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The London terrorist attacks on July 7 and July 21 changed British Prime Minister Tony Blair. He had long been reluctant to make
The London terrorist attacks on July 7 and July 21 changed British Prime Minister Tony Blair. He had long been reluctant to make
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2008-10-11
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The London terrorist attacks on July 7 and July 21 changed British Prime Minister Tony Blair. He had long been reluctant to make the fight against Islamo-fascist terror a domestic issue. Last week he outlined security measures to deal with radical clerics who incite violence.
Of particular interest is a measure that read in part: "It is now necessary, in order to acquire British citizenship, that people attend a citizenship ceremony (and) swear allegiance to the country." That’s not much different from U. S. law.【66】
This requirement would violate Section 203 of the U. S. Voting Rights Act, which requires that bilingual election materials and assistance be made available when a foreign language reaches critical mass in the general population. For example, California recall ballots in Los Angeles County were printed in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean and Tagalog.【67】
U. S. law, in effect, tells new citizens that can be fully engaged in U.S. democracy without understanding the language of its election campaigns.【68】
Naturalized citizens must demonstrate a fundamental understanding of U. S. history and civics. Isn’t it reasonable to expect them also to be able to communicate, at a basic level, in the language of U. S. politics?【69】Requiring citizens to understand basic English isn’t bias. But supporting a system that encourages American citizens to accept a life without meaningful participation in politics and civic life—that’s bias.
To end the separatism and disengagement that flourishes in part because significant portions of his country cannot speak English, Blair wants to make basic knowledge of English a requirement for British citizenship. There can be no true national unity when citizens cannot understand each other and participate in the majority culture.
【70】Let’s hope the United States will learn it through observation rather than bitter experience.
A. Despite a growing bilingualism in English, for the most part Britain remains a monolingual nation with a long, proud linguistic and cultural tradition.
B. But Blair wants to impose an additional requirement: To become a British citizen, one must "have a rudimentary grasp of the English language".
C. It further suggests that secondhand knowledge of politics, through translation or others’ interpretations, is an adequate substitute for the ability to hear and read about the candidates and the issues.
D. A passing knowledge of English shouldn’t be too much to ask of those who seek the right to vote that so many American soldiers have died to secure.
E. Britain has learned that lesson—the hard way.
F. The intent of Section 203 is laudable: A member of a "language minority group" should face no obstacles in exercising the franchise. But its effects are pernicious.
选项
答案
B
解析
本题所在的空格在文章第2段的最后一句话。一个段落的最后一句话在一篇文章中一般有两个作用:一是总结归纳前文;二是引出下文。如果注意到第3段的第1句:该要求与美国选举法第203条不一致。词组This requirement提醒了考生前文已经出现了a requirement一词。这是本题的答题关键,通过requirement这个线索词可以发现在选项中只有B提到了an additional requirement,在内容上与第3段第1句紧密联系。
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