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III. Reading comprehension: Answer the questions based on the text below. 
      During the Civil Rights Movement in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, civil rights
activists protested in several ways. In 1955, a black woman named Rosa Parks rode a crowded bus in
Montgomery, Alabama. This was a time in which there were laws enforcing racial segregation in public
places. Parks, however, refused to give up her seat to a white man and move to the back of the bus. She
was arrested and African Americans responded by boycotting the bus company. This boycott lasted for
over a year and hurt the company's business. In the end, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on
buses was illegal. College students, both black and white, also staged protests called "sit-ins." They
simply sat in a restaurant that served only white customers until the African-American customers were
also served. This could take days, in which the protesters were shouted at, hit with food, and even
beaten. A third kind of protest were marches and demonstrations to fight segregation. The largest of
these took place in 1963 in Washington D.C. There Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a leader of the Civil
Rights Movement, gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. These protests had an impact when
Congress passed new laws. In 1964, The Civil Rights Act prohibited segregation in schools and public
places. In 1965, the Voting Rights Act gave the federal government power to make sure that African
Americans were allowed to vote in elections. Within a year, there were 230,000 new black voters. This
protest did not fix America's problem with racial inequality, but it was an important step forward. It
also gave later activists tools to use for protest, as well as a successful example to follow.
【題組】26. What was the goal of the Civil Rights Movement?
(A)To support racial segregation
(B)To end racial segregation
(C)To protest just to have a change to protest
(D)To start a bus boycott

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