[A] Some Founding Fathers benefit politically from slavery.

　　[B] Slaves in the old days did not have the right to vote.

　　[C] Slave owners usually had large savings accounts.

　　[D] Slavery was regarded as a peculiar institution.

　　[答案] A

　　[解题思路]

　　文章第五段第二句话中提到“The three-fifths formula handed Jefferson his narrow victory in the presidential election of 1800 by inflating the votes of the southern states in the Electoral College”(正是由于这个五分之三公式扩大了选举团中南方州的选票，从而帮助杰弗逊在1800年的总统选举中险胜)，可见杰弗逊是从奴隶制中获益的，因此A为正确选项。B和D选项在文章中没有具体涉及。C选项对应于文章第四段第一句话“For one thing, the South could not afford to part with its slaves. Owning slaves was “like having a large bank account,””(一方面，南方的各个州无法承担废除奴隶制带来的损失。拥有奴隶“就像拥有一张数额巨大的银行存折”)，原文只是将拥有奴隶比作拥有很多银行存款，并不是奴隶主们真正有很多存款，因此该选项也是错误的。

　　[题目译文]

　　下面哪一项符合这篇文章？

　　[A] 一些建国元勋从奴隶制中获得了政治上的利益

　　[B] 过去奴隶没有选举权

　　[C] 奴隶主通常由很多的银行存款

　　[D] 奴隶制被认为是一种特殊的制度