SAT阅读官方每日一练（附答案和解析）

Conceptually, everybody is in favor of the right to vote. You will not hear anybody defend the notion that the law can discriminate against persons because of their color, or their faith, or their ethnicity, when it comes to going to cast a ballot.That's huge progress, a normative shift in how we think about our democracy. Everybody in theory is supposed to be included.

But part of the reason we're here today, part of the reason it's so important for us to focusattention on this right is because in practice, we've still got problems.

On the ground, there are still too many ways in which people are discouraged from voting.Some of the protections that had been enshrined in the Voting Rights Act itself have beenweakened as a consequence of court decisions and interpretations of the law. Statelegislatures have instituted procedures and practices that, although on the surface may appearneutral, have the effect of discouraging people from voting, may have a disproportionaleffect on certain kinds of folks voting.

And if, in fact, those practices, those trends, those tendencies are allowed to continueunanswered, then over time the hard-won battles of 50 years ago erode, and our democracyerodes. And that means that the decisions that are made in the corridors of power all across thiscountry begin to reflect the interests of the few, instead of the interests of the many.

So we've got serious business to attend to here. One order of business is for our Congress topass an updated version of the Voting Rights Act that would correct some of the problems that have arisen.

In the passage, Obama anticipates and addresses which objection to his argument?

A.Not every citizen can be equally involved in decision making.

B.New voting requirements are equally fair for everyone.

C.The original Voting Rights Act is flawed and needs to be changed.

D.The United States government should simplify the voting process.

重点单词：

decision [di'siʒən] n. 决定，决策

neutral ['nju:trəl] adj. 中立的，中性的n. 中立者，空挡的

certain ['sə:tn] adj. 确定的，必然的，特定的

reflect [ri'flekt]v. 反映，反射，归咎

erode [i'rəud]vt. 腐蚀，侵蚀vi. 受到侵蚀

voting ['vəutiŋ]n. 投票 动词vote的现在分词形式

discouraging [dis'kʌridʒiŋ]adj. 令人气馁的 动词discourage的现在分词

flawed [flɔ:d]adj. 有缺陷的;有瑕疵的;有裂纹的

consequence ['kɔnsikwəns]n. 结果，后果

defend [di'fend]v. 防护，辩护，防守

答案：B

解析：

Choice B is the best answer. Obama states that"legislatures have instituted procedures and practicesthat" may seem to be neutral but "have the effect ofdiscouraging people from voting." Obama isguessing that critics may say that new voting requirements are neutral, or fair for everyone—and pointing out that this is not actually true in practice.