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As soon as it was revealed that a reporter for Progressive magazine bad disc

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问题     As soon as it was revealed that a reporter for Progressive magazine bad discovered bow to make a hydrogen bomb, a group of firearm(火器) fans formed the National Hydrogen Bomb Association, and they are now lobbying against any legislation to stop Americans from owning one.
    "The Constitution," said the association’s spokesman, "gives everyone the fight to own arms. It doesn’t spell out what kind of arms. But since anyone can now make a hydrogen bomb, the public should be able to buy it to protect themselves."
    "Don’t you think it% dangerous to have one in the house, particularly where there are children around?"
    "The National Hydrogen Bomb Association hopes to educate people in the safe handling of this type of weapon. We are instructing owners to keep the bomb in a locked cabinet and the fuse(导火索) separately in a drawer."
    "Some people consider the hydrogen bomb a very fatal weapon which could kilt somebody."
    The spokesman said, "Hydrogen bombs don’t kill people—people kill people. The bomb is for self-protection and it also bas a deterrent effect. If somebody knows you have a nuclear weapon in your house, they’re going to think twice about breaking in."
    "But those who want to ban the bomb for American citizens claim that if you have one locked in the cabinet, with the fuse in a drawer, you would never he able to assemble it in time to stop an intruder(侵入者)."
    "Another argument against allowing people to own a bomb is that at the moment it is very expensive to build one. So what your association is backing is a program which would allow the middle and upper classes to acquire a bomb while poor people will be left defenseless with just handguns."
选项 A、block any legislation to ban the private possession of the bomb
B、coordinate the mass production of the destructive weapon
C、instruct people how to keep the bomb safe at home
D、promote the large-scale sale of this newly invented weapon
答案 A
解析 细节题。第一段最后一句中提到的"…lobbying against any legislation to stop Americans from owning one"就是block any legislation to ban the private possession of the bomb的同义表达。所以确定A项为该题答案。文章中lobby against any legislation的意思是“通过游说来阻止任何立法的出台”。
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