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  3. The constitutional requirements for holding congressional office in the United States are few and simple. They include age (twen

The constitutional requirements for holding congressional office in the United States are few and simple. They include age (twen

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问题     The constitutional requirements for holding congressional office in the United States are few and simple. They include age (twenty-five years of age for the House of Representatives, thirty for the Senate) ; citizenship (seven years for the house, nine years for the Senate); and residency in the state from which the office holder is elected. Thus, the constitutional gateways to congressional office-holding are fairly wide.
    Even these minimal requirements, however, sometimes arouse controversy. During the 1960s and 1970s, when people of the post-Second World War "baby boom" reached maturity and the Twenty-sixth Amendment (permitting eighteen-year-olds to vote) was ratified, unsuccessful efforts were made to lower the eligible age for senators and representatives.
    Because of Americans’ geographic mobility, residency sometimes is an issue. Voters normally prefer candidates with long-standing ties to their states or districts. In his 1978 reelection campaign, for instance, Texas Senator John Tower effectively accused his opponent, Representative Robert Krueger, of having spent most of his life "overseas or in the East" studying or teaching—a charge taken seriously in Texas. Well-known candidates sometimes succeed without such ties. New York voters elected to the Senate Robert F. Kennedy and Daniel Patrick Moynihan even though each had spent much of his life elsewhere. While members of the House of Representatives are not bound to live in the district from which they are elected, most do so prior to their election.
    In the Senate, the "one person one vote" rule does not apply. Article I of the Constitution assures each state, regardless of population, two Senate seats, and Article V guarantees that this equal representation cannot be taken away without the states’ consent. The founders stipulated that senators be designated by their respective state legislatures rather than by the voters themselves. Thus, the Senate was designed to add stability, wisdom, and forbearance to the actions of the popularly elected House. This distinction between the two houses was eroded by the Seventeenth Amendment (1913), which provided for the direct popular election of senators.
Which of the following can be inferred about Robert Krueger?
选项 A、He was born on the East Coast.
B、He defeated John Tower.
C、He spent most of his life in Texas.
D、He was not elected to the United States Senate in 1978.
答案D
解析 推理判断题。根据Robert Krueger可定位到第三段第三句。该句是以1978年竞选为例说明前一句的观点。前一句讲，选民通常倾向于选择与所在州或地区有长期联系的候选人；接着第三句举例说明，1978年竞选连任时，德克萨斯州参议员约翰.托尔有效地指控了竞争对手众议员罗伯特.克鲁格，直指其大部分时间都在海外或美国东部，而这一指控也得到了德州选民的严肃对待。由此可推测，罗伯特.克鲁格在1978年的竞选中失败了，故答案为D项，同时排除B项。A项文中没有提及，C项与文意相悖，故也都排除。
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