“反黑人歧视的进步”，再结合上文说“白人感觉自己受到歧视”，可推断此处表示反黑人歧视的进步是以白人为代价的。应填人“以……为代价”含义的短语。at one's expense意为“以……为代价”，符合要求。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：空格修饰的是bias against blacks(对黑人的歧视)，故B项public“公共的”和D项comprehensive“综合的”与之搭配明显不符合逻辑，首先排除。C项ordinary“普通的，平常的”，与“特殊”相对应，一般修饰事物或个体，如ordinary post“平凡的岗位”，用于此也不符合。由于对黑人的歧视是一种普遍现象．故选A项common“普遍的”最为合适。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：四个选项都有“保持，维持”的意思，但A项keep与B项hold不能和后面的among搭配。maintain和remain的意思及用法都很接近，具有很大的干扰性，但C项maintain是及物动词，句型是“主语+maintain sth.”，即通过另一事物或作用使其保持不变。而remain是不及物动词，句型是“sth．remains+表语”，即事物自身维持不变。由于空格前的主语是blacks，指的是黑人自身的情况，所以用D项remain“保持”。