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"The purpose of this law is simple," said President Lyndon Johnson on July 2nd 1964, as he prepared to sign the Civil Rights Act

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问题     "The purpose of this law is simple," said President Lyndon Johnson on July 2nd 1964, as he prepared to sign the Civil Rights Act. It would forbid segregation at hotels and restaurants, he explained , and ban discriminatory rules for voter registration. It had passed both chambers of Congress with a two-thirds majority, meaning that both Democrats and Republicans had supported the bill. The law’s bulwark, he added, would be "voluntary compliance". That was a wish as well as a warning.
    The law may have been simple, but Johnson intended its effects to be profound: " to promote a more abiding commitment to freedom, a more constant pursuit of justice, and a deeper respect for human dignity". And he knew that many whites, particularly in the South and in his home state of Texas, would resist its implementation.
    In the second week of April the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, the Texas capital, hosted a summit on civil rights, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the law’s passage. The speakers included advocates, athletes and artists: blacks, whites and Hispanics: leaders of the movement and people bom years later: and politicians from both parties, including the heaviest hitters available. Only five people alive have held the office of president of the United States. Four of them, including the incumbent, spoke at the summit.
    The fact that the Civil Rights Act can now be the subject of a major conference is, in itself, a sign of how much the country has changed since its passage. In the early 1960s opposition to racial equality was widespread, brutal and sometimes lethal. It was also a more or less mainstream political position at the time the law was passed, and for years thereafter, at least in parts of the country.
    Former President Jimmy Carter, who spoke on the first day of the summit, recalled that when he was elected governor of Georgia in 1970, segregation in public services such as schools was the norm, even though it was illegal. Even today, he continued, racial inequality can be seen in employment statistics and educational outcomes. "Too many people" , he warned, "are at ease with the still existing disparity. "
According to the first paragraph, the Civil Rights Act would______.
选项 A、ban voters from registration
B、prohibit racial discrimination
C、receive welcome from the public
D、gain the support of all Americans
答案B
解析 根据题干定位到第一段。答案来源于第二句：It would forbid segregation at hotels andrestaurants，he explained，and ban discriminatory rules for voter registration．他解释道，它将禁止在旅馆和饭店出现种族隔离，也禁止在选民登记时出现歧视性规定。由此可以总结theCivil Rights Act的作用是prohibit racial discrimination“禁止种族歧视”，即选项[B]为答案。
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