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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. "
It can be implied in the second paragraph that______.
选项 A、the law was so ambitious that it would fail
B、the implementation of the law would be easy
C、a majority of black people would resist the law
D、the law might be more popular among the black
答案D
解析 根据题干定位到第二段。选项[A]the law was so ambitious that it would fail“该法案太过于雄心勃勃，注定会失败”，其中would fail在第二段并无对应信息，故判断该项错误。选项[B]the implementation of the law would be easy“这部法案实施起来会很容易”，这与本段最后一句resist its implementation“抵制其实行”相悖，故错误。选项[C]a majority ofblack people would resist the law“大量黑人会抵制这部法案”与最后一句he knew that manywhites…would resist its implementation相悖，故错误。选项[D]the law might be more popularamong the black“这部法案可能会更受黑人欢迎”可以通过最后一句话推断出来，故该题答案为[D]。
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