Problem: The campaign is over. The celebrations have ended. And the work for US president-elect Barack Obama has begun.

The 47-year-old politician rose to the highest post because of his stand against the war in Iraq and his plans to fix a weak economy. But what will the first 47-year-old African-American president do for race relations?

Obama's victory appears to have given blacks and other minorities a true national role model. For years, many looked to athletes and musicians for inspiration. As Darius Turner, an African-American high school student in Los Angeles, told the Los Angeles Times, "Kobe doesn't have to be everybody's role model anymore."

Recent polls also suggest that Obama's victory has given Americans new optimism about race relations. For example, a USA Today poll found that two-thirds of Americans believe relations between blacks and whites "will finally be worked out". This is the most hopeful response since the question was first asked during the civil rights revolution in 1963.

However, it's still too early to tell whether Obama's presidency will begin to solve many of the social problems facing low-income black communities.

Although blacks make up only 13 percent of the US population, 55 percent of all prisoners are African-American. Such numbers can be blamed on any number of factors on America's racist past, a failure of government policy and the collapse of the family unit in black communities.

It is unlikely that Obama will be able to reverse such trends overnight. However, Bill Bank, an expert of African-American Studies, says that eventually young blacks need to find role models in their own communities. "That's not Martin Luther King, and not Barack Obama," he told the Los Angeles Times. "It's actually the people closest to them. Barack only has so much influence."

In the opinion of black British politician Trevor Phillips, Obama's rise will contribute more to multiculturalism than to race relations in the US.

"When the G8 meets, the four most important people in the room will be the president of China, the prime minister of India, the prime minister of Japan and Barak Obama," he told London's The Times newspaper. "It will be the first time we've seen that on our television screens. That will be a huge psychological shift for both the white people and the color1ed ones in the world."
1. Who won the election?
2. Who might look up to him?
3. Who did they look at before?
4. Who else?
5. Who inspired them?
6. What was hoped would be resolved?
7. Will the president create miracles?
8. What will his rise mean?
9. Who would be at the meeting?
10. Where would it be shown?
Answer: 1. Barack Obama
2. blacks and other minorities
3. Martin Luther King
4. unknown
5. the people closest to them
6. relations between blacks and whites "will finally be worked out"
7. unknown
8. contribute more to multiculturalism than to race relations
9. the president of China, the prime minister of India, the prime minister of Japan and Barak Obama
10. television

Q: At London College, the boys can go to the city in the afternoon. But they must return to the school before six. And Bob doesn't often obey the rule. One afternoon, Bob walked to the city and went to the cinema. When he got to the school, it was eight o'clock. He was a little worried. He ran quickly to the gate. It was closed. He went round the school building to another door. That one was closed, too. Then he saw an open window on the ground floor. It was the head teacher's office. Bob looked into the room, and no one was there. He quickly climbed up and jumped into the room. Just then he heard a voice. He looked around and hid under the sofa. One minute later, Mr. Scott, the head teacher, came in. He turned on the light and sat down on the sofa. Then he began to read. Bob lay under the sofa and looked at the head teacher's feet for an hour. He could not move. At last the head teacher stood up and walked towards the door. "Thank goodness, he didn't find me under the sofa." thought Bob. Then the head teacher stopped. He turned his head and spoke to the sofa, "Would you mind turning off the light when you leave?" he said and left the office.

Answer the following questions:
1. What school were the boys at?
2. Who was the boy that did not follow rules?
3. Where did he go whilst in the city?
4. Did he arrive back on time?
5. What time did he arrive?
6. How did he get back in?
7. Who did the room belong to?
8. What was the teachers name?
9. Did he catch Bob?
10. Where?
A: 1. London College
2. Bob
3. the cinema
4. No
5. eight o'clock.
6. an open window
7. the head teacher
8. Mr. Scott
9. Yes
10. under the sofa

Problem: (CNN) -- Concertgoers at the Indiana State Fair panicked and fled in the immediate aftermath of the concert stage collapse. But just as quickly, they returned, offering what they could during the moments that mattered.

"I'm a nurse. I'm a doctor. I'm a trained EMS responder," they said, according to Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, whose voice broke with emotion as he recalled the extraordinary efforts of ordinary people.

"The individual Hoosiers ran to the trouble, not from the trouble," he said, using the name for Indiana residents. "It's the character that we associate with our state. People don't have to be paid to do it."

The stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair Saturday night killed five people and injured 40 others.

Video showed the blue canvas top fraying and flapping just seconds before the steel scaffolding gave way, sending a heavy bank of stage lights and metal onto fans closest to the outdoor stage.

Ivan Gratz, a professional videographer, witnessed the event and filmed what happened after the collapse.

"Everybody ran away from the stage," he said. "And then as soon as the stage, like it was stable on the ground, everyone turned around and they ran back. And that's what was incredible in the pictures where you see the people grab a hold of the stage and they're lifting it up."

"Just amazing," said Gratz.

Allison Hoehn, another concertgoer, said that many attendees rushed to help those trapped after the stage crumbled.

"We tried to get down to help, but no one was moving," Hoehn said. "The storm came on so fast and the stage just snapped like a toothpick."
1. Where was the concert?
2. What happened?
3. Who is the governor of the state?
4. Was anyone killed?
5. How many?
6. Was anyone hurt?
7. How many?
8. What day of the week was it?
9. Did anyone film the event?
10. What was his name?
11. What was his occupation?
12. Did the concertgoers help the victims?
13. What caused the collapse?
14. Was the weather sunny?
15. Did the event have a covering?
Answer:
1. the Indiana State Fair
2. the concert stage collapsed
3. Mitch Daniels
4. Yes
5. five
6. Yes
7. 40
8. Saturday
9. Yes
10. Ivan Gratz
11. videographer
12. Yes
13. the scaffolding gave way
14. No
15. no