SAT阅读官方每日一练（附答案和解析）2018.8.15

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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 focus attention 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 thathave arisen.

Obama uses the word "business" twice in the last paragraph most likely in

order to____________

A.indicate that practical steps should be taken.

B.identify the source of a persistent problem.

C.suggest a way to fix a broken system.

D.shift attention to another group of people.

重点单词：

critical ['kritikəl]adj. 批评的，决定性的，危险的，挑剔的

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

shift [ʃift]n. 交换，变化，移动，接班者v. 更替，移

certain ['sə:tn]adj. 确定的，必然的，特定的

theoretical [θiə'retikəl]adj. 理论上的

consequence ['kɔnsikwəns]n. 结果，后果

defend [di'fend]v. 防护，辩护，防守

persistent [pə'sistənt]adj. 固执的，坚持的，连续的

reflect [ri'flekt]v. 反映，反射，归咎

source [sɔ:s]n. 发源地，来源，原始资料

答案：A

解析：

Choice A is the best answer. In the last paragraph,Obama states that "we've

got serious business toattend to" and that "one order of business is for

ourCongress to pass an updated version of the VotingRights Act." By repeating

the word "business," Obama is emphasizing that the problems withvoting are

practical, not theoretical, and need to be addressed right away through

practical steps.