单选题 It can be inferred from the passage that had the Civil Rights Movement not prompted an investigation of prison conditions, ______.

A、 conditions in mental hospitals might have escaped judicial scrutiny
B、 new treatments for major mental illnesses would likely have remained untested
C、 the Civil Rights Movement in America would have been politically ineffective'
D、 states would never have established asylums for the mentally ill

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】如果没有民权运动下律师们对监狱状况的调查，那么也不会有之后对精神病罪犯医院的调查，所以A正确。B、D两项与民权运动无关；C文中未提及。